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On the recordNovember 10, 2009
The other question was why is the Corps of Engineers relying on a gauge several miles upstream from the Fox Island area on which to base its response to ice jam flooding?
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Dorgan criticizes the Corps' reliance on distant gauges for flood response.

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