Avalanche
There was a controlled avalanche today in Juneau. The State of Alaska fired a Howitzer canon across the Gastineau Channel to remove the snow from Mt. Roberts under safe conditions. Almost immediately, photos were passing through emails (see linky above). One witness kept describing the blume of snow, but I'm sure he meant plume and wasn't refering to Carl Ludwig Blume, a German-Dutch botanist from the 19th century.
A blume of snow came over half way into the channel. This to us, in our generation (and the 18 years I've been in Douglas, 10 years in this office) is the biggest slide we experienced. I've seen pictures in the past like this. But to experience it live out of our window is worth a HOLY CRAP out of everybody's mouth. Even the Douglas boat harbor parking lot is full with vehicles of people watching the show. I should be down there with popcorn, beverages and hot nuts. Looks like aHere's a little more official report, if you're interested.
drive-inn movie parking outside my office window. LOL
Just heard a warning on the radio just now that made us all laugh. 45 minutes into the canon shooting, they make an announcement that from 10:45 until 1pm today, there will be no travel on Thane Road during this time. LOL. Ummmm, I think no travel will be for 1 to 2 days. This is gonna take a long time to plow the road out. The avalanche is at least quarter mile in length across the road, and past the beach line in the channel.
Knew this was gonna happen, especially when we hit #1 in most snowfall in Juneau as of this morning, by 4 inches over the record back in 1965. Plus the rain today is making everything heavy all around.
2 comments:
Wow, pretty cool. Lots of snow coming down in a hurry. so , lots of skiers this week? Looks like lots of fresh snow. : )
Your avalanche pics are awesome in slideshow. Brings back memories of Mt. Camp Ten with avalanches caused by a certain someone on their toboggan.
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