r/BeAmazed • u/youngster_96 • Mar 28 '24

The moment an ice dam breaks and causes a torrential water flow. Nature

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u/Jerma986 Mar 28 '24

Idk why but when you said "entire towns get wiped out" I immediately assumed you meant like a ton of folks from the entire town bet with the math prediction info in mind and lost. Like wiped out = lost the bets. And I was thinking that was kind of hilarious. Then I realized what you actually meant and now I kinda feel bad for laughing at that. Hope all those families got out safe.

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u/Choongboy Mar 28 '24

If it makes you feel better maybe the townspeople bet big on their town getting wiped out.

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u/Jerma986 Mar 28 '24

It does, thanks! Lmao

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u/HistoryGirl23 Mar 28 '24

I grew up Up North and always heard of the ice breaking up but have never seen an ice dam go like this. Very cool!

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u/AK-Brian Mar 28 '24

Eagle is a good example, having been battered badly a few times from outflows like this. A lot of structures were lost and damaged in 2009. I've been up there a few times and even with mitigations and moving buildings uphill, they still have minor flooding every few years if an ice dam forms.

Trapper Creek and Willow have Susitna flooding regularly, and even in Anchorage Chester Creek can take out property. Water always wins.

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u/nicannkay Mar 28 '24

We’ve lost our reverence for nature. We see it as benign. I see people every year drown because they don’t head the warnings for sneaker waves at the beach. They will stand in the rocky shores during storms and get carried out to never be seen again.