Cedar Rapids flooded in three years before Minot, and there are enough similarities between the town and recovery that their work is worth watching. This article from Engineering News-Record provides a nice recap of their progress and calls particular attention to making use of opportunities as they present themselves. Flood fight days are a huge minority of the time; in Cedar Rapids, they also planned and built for all those other days.
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