Thread: 4-wheeler encounters ice on road

This is a photo from last week of the road from my brothers house to town. The Yukon River flooded (up 50 feet in a matter of a few hours) and half the village was wiped out three weeks ago. I'll be up there for a month, leaving on June 21st... Taking my Blackhawk .45 with some stout loads (300g hardcast GC over 22g of WW296) for any local vermin.
Tom
http://eaglefloodinfo.wikispaces.com...w/P5120068.JPG

Ahhh....the beauty of Alaska! LOL!

Been a long time since I've been up there. I keep telling the wife that we should try to make it up there one of these years.

That looks just the alaskian pipeline road I had to drive on when i was up there in the 70's....

Are those sheets of ice? Thats insane.

Originally Posted by SGT.Cap

Are those sheets of ice? Thats insane.

Yup, it was river ices that floated up with the flood.

FLOOD FACTS (only about 140 people live in the entire valley)

“One of the worst floods on record” National Weather Service

“The worst hit place along the Yukon River” State Emergency Management Team

“At its height, flood waters were 54 feet above normal” Fairbanks Daily News Miner

“As a community we have never been through this type of disaster…it is a challenge to keep up with the daily changes and needs we are now facing…it is a moment by moment learning experience for us all” Eagle Resident

65 families were affected: 35 homes, guest homes and summer homes were destroyed or displaced, 24 homes flooded, 8 business owners with 15 businesses were either destroyed or severely damaged, approx. 26 vehicles and 7 boats/motors were crushed and 3 fish wheels destroyed. Plus the Old Eagle Village infrastructure was destroyed, the Eagle City Fire and Ambulance station and equipment was flooded, 4 historical buildings were destroyed or displaced, the city and many private wells were contaminated and an unknown number of other vehicles, heavy equipment and out buildings were destroyed, damaged or flooded.

Man that has to suck.

Man that is such Sad News for all those people Need to send prayers up for all those who lost and all who are working to restore...