Date: February 16, 2010
Official Sunrise: 8:38 Photograph Taken: 8:32
Temperature: 33° Wind: None
Photographer: Ron Day Camera Used: Nikon D200
Now this sunrise photo is ordinary, isn’t it? It’s not really very pretty this morning but it’s mild. Temperatures in the 30′s again, warm enough that I was able to sit for a while on the deck, waiting in vain for something to happen in the sky. Our high today will be in the upper 30° range while tonight’s low temperature should be in the mid 20′s. There’s no snow called for but it wouldn’t surprise me if we got some, or maybe rain. Those are heavy gray clouds over Pioneer Peak and they look as if they are up to something.
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“Why do Ifeel like I live in Alaska! I mean I always wanted to go and see it but I didn’t realize I made the trip!!!”
~Kelly Porter on Facebook~
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What they’re saying about Alaska on Facebook
Unusual winter weather has severely affected residents of normally mild states, leaving them frustrated and bewildered.
Yesterday I searched for the word “Alaska” on Facebook. It didn’t take long to find out what those snow-bound outsiders were thinking. It took only one hour to collect the following comments.
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“Its snowing again?!?! Where the hell I live – ALASKA?”
“OK, I feel like I have moved to Alaska…..im waiting to see a Moose run past the window at any moment…the snow is makin me crazy…i need sunshine!”
“waiting on the snow…again, I think we live in Alaska”
“Ready for WARM WEATHER!!!! THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE TEXAS….NOT ALASKA!”
“off to bed, I think I may have to pull my snow shoes off the wall for tomorrow, what is going on around here, we live in PA not in ALASKA, all I can say is we better have an awesome summer for playing ball, swimming, and cookouts!”
“I love snow so much, I am thinking about moving to Alaska! No, wait, Iowa probably has more snow so I’ll just stay here!”
“It’s freaking snowing AGAIN! Unbelievable! I feel like I’m living in Alaska. Guess I’ll slip slide my way through tomorrow. I’m glad that I have four wheel drive, but it does not help if you slide off a mountain.”
“I am so sick of cold weather. This IS Mississippi not Alaska for Pete’s sake!”
“Made it home, it looks like we live in alaska when you look out my window”
“Rich is snowed in…here in Alaska-bama.”
“I am so sick of seeing snow… If I really wanted all this I’d move to Alaska…”
“pennsylvania is the new Alaska”
“its freaking snowing again and again and again and again and again,,geez will it ever quit, i live in Ohio not Alaska…….burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr”
“Its a broken record…more snow. I told the wife that if we wanted to live in a snowy place, we should move to Alaska. She said “I don’t think so”. Some day, Alaska here we come!”
“feel like i’m in alaska”
“enough already! If I wanted to experience this much snow, I’d live in Alaska.”
“OMG- what a drive!! If you don’t have to be on the road, don’t go on it. I feel like we live in Alaska and all it does is SNOW!!! come on spring……”
“IS THIS KENTUCKY OR ALASKA? IM BEING TO WONDER IF SOMEONE MOVED ME WHEN I WAS NAPPING!”
“Is OHIO the new Alaska..snow and all?”
“More white s*@t fell today. I don’t even think I’m in Kentucky anymore, more like Alaska! I HATE SNOW!!”
“Lynchburg and Roanoke combined have had more snow than Anchorage Alaska this winter.”
“Like wtf do we live in alaska now in the city i mean dam it snowed 3 times in 3 weeks….”
“think I fell asleep and woke up in Alaska. The snow is so deep that my poor kitties are almost covered up when they try to walk in it.”
“Isn’t it a beautiful winter wonderland?? Only problem…. fools keeping closing the schools. What’s with that?? I lived in Alaska 4 years and only remember school being closed twice. I think one time was for the volcano and not snow.”
“Are we living in Alaska ???? Sure feels like it….Geezz, it can stop snowing anytime….”
“Am I in columbus or alaska. Mother nature STOP SNOWING PLEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEE!!”
“Its like alaska spit on indiana!! too much snow!!”
“Well I guess I moved to Alaska and didn’t know it.. I mean come on how much snow can one guy take?”
“Omg is this Ohio or Alaska?!?!”
“snow sucks, I do not want to go to work tomorrow. We might as well be in the Alaska. I bet it is nice there.”
“THUNK i lived in kentucky not Alaska….. BOOO snow”
“Is this Pennsylvania? or Alaska?”
“It was warmer in alaska today. I mean how messed up is that. This cold weather needs to be over.”
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Vehicles already breaking through thin ice
We’re currently having some mild weather in South Central Alaska with temperatures reaching into the lower 40′s during the daylight hours. Snow is beginning to melt, the roads are clear and dry, people are wearing lighter clothing. Unfortunately, especially for careless drivers, ice on local lakes is getting thinner, too. Already there have been reports of cars plunging through thin ice, disappearing into the cold waters below.
Today the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman carried an interesting story concerning one of these cars and one man’s effort to have signs, warning of thin ice, posted at dangerous locations.
You can read the Frontiersman article here.
Another interesting article, this one containing many photos of vehicles that have fallen through thin ice, can be found here:
Flat Lake, Alaska. Photo’s of vehicles that fell through the ice.
