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Brian O'Shaughnessy
18:53 - 19:04
"We're talking about tens of thousands of cubic feet of water per second."
“We're talking about tens of thousands of cubic feet of water per second.”
- Speaker
- Brian O'Shaughnessy
- Timestamp
- 18:53 – 19:04
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- August 12, 2026
From the transcript
We're talking about tens of thousands of cubic feet of water per second. And just tearing through, water is incredibly destructive, and we would really, really hope that everybody would evacuate.
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