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Uploaded by: Kiska — Friday December 7, 2012 — Palmer, AK (Current Weather Conditions)

Flooding during fall left the rooftop in the Matanuska River. Now frozen in place till spring. Palmer, Alaska

Categories: flood, natural disasters, cold snap, winter, architecture, mountains, sky, trees, water, waves Camera Type: DMC-ZS20
 
Manufacturer: Panasonic
Model: DMC-ZS20
Orientation: top - left
Software: Ver.1.0
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YCbCr Positioning: co-sited
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Exposure Time: 1/100 sec.
FNumber: f/4.7
Exposure Program: Normal program
ISO Speed Ratings: 160
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Components Configuration: Y Cb Cr -
Compressed Bits per Pixel: 4.00
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MaxApertureValue: 4.47 EV (f/4.7)
Metering Mode: Pattern
Light Source: 0
Flash: Flash did not fire, auto mode.
Focal Length: 10.3 mm
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SubSecTimeDigitized: 00
FlashPixVersion: FlashPix Version 1.0
PixelXDimension: 4320
PixelYDimension: 3240
Sensing Method: One-chip color area sensor
File Source: DSC
Scene Type: 1
Custom Rendered: Normal process
Exposure Mode: Auto exposure
White Balance: Auto white balance
Digital Zoom Ratio: 0.00
Focal Length In 35mm Film: 58
Scene Capture Type: Standard
Gain Control: Low gain up
Contrast: Normal
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
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1. WigglesMom 12:26 AM GMT on December 08, 2012    
Wow; I thought this was a flood photo from the thumbnail, and though it is, it is also a winter photo. Talk about a picture saying a thousand words! Do you know if this is a rooftop from a home, and if so, if the home's people got out all right? What a chilling thought, to have one's home not only swept away in a flood, but also frozen in place, mid-river, for many months! - Julie in Ohio
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2. Kiska 12:39 AM GMT on December 08, 2012    
Yes, it's frozen in place after the floods of this fall. The home was abandoned before the river took it.
The Matanuska River is eroding the banks and where it used to be 1/2 mile away from homes, it's now too close.
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3. wodenite 9:57 PM GMT on December 10, 2012    
Is the river getting larger because of extra glacial melt?
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4. Kiska 11:03 PM GMT on December 10, 2012    
Hi wodenite; not due to glacial melt, but being a braided river, it changes and creates channels. This fall, the extra heavy rainfall caused additional flooding and the high water cut away the river banks quite quickly. I'm not a geologist, but years of watching the river change, and reading about it, as well, is what I've based this on.
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Kiska In 1978 I/we moved to Alaska and settled in the Matanuska Valley, of South Central Alaska. It's a beautiful area of Alaska and can't imagine of ever being tired of living here
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