These troops were tasked with sandbagging, protecting levees and keeping evacuation routes open. This again assists in weeding out sandbagging. Areas outside the city are expected to flood, and some sandbagging is in progress. One man died while sandbagging in Fargo-Moorhead. The frantic sandbagging saved the city's water plant. The sandbagging continued until noon when they were allowed to stop. Sandbagging describes someone who underperforms (usually deliberately) in an event. Later in the day the Army Corps of Engineers ordered that they continue sandbagging. At 2 a.m. that day, of rain caused one hundred residents to start sandbagging. The report showed people sandbagging in front of the city maintenance building. By June 9, the South Skunk had risen sufficiently to start sandbagging. The practice of rating a climb below its actual difficulty is known as sandbagging. The sandbagging started up around 5 pm and continued late into the night.