Yes I am 70 miles up the Yukon River from the mouth where it empties into the Bering Sea, on the west coast. Mosty treeless tundra except along the river. Eskimo country.

White is over in Indian country.

I hear that. gets pretty rough on the Yukon. too big some days.

I have always been curious to see the west coastal areas.

Besides my mountains of Montana, the AK range is also my favourite.

My mother taught biology as a professor at U of Fairbanks long ago. I inherited that love of biology and enjoying the topography of the land.

It must be fascinating indeed to be close to that western coast to observe the seas in those storms.

How far up the Yukon does tidal influence reach ?

Yes I have a front row seat to all of Alaska's worse storms. This place has to be one of the stormiest places on earth. These types of violent storms are common here. We get one or two a week at this time of year, that last for a few days. Happens all winter too except its snow and wind then.

They generally hit the west coast and break up over us,or move eastward and share with the rest of state if they are bad enough.

We are not very high above sea level here and downriver they have even less high ground so those coastal village flood every fall just like this.

They flood in the spring too during the spring break up and high water.

The powerful Yukon meeting the tide coming in on the coast can cause some really wild water.

Can notice the tide about 30 miles upriver. But on bad storms like this it pushes the water up as far as here and thats 70 miles up river.

Thanks for the response, everyone.

I actually saw it on CNN a day before it started. So I went over to Windy.com to check it out. Now it’s all perto Rico in the news.
The old mayor there said they have to put their electric grid under ground cuz over head is nuts……lol

I've been hearing about it all weekend while I've been cruising around going to buy traps or trade traps even though I'm "banned" from buying traps. I've been hearing about it on the radio but that's all I've heard from since I don't watch the news.

Glad to hear you guys fared well! Jeff u are a glutton for punishment like me. Then you go to the Philippines and sit out typhoons!

if people in the L48 especially the news media saw what you go through and call a storm they would all have to realize their polar vortex , blablah named storm of the decade , 5th storm of the century in 7 years were not what they were hyping them up to be

how sad would their reporting have to be , this is the worst storm in years and well folks it's not even a bad day for Alaska
toughen up you L48 sissy's and take some lessons from weather that will actually kill you without 3 pre-existing conditions and a rotten tree you should have taken down 5 years ago above your mobile homes bedroom.

If you really want to see wind, 70-100mph (and earthquakes thrown in) go out to Adak for a couple of weeks, I can guarantee that you will experience both.

The West coast of Alaska is pretty much a "mountain-free" zone! That is precisely what makes wind such an issue. There is nothing between you and "up wind" but a 3 strand barbed wire fence (and 2 strands are down!"

Pete

And you can see all the way to the south pole

Thanks Pete, yes a lot as the eastern parts of Montana. Windswept. But I'd still like to see the area . Then bank hard and fly right back to the mountains.

The south pole would be interesting too...seeing the lights at night.

You guys quit picking on us. We have a mountain

You sure do, Jeff !

USGS just put that there to fit the name of the village

What storms you talkin bout?

Oh, it got windy and started raining.