Unplanned avalanche

This morning (Thursday 2-2-12) a little after midnight, an avalanche slid on Thane Road (where they also do controlled avalanches).  In trying to find more information about it, I ran across this Juneau avalanche page that has some interesting reading.

http://www.juneau.org/avalanche/

Another later story - Juneau is under an avalance warning until 7 am Friday morning.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-02-02/avalanche-blocks-thane-road

I took this picture from Sandy Beach at lunchtime.  There were several trucks working hard to remove the snow from the road so that people trapped on either side could pass.  You can see one at the bottom right of the snow to give perspective how much snow there is on the road.

Picture taken from Sandy Beach