64K views · 1K reactions | Hurricane Katrina was devastating—but the Lake Missoula floods were on another scale entirely. Modern floods? Measured in millions of cubic feet per second. Missoula? Try 350 million. That’s up to 10 surdrops—the same unit used to measure ocean currents. And it wasn’t minutes or hours… it surged for days. We’re just beginning to grasp the true power of these ancient megafloods. | The Randall Carlson | Facebook

When the Missoula floods surged into the Snake River, they backflooded 150 miles upstream, leaving fine silts at the distal reach. At the same time, the Bonneville flood thundered north through Hell’s Canyon, dropping massive boulders at its mouth. At Tammany Bar, the two torrents met —coarse Bonneville gravels overlying Missoula silts —a geological record of cataclysms colliding. | The Randall Carlson

Downtown Missoula: Unique shops, restaurants, cafes, art galleries, events, and even a river running through its core, Downtown Missoula is a place where everyone can find something to connect with! | Missoula Downtown

The Missoula Floods are legendary—but was Lake Missoula really their source? We’re talking mega floods: water flows exceeding 1 million cubic feet per second. The Bonneville Flood hit that minimum at 35 million. Missoula? Try 10 times that—up to 400 million cubic feet per second. The landscape remembers. But are we asking the right questions? | The Randall Carlson

Drone footage of flooding in the Tower Street neighborhood in Missola. Right now, the Clark Fork river is more than a foot above flood stage nearing 9 feet. People in the neighborhood are ready with sandbags set up in preparation for floodwater. Tonight at 5, 6 and 10. | NBC Montana