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Re: [OM] School Closings - Alaska Style

Subject: Re: [OM] School Closings - Alaska Style
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 07:51:20 +0000
It must be a fascinating place to live, Ken.  It’s a shame that you can’t 
photograph the wind . . . or can you?

Chris

> On 13 Dec 19, at 00:46, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Category: Alaska Oddities
> 
> They actually close school in the winter for WARM WEATHER!
> 
> True!
> 
> The rest of the story is that when it gets above freezing and it's
> raining, that you'll end up with water on ice. As we don't use road
> salt, it becomes extremely hazardous. The other truth is that we
> really don't plow the roads here either, so when we get these
> conditions, it's a real mess.
> 
> That's why many people have studded tires.
> 
> We had a warm up and strong winds up somewhere around 90 mph that
> melted our snow away. (the warm up was caused by the descending air
> coming down the slopes, triggered by an airmass buildup over Prince
> William Sound. When that breaks through over the mountains, it creates
> huge downslope winds that funnel down through our valley.
> 
> Otherwise, just another "boring" day here in "photographers' paradise".
> 
> AK Schnozz
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