'Been Pretty Bad': 90-mile-long Ice Jam Causing Major Flooding In Alaska, State Of Disaster Declared
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- Meteorologist Bobby Bianco with NWS Fairbanks discusses the ice jams that is causing major flooding in Alaska, which prompted an emergency declaration to be issued. #foxweather #weather #alaska
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This is pretty standard spring. Sucks, but every year a town gets hit like this.
We're not warming up as fast as usual for this time of year. It's not "the warmth." It's the cold.
shhh- we must blame the warmth so as to stick with the GW fear factor. Scared people are easier to control and will be more likely to give Al Gore bazzilions of $$$ for carbon taxes to keep them safe.
It happens every year...
That's how those people have been living like this for centuries !
They probably didn't build that close
Crooked Creek is a very small Village on the Kuskokwim River just to be clear. Its the Kuskokwim thats shown in these videos.
And this is Fox News(?).
Sorry but it's Circle city and that is the Yukon, Im right here in the middle of it
My mistake.
Thanks for correcting me.
I haven't visited Circle since 1970's.
Why is this bad? Ice jams are pretty common in Alaska
happens just about every year.
Used to happen in the continental US every year. Back then dynamite was the go-to recourse to get rid of it.
This happens almost every year, yet they continue to build right on the edge of the river at the low banks.
I was thinking they should know that this happens
Greetings from the BIG SKY. I saw a 1 mile stretch of the Missouri River 'break up' ice in the spring. I was amazed at the power of ice in a river. The Yukon is every bit as big as the Missouri so you guys are gonna get wet.
It's Alaska, Alaska isn't going to spend money eliminating ice to a small population.
An Alaskan native told me a story about many years ago the Copper River had an ice jam that was going to flood Copper Center. The military dropped a small bomb that opened the river back up. The last few weeks there have been 150 military aircraft doing training so there is no shortage of equipment to do the job. I even saw a B-1 flyover today.
Frickin waste of tax payer dollars. Charity for stupid people.
They are right on the river many many years this does happen
Maybe train some people in archery with arrow with dynamite charges to shoot at chunk of ice that is getting jammed up
It was colder and for a longer time this year. That's what happened.
Australia is in Autumn aka fall, but I tell you it's colder than usual for this time of year
Oh dear , how could this possibly happen in Alaska.
This is not uncommon in Alaska, especially in the locations mentioned. I’ve experienced it over my lifetime living in Alaska. It occurred in the 60s and 70s in my childhood. Just look at the historical records.
You build on a riverbank. Then the river floods and you are taken completely by surprise. Never thought that would happen!
Do you feel better now?! Some people.....
Sure glad to have you setting the world straight.
Such a rookie ass comment.
Who's to say those people built those homes? They could of been handed down from grandpa. But aside from that.. where is the correct place to build a home? Beach front is out, west coast is out because earthquake prone/volcanoes. No florida. No midwest because you can lose it to a tornado. No mountains, roof collapse due to snow or wild fire. No river at all because the dams can break.... I guess the only place to build would be the southwest areas that are NOT prone to a flash floods? Really, this kind of thinking is dumb. Many people live in disaster areas and are fine. Then something comes around (every 100 years or 1000 years) and they need to help. Not their fault, it's just mother nature and probability.
I have read twice now (in RUclips comments, I cannot vouch for the accuracy) that these homes were 75 to 100 feet away from the preexisting riverbank.
Whether 75 to 100 feet is sufficent, I don't know.
I would suggest that if you build a home, build it at least 20 feet above the rivers and at least 1/4 mile away from the rivers. Unfortunately many homes, businesses, pets, live stock and lives have been ruined. Stay safe Alaska.
A lot of the land isn't 20 feet above the river, and as the rivers are transportation routes, there is incentive to be close to them.
@@vanlepthien6768 And for thousands of years it's worked fantastically. What could be different?
Almost everything along these rivers are villages , towns are kinda a strong word.
Alaska is so big that that’s what they consider a creek? That looks like the Mississippi lol. She said we’re looking at crooked creek
Thats how Alaska do.
😂so funny,and true,liked
Don’t forget that this happens every year!!!
Nowhere near this extent. And not at this time of year. So if you are trying to suggest this is not due to warmer atmospheric temps then look at last year's Pakistan floods. That was due to heavy rains melting Himalayan glaciers. A third of the country's population suffered due to one event. 12% of the country was turned into an inland sea. What reason do you think you have to suggest that these events are not linked to global warming?
