JUNEAU, Alaska - The Mendenhall River tore away the soil of its banks last weekend following aAt least two houses fell into the raging waters below after the ground underneath was eroded.
“We were with our friends,” Wilkins said. “We just finished mountain biking, getting one last trip before school started. And so my friend Darcy, who we’re staying with right now, came over to feed the cat Leo. And she called and she said, ‘The river is up to the house and it’s being eroded right now.’”
Leo embodies what it means to be an Alaskan, but in cat form. The couple said he even joins them for hikes in the summer and out on the skating pond in winter.