We get anxious about hurricanes around here - and our weather guys are upset about Alaska having a 'snow' (?) hurricane with winds up to 100 mph. Please let us know that you are not in harm's way and have prepared for loss of power and are staying safe. Polly
Yes, this is quite the system and has everyone talking doesn't it. Especially up here.
Well, in the path and not in the path. It is all coming in from the west of course, but has a large area to cross and a mountain range in the way before we'll start feeling any of the effects. Where I used to live in the village, I'm sure they are getting winds, lesser than right on the coast and being further inland up the Yukon, they also won't get the high tides and surf either, but they will definitely feel it a lot. The coastal villages at sea level are getting it bad, especially Kivalina and Kotzebue and Nome and a few others. The first two are basically villages on sand bars so you can imagine what winds and waves will do.
But back to me, we're forcast to get up to 8 inches of snow tonight, and probably more over the next couple of days. Probably some higher winds but not too awfully bad here. Maybe in the 60 range which is not atypical for us, especially north of were we live and where I work. Palmer could get very high winds and school will be shaking and shuddering I'm sure if with the rotation of the weather system, the winds will eventually come out of the north a bit for a while. Will keep you updated and will also try to find the picture I have of the state of Alaska superimposed over a map of the lower 48. You can then get an idea of size and distance. This system is about as big as the entire state of Alaska which is about the size of the entire eastern US. Pretty big and scary. We don't have a generator but the fireplace could help some and all things frozen could be simply put outside from the fridge and freezer and we can cook on the grill if needed. We have gallons of water in old tea jugs to water the plants but they are also our water supply in event of natural disaster.
And besides the fireplace we have piles of quilts I've made so we'll just snuggle up under them if need be.
More later and thanks for caring.
Steven Alaska
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