Winter sets in

pigman1 wrote:

lakeside013104 wrote:

MORSNOW wrote:

Veebyes wrote:
Trouble is, it means that grass has to be mowed year round.

I had to run my snow blower twice today to clear the snow!

Hahahahahahaha and throw a 100 pounds of coal or wood onto the fire!
Life in paradise is filled with chores.

If I remember correctly, Valdez gets around 300" of snow each year. I wonder what they do with so much snow around their homes?

Lakeside

Some of the older homes have outside doors on the second floor. They pile the snow in the parks and open spaces in the town. Anyone going up there in May, June, and even July can see the remnants of these piles. We hit our RV park in early May one year and had a 6' drift behind the RV for the next month. That 300" is a bit misleading as it's snowfall, not the ground depth. It naturally packs down. BTW, a lot of locals make excellent money all winter shoveling off boats, roofs, and stored RV's. They actually quit their regular jobs to do this work. Alaskans are hustlers, and I applaud them for it. Also, no one on the street corners with their hand out or sleeping on the sidewalks, except in Anchorage, they're out working.

Yes Alaskans are good workers and very 'hardy' folks.

In Maine we have had 208" of snow before during the season. Incredible piles of it, everywhere. I realize it settles, but still, 300" is a lot of the white stuff. Valdez is an amazing place, for many reasons.

Lakeside