A potential disasterous natural event is on the verge of taking place
along the Barry Arm in Alaska, east of Anchorage and northeast of Whittier. A
mountain slope is slowly sliding down due to the lack of support from the
receding Barry Glacier, a result of global climate change. This slope is
anticipated to fully separate suddenly, according to USGS:
https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/barry-arm-landslide-and-tsunami-hazard
A similar event took place back in 1958, when an M7.7-8.3 earthquake
triggered an enormous rockfall at the end of the Lituya Glacier:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2019/07/09/worlds-tallest-tsunami-hit-the-gulf-of-alaska-more-than-60-years-ago/#489af59e4d7f
That event is chronicled in the book "Wildest Alaska" by Philip L. Fradkin
(ISBN 9780520224674).
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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