Here is a link to pictures of some of the flooding going on here in Alaska now. Things like this happen here and we hear about it, but the rest of the nation never hears about this kind of thing from up here. Now if this was in California, or Florida, it would be the main topic on the national news. Rog
http://newsminer.com/photos/galleries/2009/may/05/2009-breakup-flooding/ Click on the pidtures and get a narrative. Then watch the town of Eagle. First they show the ice nearing town sunday, then later as it engulfs the town, finally you see the buildings floating away.
This link tells the story about the flood.
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/may/05/yukon-river-flood-destroys-buildings-eagle/The town of Eagle is being washed away. Lots of old historic buildings left over from the Gold Rush are going downriver. And people homes along with everything they have, gone. Sure am glad I do not live in Eagle.
I've got three feet of water standing in my front yard. And two feet in the back. Luckily my house was build on the high spot in the lot. Some people in the neighborhood are having to dig sumps outside their homes and use pumps to keep the ground water out.
