The National Weather Service says now is the time for riverside residents to prepare, after water levels dropped in Suicide Basin.
indicating that water levels have started to drop in Suicide Basin, a glacial lake that’s dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier.
“We just hadn’t experienced anything like that, and then it was too late,” said Scott Griffith. “Like by the time it was four or five feet of water in the cul-des-sac we were stuck here.” This year, like last year, the basin is full. Hydrologist Aaron Jacobs will be keeping a close eye on it. That’s changed the way the National Weather Service does their forecasts. This year, they will include a worst case scenario, to show how high the river will rise if the basin drains all at once. But there will be a lot of uncertainty until the drainage starts. Last year, it took 6 days from the time the basin filled up for the flooding to begin.
“We’re on terra firma at least as long as the glacier permits it,” he said. “We’ve, I think, probably done the best that anybody could under the circumstances. And we’re very hopeful.”
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