Kaktovik digs out after frigid buries Arctic community
The North Slope village of Kaktovik, on the shores of the Beaufort Sea, is recovering from a Saturday night blizzard that packed frozen, hurricane-force winds and sent dumpsters tumbling like dice, residents said.
Snow drifts pile high against houses in the North Slope community of Kaktovik, Alaska on March 1, 2015 after a strong winter storm. Flora Rexford
“It was the worst I’ve ever seen,” said Flora Rexford, who has lived in Kaktovik all her life. “Dumpsters were flying around.”
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National Weather Service meteorologists say they don’t know exactly how strong Saturday’s winds were -- because weather equipment broke during the storm.
On a personal note, I saw weather like that in the Aleutians. You know those square-based, round-topped dumpsters? You may not remember; apparently they're so old fashioned that I can't even find a picture of one. Imagine a square base about five feet on a side, with a smaller half-cylinder on top, with openings on either end of the cylinders.
Those got turned over in a couple of windstorms that pushed cars around in the parking lot, and sent a few VW Beetles airborne.
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Airborne VW's huh? LOL I think I would rather deal with the occasional funnel cloud. At least it is usually warm when we get those :)
There are strong winds during the summer months, Preppy. But nobody fusses too much about sideways rain. :)
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