Still battling water

Kindred, ND (WDAY TV) - As most communities clean up from the historic flood, folks in Kindred are still battling high water. The flood fight is wearing on and wearing out people there. Many homes have been surrounded by overland floodwaters for nearly two months now.

Water is slowly going down near Kindred, but life for some homeowners is no where near to normal. Many fields and roads are still inundated with several feet of water making for a difficult time getting around.

It's a scene homeowner Craig Roe is sick of, several feet of water where it shouldn't be.

“It looked like a giant lake but its way down.”

Water in every direction surrounds roe's rural Kindred home, a place he's lived since 1988. Luckily his home is built high up so there's no flood damage.

“It’s just the pain of getting out of the area and getting through water.”

What were nearby roads are now big holes, washed out from rushing water, a big hassle for the past six weeks.

“Every morning you gotta get up and put rubber boots on or waders of some sort.”

For awhile, that meant roe had to walk a mile or boat to dry land.

“We ended up driving 35 miles to get three miles just into town.”

Roe says he's starting to get used to flooding, he's been through this before, 12 years ago.

“This was actually worse it seemed like cuz it came out in different areas. It lasted about as long in 97.”

Tonight, roe is counting down the days until all is dry, meaning he can start the daunting task of clean up like most other communities already have.

“Everything outside's a wreck.”

Roe says much of his property is destroyed, his yard, driveways and ditches. He's hoping FEMA will help with funding but he hasn't heard back yet.