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A historic storm in Juneau: 10 sunken boats and what it takes to re-float them

A storm that wrapped up the new year dumped roughly 50 inches of snow over four days, breaking a four-day snowfall record that had stood since 1964. It also pushed Juneau past its snowiest December on record.

Among the many impacts of the storm, 10 boats sank in harbors across the city, weighed down by snow loads. Juneau Docks and Harbors deployed extra deckhands to shovel boats out before they went under…(Read fulll story)

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