Global warming or, HAARP is able to move weather systems, create drought in one area, flooding in another, influence temperatures.. makes it easier to control the world with 'drought resistant' GMO seeds and also push climate nattatives.
@@Ominousheat thank you
Increase heat=increase rates of reaction-simple science,the kind you can trust and is true ✌️
@@Ominousheat yah it pretty much does happen every year
What a minute? How can this be happening with our oceans warming and the glaciers melting? Confused.......
really???
I don't think it takes much to leave you in that state of mind.
Of course you're confused. You probably think the Arctic Ice Shelf melting and breaking off more in the last 10 years than all the previous hundreds of years combined is no big deal either.
BFD HAPPENS EVRY YEAR.
Super interesting. And important to show the rest of the world. I’m not far upriver from this, where we see similar ice jams and sunset flooding. I can see how devastating it would be down River where it’s on a much larger scale. Wider River. More water. More ice. And much larger flooding.
Take it easy on the HARRP will ya.
That’s crap
Back in the early 1980s I lived in some apartments in a river valley in Ohio. One nice Spring day I drove home and everyone was parked along the street and walking around. I said somebody must be having a huge party. But then I discovered ice had jammed the river and flooded our valley.
IT DOESN'T SEEM SO VERY SMART TO LIVE THAT CLOSE TO A RIVER THAT FLOODS
Spring break-up is an annual event. People have been building too close to rivers pretty much everywhere.
And US government will build Willlow project. Is it not enough with this extreme weather and hot temperatures in the North.
Alaska had so much snow this year they are still trying to dispense of it in Eagle River.
Thank You for informetion.
lets hope they learn from this and stop building within miles of the waters edge
If every year is the same, you would think they would build a little further away from the water..
Fire up a few warthogs and…. BRRRRT that ice. Lol
How to stretch 30 seconds of video into a 6 minute news cast. Folks along these rivers are very aware of what comes in spring and prepare well in advance. The "all of a sudden" is for newscasters.
I live on the coast in So California and have for over 60 years. I grew up an avid surfer, fisherman etc. I love weather and have been following it for over 50 years. We just experienced the coldest winter we ever had. Not in terms of temperature so much but in the sustaining of the cold temperatures. Every single winter no matter how cold it is, we experience many days of temperatures in the 70's and 80' at some point, in fact 25 years ago we had a February that never dipped below 75 and we actually had a few days of temperatures in the 90's. This winter, we never hit 70 degrees once until May. I have never seen that before. In fact, we went through a stretch where we never hit 60 for 20 days. Take from this what you want, this is a factual observation. And if you like, I'll discuss what my thoughts on sea level rising are as well.
By the end of the 1990's temps in LA basin have risen 3 degrees F since the 1940's. Take what you want from this......
Yeah winters seem to be getting g worse we’re I live as well
@@bwfreel Do you say that because you think climate change is a "Chinese hoax." Like Trump and the Republicans said?
My thoughts on Sea Level rising are simple .
400 years ago the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock
I checked recently.
Plymouth Rock is still right where they found it.
Al Gore, the Pope of Global Warming, the Ozone Hole himself, travelled all over the planet in big jets burning more carbon in a single take off than I burn to heat my home here in Alaska in a year. Why? To convince the Sheeple that Sea levels will rise and millions would be displaced, yadda, yadda.
Next thing he did was buy a mansion in Del Mar, California on the beach.
Google "120 years of Climate Scares"'
Never Never Lake, Alaska
I grew up in the Willamette Valley in Oregon where it seldom snows and the snow usually melts in hours. If it gets to freezing temps they issue all sorts of warnings telling people to leave a faucet running a little to keep the pipes from freezing. So somewhere in the late 70's-early 80's it snowed in July. In the late 60's we got 3'+ of snow one winter. Those of us who lived through that extended period of snow days came to refer to it as 'The Big Snow' because we are blunt in our speech. You can find a few videos of The Big Snow here on yt. Weather happens.
how bout a story covering the homeless people who are dying on the streets of Anchorage while our city council stands by . This is not that shocking FOX, way to sensationalize
Fox doesn't care about homeless people. They are the BIG LIE NETWORK!!
Smart people do not build in a flood plain.
So the problem is that it's been too cold correct?
Here’s a groundbreaking idea, what about if we stop building homes right next to water.. maybe we set a standard 200 yards minimum from water
Saying the temperatures have been sixties and seventies is total bulshiit.
