Breakup, that is...the river is clearly opening up upstream from here. We had a visit from Search and Rescue and our local VPSO today about flood potential and protocols. The potential is certainly there, given the amount of ice in the river and the amount of snowmelt that has to make it to the sea. All that we can really do is wait and get ready and hope for the best. The National Weather service has a website at http://aprfc.arh.noaa.gov/ that allows monitoring of river conditions and flood warnings and watches. Today's map shows that the river is opening up near Aniak. Average breakup here is May 12, which puts it a little over a week away. I was convinced that we would not get close to that date, but movement appears to be taking place quickly.
We are done with the youngsters two weeks from today. They have been doing well for the last several days, but today there was a lot of foolishness. We shall see what next week brings...
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