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John Bohan

1:24 - 2:00

"The breach locations that were chosen are the potential high-impact areas. And so tree strikes and direct, you know, even though we fortified these areas, the direct impacts at the 90-degree corners just effectively to, you know, to prepare for the worst-case scenario. As Ryan said, these are sandbags, they are temporary measures."

The breach locations that were chosen are the potential high-impact areas. And so tree strikes and direct, you know, even though we fortified these areas, the direct impacts at the 90-degree corners just effectively to, you know, to prepare for the worst-case scenario. As Ryan said, these are sandbags, they are temporary measures.
Speaker
John Bohan
Timestamp
1:242:00
Community
Alaska News
Location
Juneau
Captured at
July 9, 2026

From the transcript

Yeah, just to add to that, that's really good characterization, Ryan. The breach locations that were chosen are the potential high-impact areas. And so tree strikes and direct, you know, even though we fortified these areas, the direct impacts at the 90-degree corners just effectively to, you know, to prepare for the worst-case scenario. As Ryan said, these are sandbags, they are temporary measures. We have had extreme— we have a lot of confidence in them, we've had very good success with them, but we got to remember they are still temporary measures.

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