Saturday, November 12, 2011
Out the windows this morning
This is our view out the windows this morning. It's snowed several more inches overnight and looks even prettier than before!
Friday, November 11, 2011
Winter Storm 2012: Alaska
Just kidding! HEHEHE
This week, the weather folks predicted the worst storm for Alaska in something like 40 years. Bethel just happened to be along the edge of the storm so we got some of the effects. On the west and north west coast, the swells were 9 feet higher than normal. It flowed over their manmade berms and flooded the towns, with a foot or so of water, which partially then froze. So they got hit pretty hard. We on the other hand just got alot of wind; enough that I could hear it squealing through the cracks and edges around the windows and the doors. One task for the weekend; Caulk and seal said cracks and edges. It was a glorified windstorm. :)
We do have about 6 or so inches of snow on the ground right now. It kind of melted during the storm and became slushy, and then it froze again so it's now ice. Right at the base of our front porch stairs.
During the storm, the wind here in Bethel was about 50 mph gusts. See the video below! It didn't seem to snow too much, but the wind pushed the snow around so it piled up in some areas. In the video I took, it was actually snowing. It didn't really blizzard, though we were in blizzard warning.
Sorry, I can't seem to get the video on here. Here's the link to IT ON YOUTUBE.
This week, the weather folks predicted the worst storm for Alaska in something like 40 years. Bethel just happened to be along the edge of the storm so we got some of the effects. On the west and north west coast, the swells were 9 feet higher than normal. It flowed over their manmade berms and flooded the towns, with a foot or so of water, which partially then froze. So they got hit pretty hard. We on the other hand just got alot of wind; enough that I could hear it squealing through the cracks and edges around the windows and the doors. One task for the weekend; Caulk and seal said cracks and edges. It was a glorified windstorm. :)
We do have about 6 or so inches of snow on the ground right now. It kind of melted during the storm and became slushy, and then it froze again so it's now ice. Right at the base of our front porch stairs.
During the storm, the wind here in Bethel was about 50 mph gusts. See the video below! It didn't seem to snow too much, but the wind pushed the snow around so it piled up in some areas. In the video I took, it was actually snowing. It didn't really blizzard, though we were in blizzard warning.
Sorry, I can't seem to get the video on here. Here's the link to IT ON YOUTUBE.
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