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New lake on the Valdez, AK road

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Parrish
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This shit is pretty crazy, huge avalanche happened and made a major ice dam on the road.



Estimated at like 60 feet deep, its a huge amount of water.
Jan 30 2014 12:09AM
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Parrish
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here is a better view of the lake.
Jan 30 2014 12:11AM
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Jeebus.
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That guy was right, wow..
Jan 30 2014 12:26AM
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Drail
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Crazy. Any idea on the size of the avalanche? 4 I assume?
Jan 30 2014 12:44AM
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Jeebus.
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Off the charts
Jan 30 2014 12:47AM
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Drail
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"Up to 4.5 avalanches around the whole region according to the avalanche centre up there. Most of them going to ground. Gnarly.
Jan 30 2014 1:02AM
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Drail
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Got any sources for that bud?
Jan 30 2014 1:03AM
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Parrish
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Yea I'm pretty sure they knew it was going to slide, thus why they helped it with 300lbs of explosives dropped from the heli. I don't think they expected the lake to form though..
Jan 30 2014 1:05AM
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division.bell
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Threads for when I get to a computer.
Jan 30 2014 9:56AM
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RudyGarmisch
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What the fuck do you do? How do you drain the lake without causing a huge flood?
Jan 30 2014 1:02PM
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theabortionator
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Saw it on the news yesterday. I guess they're flying in food and supplies to the people stuck on the other side. I guess it slides every year but this is obviously a big one.
Jan 30 2014 1:04PM
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DR.SHRED
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i heard this might fuck with heli operations. gonna be digging out for more than a week i assume
Jan 30 2014 2:18PM
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Parrish
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This is what they are doing plus a better view of all the snow and a great view over the lake.
Jan 31 2014 1:07PM
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Byron_tha_gr8
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in a weird way its pretty awesome that nature can take back its land so quickly. Just like that, what was once a human made and controlled road is 50 feet under water and snow. Like we never even mattered.
Jan 31 2014 1:39PM
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MNS
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i hope nature takes back more, like sends a rogue wave at the dredge site near the great barrier reef.
Jan 31 2014 2:32PM
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GayWolf420
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yeah there is no way they are draining that. id just leave it. its crazy how powerful nature is.
Jan 31 2014 6:16PM
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