About 60 people crowded into Riverside Baptist Church on Thursday evening. Most of them experienced flooding firsthand during the record-breaking glacial outburst in August.
Community organizer Renee Tl’aagunk Culp and representatives from the City and Borough of Juneau addressed a crowd of residents from flooded neighborhoods on Thursday night
Organizers held the group’s second meeting on Thursday. About 60 people crowded into Riverside Baptist Church. Most of them experienced flooding firsthand during theThe meeting began with a mental health check-in. One of the organizers, Renee Tl’aagunk Culp, encouraged flood-affected residents to rely on each other.
One of the group’s priorities is finding a better system for warning and evacuation ahead of the next flood. The Mendenhall River has now seen record-breaking floodingMany community members worried about the possibility of another big flood this fall, after news circulated that Suicide Basin had started filling again.
Representatives from the City and Borough of Juneau, including Deputy City Manager Robert Barr, Emergency Manager Tom Mattice and Assembly Member Michell Hale, also attended the meeting.“Everybody needs to have personal plans. You need to work with your family, your loved ones, your neighbors, your churches,” he said. “People need to coordinate and think about evacuation.”
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