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OK, so your winters are a little warmer than ours

Yup, turned the AC on at home. Warm one today.

>>Ken, don't worry, they will probably concoct some stupid twist to rectify everything. . .well, let's hope not. Sorry dude.

Sure... X-Men 4 will start with Cyclops waking up from an awful dream.

The outside dog water dish is frozen over again, probably time to bring it in for the winter. I'm going to have to put some kind of pond in next year I think; lots of wildlife seem to be using the dish.

Up to two small fires a day in the masonry heater, still keeping the house decently warm although the propane furnace (aka the money burner ) still kicks for quite a while if I miss a fire.

The firewood I bought is not quite dry enough so either need to pick up a couple of cords of "better than normal" firewood (either seasoned two years or one year "done right") or start working on that firewood kiln I always wanted. Where does one look to buy surplus shipping containers or refrigerated trailers ?

We got about 14” of snow yesterday and I think this is the dump that will stick. It stopped long enough for me to plow the driveway with the four wheeler and get my winter wheels/tires on the truck. Temperature is averaging a mild 25 F in town and hitting -40 up north on the pipeline. I guess winter’s really here now. Time to dig out the snow gear, tune up the boy’s snow cross sled and get my hill climber put back together after last year’s little mishap.

I never did get that lawn mowed last summer…….hope it comes up OK next spring.

I had Sunday brunch at a nice outdoor cafe this weekend. I think I may have gotten a slight sunburn.

bwaaahahahahahahahahaha...

I got snowed out from work and can't get a lowbed in to move my excavator til a grader plows my road.
I guess I'll have to listen to some music instead.

Yo Spif, that's just plain mean......

I had to get the winter coat out this morning. It’s getting a bit chilly out there………

The wind’s blowing most of the snow away and has left a nice sheet of ice everywhere.

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COLD ARCTIC AIR IN COMBINATION WITH A STRONG NORTH-SOUTH PRESSURE GRADIENT
FROM THE ALASKA RANGE TO THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE
STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. WIND DIRECTIONS WILL GENERALLY BE
FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST THROUGH THOMPSON PASS AND OTHER CHANNELED
AREAS AND EASTERLY ALONG THE LOWE RIVER. EXPECT WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO
80 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN
AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND.


NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS
1225 PM AST MON NOV 13 2006

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AST TUESDAY.

ARCTIC AIR WILL BE FILTERING INTO VALDEZ THROUGH TUESDAY. COMBINED WITH
THE COLD TEMPERATURES WIND SPEEDS OF 40 TO 90 MPH WILL INTRODUCE
WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 55 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

>>ARCTIC AIR WILL BE FILTERING INTO VALDEZ THROUGH TUESDAY

You're in Alaska. How can arctic air filter *in* ? You're already in the arctic...

Not quite. That's a little further UP^^^

We had a Typhoon warning this morning (city air raid siren and everything at 0300). The master bedroom zone pump went out sometime last night too. My day didn't start out all that wonderful. Woke up to a blaring horn at 3 AM to a room that was 50 Deg after no sleep from all this #$%!@%$ wind!!

Well at least I've aquired some new garbage cans, a new snow shovel and a GI Joe combat dune buggy.