I never heard of this. How often does this happen?
Literally every spring. Ice has to go somewhere while it’s melting. This happens everywhere where ice forms on rivers. Seriously Denver has been flooding recently too.
Can the terms "Dynamic" and "Thermal" breakups also be applied to personal relationships?
So it was a cold April that caused it, pretty amazing how many different factors have to happen to create a disaster. Simply not just .04% of our atmosphere causing a problem.
yah this pretty much every year up here.
they can spin any story they like.
Simple fix. Just ban the ice.
It's amazing how we cause our own demise and then act like the weather is to blame and then we talk about global warming and we need iiiice
Can you name a time people have not lived on the water? I'll be right here, waiting.
@@gabrielford3473 I was never a sea food person though
@@gabrielford3473
Mankind is essentially stupid on the whole. People living right on glacial river banks is Exhibit A.
Flooding I can just imagine horrid time. Last week had forest fires..how that happen I wonder..
How the hell can you get an ice cutter boat there?
Those river "ice cutter boats" are busy this time of year.....
Why do they use explosives to beak ice up.
By the comments I would think this is a common issue in the spring.
Every year in my lifetime.
Alaska is more than twice the size of Texas. It can fit between the Canadian Border near Wisconsin in the north, and Kansas City in South Central AK.
The Panhandle would reach the beach in South Carolina. The Alutian Chain would arch down through New Mexico, Arizona, and extend to Bakersfield California.
The Yukon River is only second in size to the Mississippi River. The Kuskokwim River is equivalent to the Missouri River. Does the lower 48 States ever experience floods? Just think about it.
Slow news day, or was the Rats in Government trying to get your focus off their abject corruption?
@@michaelmccotter4293 I think your onto a line of thought that just embodies common sense. With the advent of social media everyone’s been whipped into a never ending state of impending disaster. Don’t think that there isn’t those in this world that won’t use this to gain control.
@@stanlysteemer4872 💥 Boom!
flooding everywhere it seems
People have cellphones everywhere now dipniblets.
Thank you for this report.
It should be evident - - when Catastrophe strikes - People are not to be expected to rebuild.
It's like there is no Air Farce available to drop any bombs....
I guess we should be grateful that you aren't in charge of anything!
@@russmaddoxak you realize they use Artillery for avalanche control right?
@@billburgess4720 False equivalence. (Look it up.)
@@russmaddoxak I have seen some stuff in my 20-plus years in Alaska....you reach a point in the project to shoot the engineer and get the job done...
Why should we waste taxpayer dollars on "bombing ice" you blithering idiot?
The call of the wild..
Wouldn’t BUILD..ON THE BANK of any river, period. Seems inevitable to me..
Move away from the river, problem resolved. This happens all the time due to stupidity of where the house and buildings are located.
Not to make light of environmental issues, but, man!!... I would give anything for an ice jam right now...
Really it’s ice water 😂
Praying for my former home and still favorite State
Been to hawaii?
@@tmadden4951 nope, my step brother worked there a few years
..and the folks is why you don't build on floodplains....
Oh wow 🙏🏻
0:44 Andy bassich calico bluff
Wow who would Thermite on the ice 🔥 help
Anchor knows nothing.
Ice water!
DYNAMITE, people!
Maybe a houseboat would be appropriate for these people. This is what one gets for living near a river common sense and these people know what to do.
No jeanne….the ice would crush a house boat
@@Dstew57A But Jeanne's got this.
This is normal LOL for the area
Looks like these communities should invest into a HAM radio and keep someone trained how to use it 😊
ITS called spring Break Up And IT Happens every year
Sounds normal
Your from the 48s? He's from the 48's too,they don't know 😮 kids!
The 70’s called…..
They want their hairstyle back 😧
hopping everyone is ok.
I don't think you "hopping" around like a bunny will make much difference numbnutz.
She didn't hear him or ignored it that the cold spring was the problem, not the "heat". Reporters still trying to push warming.
This wouldn’t happen with Global Warming.
dahh! in Russia emmergency services using explosive to break the ice blocking the flow
Save the women and children....run for your life😲😲😲
I live at Sea level south San Francisco Bay🕊️❤️🔥
90 MILE ICE JAM?????
90 MILE ICE JAM???? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON AROUND HERE???
It's called winter in Alaska! 🙄
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯WHAT????
