Roll Call Alaska 2014
Anyone traveling to Alaska in 2014? We ,my wife and I, are planning a trip and was wondering if anyone is planning on going in 2014 also. Would go this year, except we have two weddings to go to in...
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Sue, I know what you mean, -41°F and -14°F, do look a lot alike at first glance, LOL. The Whitehorse airport is now giving -14.8°F.
If a person was wanting to buy a home in Whitehorse they would sure want to check the local weather patterns. I have landed a few times in Whitehorse, when the Alaska Highway and the Whitehorse Airport, running parallel to it, are in the clear, whereas the Yukon River and downtown are not visible due to low clouds and fog, that has settled into the lower places.
Much like Fairbanks, where it is often 20 or more degrees warmer in the winter, out by College and the Farmer's Loop section of town, both of which are at a higher altitude than is downtown Fairbanks. Not only is it warmer up on the hillsides around Fairbanks, but it also puts a person up above the obnoxious ice fog they have there often, in the winter time.
Plus a person can get away from the worst of the ice fog by living out in North Pole as does Silver eagle. The super cold is still there but not the ice fog to the extent that encases Fairbanks from all the people, cars, heating, wood stoves, etc of town.
So the Princess Car, may get dirty in a few days. Wonder how Barbie would handle the situation? Ah, the trials and tribulations of living in the north country are hard to imagine. LOL It has been hot and rainy here in the swamp recently. A couple of days ago we got almost 13 inches of rain, in 7 hours here at the house, as two weather front collided over our house and became stationary. Temps running in the mid 80s during the day.
If a person was wanting to buy a home in Whitehorse they would sure want to check the local weather patterns. I have landed a few times in Whitehorse, when the Alaska Highway and the Whitehorse Airport, running parallel to it, are in the clear, whereas the Yukon River and downtown are not visible due to low clouds and fog, that has settled into the lower places.
Much like Fairbanks, where it is often 20 or more degrees warmer in the winter, out by College and the Farmer's Loop section of town, both of which are at a higher altitude than is downtown Fairbanks. Not only is it warmer up on the hillsides around Fairbanks, but it also puts a person up above the obnoxious ice fog they have there often, in the winter time.
Plus a person can get away from the worst of the ice fog by living out in North Pole as does Silver eagle. The super cold is still there but not the ice fog to the extent that encases Fairbanks from all the people, cars, heating, wood stoves, etc of town.
So the Princess Car, may get dirty in a few days. Wonder how Barbie would handle the situation? Ah, the trials and tribulations of living in the north country are hard to imagine. LOL It has been hot and rainy here in the swamp recently. A couple of days ago we got almost 13 inches of rain, in 7 hours here at the house, as two weather front collided over our house and became stationary. Temps running in the mid 80s during the day.
