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On the recordFebruary 10, 2009
We have had, in our experience with Devils Lake, I think, 3 or 4 years in which we've had the 1 and 2 percent chance actually realized.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan reflects on past flooding events that exceeded low probability predictions.

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