The effects of the latest Southeast storm that left Sitka resident Matthew Lowe and his five year old son racing to escape.
It's the wakeup call no one, including Lowe, ever wants to get.
"I was just laying down and boom," Lowe said, a victim of a massive landslide that destroyed his Cascade Creek home. What remains is little more than a mound of dirt and trees.
"The whole house shook, just moved. My son he fell down, he was in his room playing and he fell on his butt. And then there was a littler boom and the whole place was shaking," he said.
"It moved the house off of its foundation a good eight, nine inches there, so we were moving, it was scary but I'm glad no one got hurt."
It was an unusual chain of events this time of year. The National Weather Service says it’s all a result of heavy rains and winds.
"It's been very soggy and warm for Southeast Alaska. Normally this is our coldest time of year," said Tom Ainsworth, the meteorologist in charge of the Weather Service Office in Juneau.
"We've heard of some boats and marinas being capsized as well because of the snow and rain that is being accumulated in the vessels."
It was the same story across Southeast.
On Prince of Wales Island, Alaska State Troopers say the severe storm caused flooding and two major mudslides.
"We had high winds and a tremendous amount of rain which caused very different issues for us among the island," said Sgt. Grant Miller, an Alaska State Trooper based in Klawock.
"All these were kind of taking place at the same time, so emergency response or travel for at least four to five communities were impossible."
With more rain expected, short of building an ark, officials are asking residents to be on the watch for future floods.
The National Weather Service in Juneau is expecting drier weather next week. Despite the flooding and mud slides, forecasters say rain accumulation is normal for this time of year.
But if you ask Matthew Lowe, he's hoping his disaster won't happen to anyone else.
"Thank God for small blessings, right?"