Rogertheshrubber are you ok, with the flooding

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A large outburst can release some 15 billion gallons of water, according to the University of Alaska Southeast and Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center. That's the equivalent of nearly 23,000 Olympic-size swimming pools. During last year's flood, the flow rate in the rushing Mendenhall River was about half that of Niagara Falls, the researchers say.

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That's some serious water.

Glad to hear you are ok, but sad for those that lost so much! Good luck to those that lost so much!

This one shows how far that house was from the river at the start of the flood.

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Heading up your way next July.

Meet up for a beer or 3.

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Works for me.. I;ve met a few folks from these sites..

This flood comes a few days after a landslide in Tracy Arm created a 100' tsunami. About 45 miles from here, many cruise ships go into Tracy Arm.

Seems like more warming is also a solution. Once the water can flow more naturally from the basin it will not have these large outbursts.

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Outburst floods are expected to continue as long as the Mendenhall Glacier acts as an ice dam to seal off the basin, which could span another 25 to 60 years, according to the university and science center researchers.

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When the water creates enough pressure, it forces its way under or around the ice dam created by the Mendenhall Glacier, enters Mendenhall Lake and eventually flows down the Mendenhall River, as it did Tuesday.

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Seems like more warming is also a solution. Once the water can flow more naturally from the basin it will not have these large outbursts.

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Right. this is an icefield thats been retreating for a couple hundred years and we used to get a couple of these every summer, albeit smaller.

The basin now just holds more water than ever and only releases once a summer.

Its only been a major problem the past few years. There is another one of these that happens on the Taku River just south of town too.

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RogerTheShrubber

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I'll be in Juneau in 10 days any must do's after a Harv and Marv whale tour?

I was planning to go to Tracey's; is it worth it or more of a tourist trap?

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like the [link=(Hesko barriers)]Hesko Barriers[/link] I wonder if you can fill the w water bladders.

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I don't think so for a couple of reasons. A mixture of rock and sand would have 2-3 times the weight of water. If you filled it with a water bladder my guess is there will be air in the bladder and void space between the basket and the bladder which could have enough buoyancy to float off or give way to forces from the river.