OK, so I know that most of the US is having freaky weather occurences right now, but Alaska is just plain wrong!! For the past two weeks or more, we have had below zero weather. And not just single digits. Our highs were -5 type weather. It sucked! It was ridiculously cold and you couldn't go outside to do anything! Then it started to warm up. And kept warming up...and for the past two days we have had rain (on top of all of our snow and packed down ice), 40+ degree temps, and high winds. Thus, all of Anchorage is a skating rink that we are expected to drive on. It is just insane. I had to stay home yesterday because I literally could not get off my road and onto the main road. I have a slight incline to go up and my car was sliding backwards. Thus, I turned around and went back home. Today was no better. But I woke up an hour early to get a ride with my honey in his truck. The roads are just ridiculous. My work is not so important that I should be here. In fact, all the schools, colleges, and military bases have been closed for the past two days. Why should we have to work? AHHH!!
I am frustrated and amazed. We literally had a shift of over 70 degrees within three days time. That is insane. It was warmer out in Girdwood (a ski resort town south of Anchorage) than it was in Vegas this morning. What is that?? It scary because sometimes I think this weather looks like the end of days....
Please Lord, let this not be the end of the world!
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You guys were actually warmer than us at lunch time today too! I know the last time I talked to Jerrie, she had said it was like -20 out in Big Lake and had been for like a week...Now that's just too dang cold! And while we aren't that cold (and heaven help us if we ever do get that cold here!) we've had usually cold weather recently too...the high today was 34 and the high tomorrow is like 30...and it's been like that for over a week...which is unheard of for this area. Our "normal" temps this time of the year are in the upper 40's and lower 50's.
Anyway...I'm right there with you on the not risking your life to get to work...when I was working outside the home, if schools were closed for weather, I stayed home. I commuted 30 miles on a two lane highway and no job is worth me risking my life for.
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