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Ryan O'Shaughnessy

1:06 - 1:19

“the entire system is somewhat fragile to tree strikes and things like that. So we really want to encourage folks to evacuate. For that worst-case scenario.”
Timestamp
1:06 – 1:19
Community
Alaska News
Location
Juneau
Captured at
July 9, 2026

From the transcript

And so the entire— I would say that the entire system is somewhat fragile to tree strikes and things like that. So we really want to encourage folks to evacuate. For that worst-case scenario.

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