🌱 How serious are the ice-jam flood risks for Anderson right now?

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• How serious are the ice-jam flood risks for Anderson right now?

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 60 and low of 38 degrees.
• Thursday: Cloudy, temps: high: 52, low: 39.
• Friday: Periods of sunshine, with a high of 55 and low of 39 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Ice jams and flooding are threatening some Interior Alaska riverside communities (knba.org) — Flooding and ice jams have already hit Anderson hard this breakup season, with rising waters damaging homes and prompting major cleanup concerns. The National Weather Service warns that thick river ice from this winter’s extreme cold could trigger more jams for about two weeks, urging Anderson residents to stay vigilant, watch advisories, and report any new flooding signs.
   

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📸 Around Anderson

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• Exhibit Night
  Barnette Magnet School Calendar- School
  4:00 pm
• Weekly Tango Practica →
  Hartung Hall, 501 Ester Loop, Fairbanks
  6:15 pm
• Star of the North Graduation
  Midnight Sun Elementary North Pole High School, 601 NPHS Boulevard #7800, North Pole, AK 99705, USA
  7:00 pm
• North Pole High Graduation
  Midnight Sun Elementary Carlson Center, 2010 2nd Ave, Fairbanks, AK 99701, USA
  7:00 pm

Thursday May 14

• Spinning Creative Yarns Workshop →
  Calypso Farm and Ecology Center, 4780 Old Nenana Hwy, Fairbanks
  5:30 pm
• NAMI Family Support Group
  Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce 3504 Industrial Ave., Rm 102, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
  6:00 pm
• North Star College Graduation
  Midnight Sun Elementary Carlson Center, 2010 2nd Ave, Fairbanks, AK 99701, USA
  7:00 pm

Friday May 15

• Sled Dog Demonstration
  Denali National Park PO Box 9, , AK 99755
  2:00 pm
• After Hours Open Mic Night →
  LUMI Coffee Bar, 2815 Horner Ct Unit 3, Fairbanks
  6:30 pm
• BEST Homeschool Graduation
  Midnight Sun Elementary Carlson Center, 2010 2nd Ave, Fairbanks, AK 99701, USA
  7:00 pm
• Hutchison High Graduation
  Midnight Sun Elementary Hering Auditorium, 901 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK 99701, USA
  7:00 pm

Saturday May 16

• Cruise into the Future - Grad Bash 2026
  Hutchison High School Calendar- School
  5:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• TLC Care Services posted a job opening for Urgent Hiring Caregiver in Anderson Alaska 99744 in Anderson. Apply here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Fairbanks

• Fairbanks community prepares for Clean Up Day (webcenterfairbanks.com)
• Fairbanks woman charged with murder after deadly apartment stabbing (alaskasnewssource.com)
• Sweet Summer Market (fairbanksalaska.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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