Facebook users are relating their weather to Alaska
Date: February 16, 2010
Official Sunrise: 8:38 Photograph Taken: 8:32
Temperature: 33° Wind: None
Photographer: Ron Day Camera Used: Nikon D200
Now this sunrise photo is ordinary, isn’t it? It’s not really very pretty this morning but it’s mild. Temperatures in the 30′s again, warm enough that I was able to sit for a while on the deck, waiting in vain for something to happen in the sky. Our high today will be in the upper 30° range while tonight’s low temperature should be in the mid 20′s. There’s no snow called for but it wouldn’t surprise me if we got some, or maybe rain. Those are heavy gray clouds over Pioneer Peak and they look as if they are up to something.
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“Why do Ifeel like I live in Alaska! I mean I always wanted to go and see it but I didn’t realize I made the trip!!!”
~Kelly Porter on Facebook~
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What they’re saying about Alaska on Facebook
Unusual winter weather has severely affected residents of normally mild states, leaving them frustrated and bewildered.
Yesterday I searched for the word “Alaska” on Facebook. It didn’t take long to find out what those snow-bound outsiders were thinking. It took only one hour to collect the following comments.
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“Its snowing again?!?! Where the hell I live – ALASKA?”
“OK, I feel like I have moved to Alaska…..im waiting to see a Moose run past the window at any moment…the snow is makin me crazy…i need sunshine!”
“waiting on the snow…again, I think we live in Alaska”
“Ready for WARM WEATHER!!!! THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE TEXAS….NOT ALASKA!”
“off to bed, I think I may have to pull my snow shoes off the wall for tomorrow, what is going on around here, we live in PA not in ALASKA, all I can say is we better have an awesome summer for playing ball, swimming, and cookouts!”
“I love snow so much, I am thinking about moving to Alaska! No, wait, Iowa probably has more snow so I’ll just stay here!”
“It’s freaking snowing AGAIN! Unbelievable! I feel like I’m living in Alaska. Guess I’ll slip slide my way through tomorrow. I’m glad that I have four wheel drive, but it does not help if you slide off a mountain.”
“I am so sick of cold weather. This IS Mississippi not Alaska for Pete’s sake!”
“Made it home, it looks like we live in alaska when you look out my window”
“Rich is snowed in…here in Alaska-bama.”
“I am so sick of seeing snow… If I really wanted all this I’d move to Alaska…”
“pennsylvania is the new Alaska”
“its freaking snowing again and again and again and again and again,,geez will it ever quit, i live in Ohio not Alaska…….burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr”
“Its a broken record…more snow. I told the wife that if we wanted to live in a snowy place, we should move to Alaska. She said “I don’t think so”. Some day, Alaska here we come!”
“feel like i’m in alaska”
“enough already! If I wanted to experience this much snow, I’d live in Alaska.”
“OMG- what a drive!! If you don’t have to be on the road, don’t go on it. I feel like we live in Alaska and all it does is SNOW!!! come on spring……”
“IS THIS KENTUCKY OR ALASKA? IM BEING TO WONDER IF SOMEONE MOVED ME WHEN I WAS NAPPING!”
“Is OHIO the new Alaska..snow and all?”
“More white s*@t fell today. I don’t even think I’m in Kentucky anymore, more like Alaska! I HATE SNOW!!”
“Lynchburg and Roanoke combined have had more snow than Anchorage Alaska this winter.”
“Like wtf do we live in alaska now in the city i mean dam it snowed 3 times in 3 weeks….”
“think I fell asleep and woke up in Alaska. The snow is so deep that my poor kitties are almost covered up when they try to walk in it.”
“Isn’t it a beautiful winter wonderland?? Only problem…. fools keeping closing the schools. What’s with that?? I lived in Alaska 4 years and only remember school being closed twice. I think one time was for the volcano and not snow.”
“Are we living in Alaska ???? Sure feels like it….Geezz, it can stop snowing anytime….”
“Am I in columbus or alaska. Mother nature STOP SNOWING PLEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEE!!”
“Its like alaska spit on indiana!! too much snow!!”
“Well I guess I moved to Alaska and didn’t know it.. I mean come on how much snow can one guy take?”
“Omg is this Ohio or Alaska?!?!”
“snow sucks, I do not want to go to work tomorrow. We might as well be in the Alaska. I bet it is nice there.”
“THUNK i lived in kentucky not Alaska….. BOOO snow”
“Is this Pennsylvania? or Alaska?”
“It was warmer in alaska today. I mean how messed up is that. This cold weather needs to be over.”
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Vehicles already breaking through thin ice
We’re currently having some mild weather in South Central Alaska with temperatures reaching into the lower 40′s during the daylight hours. Snow is beginning to melt, the roads are clear and dry, people are wearing lighter clothing. Unfortunately, especially for careless drivers, ice on local lakes is getting thinner, too. Already there have been reports of cars plunging through thin ice, disappearing into the cold waters below.
Today the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman carried an interesting story concerning one of these cars and one man’s effort to have signs, warning of thin ice, posted at dangerous locations.
You can read the Frontiersman article here.
Another interesting article, this one containing many photos of vehicles that have fallen through thin ice, can be found here:
Flat Lake, Alaska. Photo’s of vehicles that fell through the ice.