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Historic storm batters Western Alaska coast
Alanka Daily News and wire reports ^
| Sept 17 2022
| AK Daily News Staff
Posted on 09/17/2022 12:52:28 PM PDT by texas booster
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Much of Alaska's western coast could see flooding and high winds as the remnants of Typhoon Merbok moved into the Bering Sea region. The National Weather Service says some locations could experience the worst coastal flooding in 50 years.
To: texas booster
The strongest storm in over a decade is moving into the Bering Sea. Impacts may exceed the 2011 Bering Sea Superstorm, and some locations may experience their worst coastal flooding in nearly 50 years. Peak water levels will persist for 10 to 14 hours before water recedes.
Note that almost all local reporting is through Tweet.
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09/17/2022 12:54:25 PM PDT
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texas booster
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09/17/2022 12:54:36 PM PDT
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dfwgator
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To: texas booster
Enjoy the Nome cam before it gets washed out to sea. Or repatriated to Tsarist Russia.
The Nome Cam
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09/17/2022 12:56:35 PM PDT
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texas booster
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To: dfwgator
Historic. Hasn't happened this bad since 2011 ...
It does look kinda wet. Temp is 48 degrees.
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09/17/2022 12:58:40 PM PDT
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texas booster
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The “angry sea” has been depicted in many a novel.
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09/17/2022 1:03:03 PM PDT
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SamAdams76
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To: texas booster
These are storage tanks for the local Alaska electric utility.
This does not look good.
From the Tweeter:
For reference, my village has an elevation of 26 feet above sea level.
The electric utility (AVEC) has fuel tanks tipping over in the wind, boats floating away, & evacuated relatives saying they had to wade through waist deep water. Cousins with water literally to doorsteps.
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09/17/2022 1:03:48 PM PDT
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Yeah, there may have been a novel or two, and a movie or two about the angry North Atlantic.
Hope that the damage isn't so bad that it can't be repaired before winter hits.
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09/17/2022 1:05:25 PM PDT
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texas booster
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To: dfwgator
Yup, worst since 2011. Anything much before that is prehistory, don’t you know.
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Not good news for the fishing fleets up there.
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09/17/2022 1:18:39 PM PDT
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Jimmy Valentine
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To: texas booster
These are storage tanks for the local Alaska electric utility. This does not look good. Empty fuel tanks would not be a good thing with winter just ahead. Have they gone green?
I suspect someone is going to be in trouble for a bad wind load design, construction and or inspection.
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09/17/2022 1:26:30 PM PDT
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fso301
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09/17/2022 1:28:42 PM PDT
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nutmeg
To: texas booster
After the storm batters Alaska, global warming will deep-fry it.
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Alaska borders the pacific ocean.
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09/17/2022 2:03:53 PM PDT
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exnavy
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To: texas booster
We were just in Denali National park, mt McKinley, Skagway, glacier bay, Juneau… 2 weeks ago. Looks like it’s nowhere near there.
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09/17/2022 2:12:29 PM PDT
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Linda Frances
(Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness. )
To: texas booster
Been looking at the cam every 1/2 hour or so since you posted it. Conditions look to be getting worse. I think some of the structures around the Visitor Center are starting to have some damage. They do not not look like they were built with a typhoon/hurricane in mind. The water coming out of the portals at the bottom of the Visitor Center is interesting.
To: Disambiguator
After the storm batters Alaska, global warming will deep-fry itYou wouldn't want to place a wager on that, would you?
I've been watching these satellite storm posts and those big Slow Rollers coming out of Siberia ever since the first birds went into orbit.
Last couple of winters have been "funny"....aka milder than anything I've seen before.
This year....
This year looks like "Back to Winter" on steroids....and a full month early to boot. (Don't recall the early stuff coming in quite this far North, though.)
I'm a thousand miles inland (Montana) but I'm ordering extra fuel for the pellet stoves and wood burners.
Fasten down yo' hats. Winter's coming and it looks like it's going to be a b****.
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09/17/2022 2:29:51 PM PDT
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Unrepentant VN Vet
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To: dfwgator
If it were on the Eastern Alaskan coast that would be truly historic.
To: texas booster
"The extent of flooding and damage wasn’t immediately clear..."So how can they claim it's "historic"?
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09/17/2022 4:01:02 PM PDT
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airborne
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I’ve just begun gathering things for winter. Though apartment living I do use extra coverage over windows as wind hits there in winter pretty hard. The difference of using plastic covering stunned me and the windows aren’t old.
Additionally since slate kitchen floor I’m getting a piece of carpeting for it. Things like that do make a difference in comfort level.
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09/17/2022 4:02:41 PM PDT
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caww
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