Christmas Day Blizzard pictures...not modem friendly

**Major Kong** · January 2nd, 2005, 10:39 PM

On Christmas Day we got hammered at work. I took these pictures with my old Kodak camera before it ended up DOA on the 26th.

Picture from my office of our Suburban's and Pick up's drifted under. It wasn't until the 27th that they were uncovered and then we were hit with a bigger blizzard on the 29th (alas no camera

).

These are pictures of our "PAC" (Personal Accommodation Center). The 1st floor windows are at least 6' off the ground. The PAC is built on pylons to protect the permafrost.

**Ferrit** · January 2nd, 2005, 11:56 PM

Pretty cool pics man .
Reminds me of when I was a kid out on the prairies in good ole
Winterpeg, Manisnowba
Come to think of it I can remeber when I hadda jump out the second floor window onto a drift and go dig the backdoor out cause it was drifted in so bad it couldnt open at all

**Stalemate** · January 3rd, 2005, 12:29 AM

Wow.

That is a lot of whiteness.

**WebHead** · January 3rd, 2005, 12:45 AM

Wow! Is that where Santa Claus lives?

**GrandDad** · January 3rd, 2005, 01:29 AM

You would go and post those pics ,

Was just talking about moving up there , oh well .

**Major Kong** · January 3rd, 2005, 01:35 AM

Originally Posted by GrandDad

You would go and post those pics ,

Was just talking about moving up there , oh well .

Ummm GrandDad you wouldn't be moving up where I work. That's a 120 miles North of the Arctic Circle and there is no place to live up there except for the work facility (the nearest Inupiaq village is 50 miles to the South).

Down here at home in the Anchorage area it ain't bad at all. Some snow, not nearly as much at work and temperatures in the upper 20°F's.

It all depends on where in Alaska. Now up there in Tekboy and Lost country in the interior it can get ummmmmm...pretty raw.

**WebHead** · January 3rd, 2005, 01:45 AM

So what you are saying is that a spoiled Californian like myself wouldn't last a day up there?

**Major Kong** · January 3rd, 2005, 01:52 AM

Originally Posted by WebHead

So what you are saying is that a spoiled Californian like myself wouldn't last a day up there?

Oh I don't know about that Wrbby. San Francisco is colder than Anchorage in the summer.

We moved up here from Tucson three years ago and we've adapted very well thank you very much, but like I said the Anchorage area is much more moderate than the interior.

**Tekboy** · January 3rd, 2005, 10:15 AM

We are a balmy 12 degrees above zero this morning, thank you!

I am sure we will pay soon for such a nice day.

**+Daemon+** · January 3rd, 2005, 10:23 AM

wow I have enver seen snow, impressive

**meatwad** · January 3rd, 2005, 10:30 AM

Why would you drive white vehicles up there? Wouldn't it make more sense to have bright orange vans and trucks in case you wound up stuck somewhere?

**3fingersalute** · January 3rd, 2005, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by meatwad

Why would you drive white vehicles up there? Wouldn't it make more sense to have bright orange vans and trucks in case you wound up stuck somewhere?

I was kind of wondering the same thing myself.

**Rogue1987** · January 3rd, 2005, 11:15 AM

Major Kong, those are some amazing pictures, but I have a question.
What is your job there?

What do you do?

Thanks,

Rogue

**Shard92** · January 3rd, 2005, 12:04 PM

Hey Major... How much snow was dumped in that blizzard? WE just got the remnats of it i think on Newyears night / sunday morning..... we ended up with 6-10 inches. Closed some roads because of white out conditions. And all this was after Thursdays ice storm so the roads/etc are pretty bad in places around here... I did finally get plowed out last night so we were'nt stuck for days anyway....

**Major Kong** · January 3rd, 2005, 10:20 PM

Wow y'all asked a lot of questions.

Otay:

meatwad & 3fingersalute:

Originally Posted by meatwad

Why would you drive white vehicles up there? Wouldn't it make more sense to have bright orange vans and trucks in case you wound up stuck somewhere?

The short of it is you can get a better price on fleet vehicles that are white. The vehicles have the bright orange reflective stripes though. We are starting to get vehicles that are dark red with silver reflective stripes.

Originally Posted by Rogue1987

Major Kong, those are some amazing pictures, but I have a question.
What is your job there?

What do you do?

Thanks,

Rogue

Well Rogue I'm a Senior Environmental Coordinator and a ISO 14001 EMS auditor at the world's largest zinc, lead and silver mine. My major disciplines are waste management, TRI-Toxic Release Inventory, drinking water, CERCLA - spill clean up & reporting and ISO 14000 auditing.

Originally Posted by Shard92

Hey Major... How much snow was dumped in that blizzard? WE just got the remnats of it i think on Newyears night / sunday morning..... we ended up with 6-10 inches. Closed some roads because of white out conditions. And all this was after Thursdays ice storm so the roads/etc are pretty bad in places around here... I did finally get plowed out last night so we were'nt stuck for days anyway....

Gord...It's still snowing up there! So far I would estimate about 3' of snow has fallen up there at work. We were darn lucky to have gotten out Saturday evening. Down here at home it's been raining all day, but they're calling for about 1' of snow tonight and tomorrow.