Glacial Lake Research: The Suicide Basin Outburst Flood

[@patrick247two]

Good work.

[@530_Caught_On_Camera]

crazy to see this is more common than I thought after hearing of the flood, this year of 2024.

[@krististevens54322]

Here in Aug, 2023. The Suicide Basin just let go this weekend. It's pretty obvious that this happens WAY more often than what is being perceived in the news. If this occurs nearly every single year, WHY are people being allowed to build SO close to the river & the lake?!

[@TJDuffy-ip3ue]

It never started happening until 2011. It's a product of climate change. Luckily, it's predictable. And no one lives near the lake - it is a federal park. Oh, and the lake wasn't there 100 years ago, but neither were any of those neighborhoods. I live here.

[@rickmarosi-yz9wt-s5b]

It's obvious the cameras captured more of the burst, why not show it? I'd rather see the water flow than you telling me how it flowed.

[@user-rl2wt3oc2d]

That's not the point of this video, there's plenty of outburst videos online. This is an informational video about the basin and the crew working in it.

[@4672-m9f]

They want to be on tv

[@TJDuffy-ip3ue]

There's not much to see. Once the ice dam collapses, the water flows through and under the glacier (think Swiss cheese) to the lake the glacier made. Then the lake level gradually rises and so does the river the lake makes. It's a gradual rise that takes 24 hours, then it recedes. The flood travels three miles to our airport and empties into saltwater along with hundreds of trees.

[@koharumi1]

I want to see more footage of the flood.

[@530_Caught_On_Camera]

Check the news it just flooded

[@llib33]

I wanted to see the outburst flood...

[@Akumar-sj6ct]

Aisa. Kaha dekhneko milega thanks 🇮🇳👃

[@chrissmith7669]

An amazing process to document and try to model.

[@NoExperienceRequired]

Annnnddd now it’s actually burst!