@@Blake4625kHz It's not that surprising because it does happen to some degree every year in Alaskan and northern Canadian rivers. This is just worse than usual.
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 THIS HAPPENS SOMETIMES IN NORTHERN CANADIAN RIVERS??????? IM CALLING BS!! THERE’S SIMPLY NO WAY!!!!!😤
@@Blake4625kHz 😅😂. You'll have to do a lot better than simply throwing out a denial with nothing to back it up. Besides we have the video from a news report that it happens with testimony from someone who lives in the area.
You on the other hand have nothing except hysteria e.g. typing in all caps!!
Bad planning!! Again!!!
Call in an airstrike. Line of 500 pounders up the middle.
Now talk about global warming
Why does this woman mumble?
Build in a flood plain guess what.
Stick of dynamite?
How about Air Force doing gunnery practice on the ice dams
How about not wasting my tax dollars nits.
Why don't helicopters do a flyover this ice and drop dynamite charges on the river to break up the ice?
Over a 90 mile stretch of the river?? 🙄
You do know that the river FLOWS, the ice MOVES, and its LONG.......🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
Couple hundred pounds of dynamite would help break that stuff up. The only problem is what would happen down stream and that may not be worth the risk.
So much for Global Warming!
Love,
David
[It's a joke]
All that global waring in alaska.....
permafrost melting leaving forests with crooked trees, forests on fire all summer, and Anchorage routinely hitting 90, but ya, just a hoax. idiot.
One colder winter in the last 50 years brings all the dipnoggins out like fleas.
The earth reclaiming itself and attempting to eradicate the scourge upon it, humans. Love this.
The earth does not have a conscience. It does not recognize humans, or any of the thousands of other organisms that can't live within their means ,as a scourge to eradicate. It just continues.
@Gabriel Ford A worm doesn't have consciousness, yet it does exist and is alive. The earth is absolutely alive and ever changing longer than any species on it. Consciousness is not a prerequisite to life and is only a made up human word used to describe a small subset of living Organisms
We're headed for an ice age. The planet is becoming cooler!
It's just the opposite. But nice try. 🤪🤪🤪
Sorry k brewski,their RIGHT,
@joshua-cv9my
Look up the average temperatures over the last 50 years in the US, and in particular at the polar ice caps. Look up how much of the ice caps and ice shelf has melted in the last 50 years. Look at pictures of Glacier Nstional Park 50-60 years ago and today. There are almost NO MORE GLACIERS LEFT. In 10>20 years, there will be no more glaciers in Glacier National Park.
Of course to do this, you have to pull your head out of your azz.
But global warming
Bbbbbbbbut..... I was told we had a global warming crisis!!! By people haven't a clue what they're talking about.
One colder spring due to a shifting air current out of the last 50 years sure brings out the Big Lie Anti Science, Anti Education, Anti Medical, Anti Vaxxer, Anti Environment Numbnuts out in droves.
🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
we can put a man on moon HA yet can't break up a flood of ICE ?
That is either bad sarcasm or you have no idea how to make an equivalent comparison.
All water front property are going to experience sea level rise faster then they expect if I was me I would sell now in 3 years time water front globally will in the same boat there just not telling us the extent of the real truth
Why can't Natl Guard drop bombs on the ice?
This stretch of ice is 90 miles long so dropping bombs on it would be a wasted effort. Besides this kind of thing happens every year. It appears to worse this year than usual.
bombs make waves. you wouldn't be saving anything.
Why waste my taxpayer $$ on ice cube making?
That's alot of global warming
That's so much stupid in so few words. Congrats patriot...er idiot.. that's what I meant.
I wonder if they could just call in the the military to break up the ice
Spend taxpayer dollars because people are stupid enough to build places right on the banks of a glacial river? Uhhh no. You don't reward stupidity.
They should do everything possible to retain that ice in safe and strategic areas before it gets to the ocean. It would encourage oceanic re-salination instead of contributing to de-salination.
hey, that sounds like a great reason to raise taxes and award contracts to DEI biased contractors so they can fail to do anything so far from their home office.
@@billsmith9711 hey, that sounds like a response that could have been kept to oneself.
and that sounds absurd.
@Gabriel Ford it requires vision, an open mind, common sense, and some basic level of intelligence to comprehend...a tall order for today's crop.
@@gabrielford3473 it happens every Spring
CROOKED HILARY! 🤣
Dynamite
Imagine how much you would need 😂