Cold weather hits Interior Alaska

Renato, I’ve read the following news from The Associated Press on Nov. 22, 2009. Is it true? Confused with all these F/C degrees. Can you give clearification?

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – It’s been bitter cold in Bettles, a small village 200 miles north of Fairbanks.

The village in the foothills of the Brooks Range recorded a new record low temperature of 47 degrees below zero on Saturday. It was the fifth day in a row a new record low was set in the town, and the sixth day in a row that the temperature was more than 40 below zero. (more…)

Tagged with:
 

Cold weather mystery

Hm. I’ve never experienced the following problems with video and audio. Wally Young, Abilene/TX, USA, is wondering via Abilene Reporter News and Abilene Reporter-News:

“I have run into something that is a mystery to me. Ever since the change from analog to digital for TV and the cold weather, all I can get on the four channels is useless. If the temperature is below 65 degrees, the audio is silent and the video is scrambled. When the temperature reaches 70 degrees, all is well again.”

(more…)

Tagged with:
 

Digged a really funny story at WinnipegSun.com today. A staff writer Joanne Richard raves about the radically inventive Radiance winter jacket which features built in heaters. Thanks to this new gadget, she says, she is no longer afraid of the big, bad cold. She asks readers to call her a snow hottie. Oh! Really?! Nice to meet you, snow hottie :)

Columbia's Snow Hottie and Bugathermo Boot What’s so special about this jacket? Please, read further about it. I would like to know your opinions.

I am trying to be serious and not to laugh until my cries. I just know that local villagers, especially the resident of Oymyakon and Verkhoyansk, will do that. Everytime when they see freezing strangers wrapped up in their ultra warm clothes, they love repeating “There is nothing better than fur clothes.”

So… Let’s read.

Joanne Richard writes “No need to come in from the cold or the freezing hockey arena. With the flip of a switch — just like those heavenly heated seats in a car — I’m warm all over and totally loving it thanks to Mountain Hardwear outerwear.”

(more…)

Tagged with:
 

Six Dog Night

Six Dog Night. That is an Alaskan expression for those deep, frigid days that the Alaskan Interior is famous for. Temperatures bordering -60 degrees Fahrenheit (-51 Celsius) are not unheard of in January and February.

But where did this expression come from? Why six dog night?

(more…)

Tagged with:
 

Frigid in Alaska

That’s how cold it can be in Alaska!!! Fantastic!!!
Just take a look at a Flickr resident patcaribou‘s photo album!

Thanks to Silandi. She found this amazing photographs on Flickr. Think, Renato will be very surprised to see the below pictures taken in his neighborhood :)

Tagged with:
 

Getting ready for winter

Today started a cloudless day here in Faibanks, Alaska. People would think that a day like this would be warmer since the sun is out; but because of the short length of our days, exactly 7 hours and 48 minutes today, the sun does not have the time to bring temperatures up much. Today’s high was 5 degrees fahrenheit, about -14  celsius. Wintery temperatures for sure.

Feeling the gradual temperature drop and knowing I wasn’t yet fully ready for winter I used this weekend for winter preparation. I had a long list of things to do for ther: I had wood to split, I had winter tires to install on my wife’s Subaru, I had to clear my driveway of snow, finish winterizing my Jeep, and also fix a small leak on our water heater.

Saturday started with me on our driveway with the snow thrower. (more…)

Tagged with:
 

A Flickr resident Michael aka Fort Photo informs “Fort Collins has just experienced our snowiest October in recorded history and the snow all came in one long storm! Here’s a view of the action outside of our home. Happy Winter all! Fall color cancel for us I’m afraid, heh.”

Fort Collins in snow

(more…)

Tagged with:
 
Page 3 of 3«123

2009 - 2011 (c) ColdUnited.com
The project is powered by AskYakutia.com & eYakutia.com