[RedBloodedAmerican]

In this photo provided by Arctic Photo Safari, heavy equipment removes massive ice ridges being pushed from the frozen Beaufort Sea into Barrow, Alaska, Tuesday Jan. 24, 2006. Two ice surges, known to Alaska Natives as ivus, stunned residents who had never seen such large blocks of ice rammed ashore in nearly three decades. Ivus are like frozen tsunamis and crash ashore violently. They have killed hunters and are among the Arctic's most feared natural phenomena. (AP Photo/Arctic Photo Safari, John Tidwell)

[RedBloodedAmerican]

More evidence of global cooling.

[VOA]

Bulldozers cleared the ice.

Boy are these folks going to have to answer to the environmentalists.
First they are running bulldozers, burning fossil fuels and
generating greenhouse gases.
Then they destroy natural ice formations.

[blam]

Anything to do with the earthquake around Indonesia?

[RightWhale]

When the huge building and plant modules were barged in to Prudhoe, a couple of the barges were left at the shoreline because winter closed the route. The ice piled up around the barges, grabbed them, and broke them like they were graham crackers.

[Eska]

You should see ice out on the upper Yukon. Down the village, the indians have a tripod set about 50 yards out on the river. They have fishin line from tripod stretched to a battery clock on post along shore. Everyone picks date and time, buck a shot. When river lets loose, fishin line jerks battery out of clock and everyone knows who won the pot.

Chunks of ice size of trucks & cabins tumblin over and over in a huge mass of water, ice, and whatever is in its way. Usually, it all backs up downriver a few miles then river & ice come up about 50 feet, sometimes ice gets pushed over the road and floods the village cabins. The natives pretty much take it in stride and party atmosphere for a few days. Usually by then, everyone can't wait for spring to arrive anyway. Been minus 50 something for lows last week or so, wish iceout was tomorrow.

[FreePaul]

... in quantities not seen in nearly three decades.

So clean it off and wait another thirty years to write the next article. Well, maybe thirty one years if global warming isn't the hoax it appears to be.

[VadeRetro]

Never hears of this. Is "ivus" the plural of "ivu" or not?

[Diddle E. Squat]

"It just looked like a big old mountain of ice," said L.A. Leavitt, 19, who left his nightshift job at the city early Tuesday to check out the ridges.

"Ivus In the Morning!"

[nightdriver]

But, but! I thought all this was pristine wilderness, teaming with wildlife.

Isn't that what all the intelligentia and MSM have been telling us? They wouldn't be trying to pull one over on us, would they?

(/naivete, /sarc.)

[Bender2]

Re: Strong winds from Russia and eastward currents began pushing pack ice toward Barrow...

Tell the Russkies to stop those winds and currents or we shoot the dog!

[Cvengr]

IVUS IN THE MORNING!

[kinghorse]

Global warming is an excellent solution to avoid societal stagnation. As resources become depleted and infrastructure ages/sustains eco and other damage, the intelligent population can look to the Alaskan land mass as the next movement westward. Isn't Alaska almost as large as NA? NA would be left to the rest. Barterland. LOL.

[redpoll]

Classic bullsh** reporting. Please think about this:

"Ridges of Arctic Ocean sea ice were shoved onto a Barrow road in quantities not seen in nearly three decades.

Two ice surges, known to Alaska Natives as ivus, stunned residents who had never seen large blocks of ice rammed ashore."

Let's work this through.

The phenomenon last occurred about 30 years ago.

The stunned residents have never seen large blocks of ice rammed ashore.

Ergo - everyone quoted in the story must either be 1.) younger than 30 or 2.) from somewhere outside the Arctic Ocean or 3.) stupid and blind. I'm willing to be the answer is a combination of 1.) and 3.).

Actually, wind-pushed blocks of ice coming on shore is not a rare occurrance. It is newsworthy because it's happening in the northernmost town in the United States, and the ice has come within 30 feet of important infrastructure.

To put this in lower 48 perspective, imagine a tornado going through a medium-sized town. In one sentence you have the historical facts: it's been 30 years since a tornado in town. In the next sentence, "stunned residents" have never seen a tornado before. Does it make sense?

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[mrsmith]

Ice Crashes on Alaska Shores (20'high x100'wide ice tsunami)

...

"Ice Tsunami"

Let’s go surfin’ now
Everybody’s learning how
Come ride ice tsunamis with me
(come ride ice tsunamis with...)

Early in the morning we’ll be startin’ out
Some honeys will be coming along
We’re loading up our dog sled
With our boards inside
And headin’ out singing our song

Come on (surfin’) baby wait and see (ice tsunami)
Yes I’m gonna (surfin’) take you surfin’ (ice tsunami) with me
Come along (surfin’) baby wait and see (ice tsunami)
Yes I’m gonna (surfin’) take you surfin’ (ice tsunami) with me

Let’s go surfin’ now
Everybody’s learning how
Come ride ice tsunamis with me
(come on ice tsunamis with...)

At Prudhoe Bay and Browerville
They’re shooting the pier
At Barrow they’re walking the nose
We’re ridin' ice tsunamis in Alaska this year
So if you’re coming get ready to go

[djf]

I've heard of similar happenings at, of all places, Lake Erie.

Lake Erie, which in fact is little more than a glorified mudpuddle, gets horrendously frozen over. Then the winds migrate the ice to the western end and it causes havoc.

[SuziQ]

Check this out!

[AndrewC]

Fifteen feet max. ;)

[P.O.E.]

"Icy Tsunami" sounds like a great name for a mixed drink.

[CindyDawg]

Huh. I've never heard of this. How are you pronouncing IVUS?
(and don't tell me dead lol)