"The National Weather Service has issued a new high wind warning starting Tuesday night, with possible gusts of 85 to 110 mph continuing into Wednesday." Read the rest of the Daily News story here.
It could be worse ... it could be January when it's -20 outside. But everyone's prepared, and we will be fine.
It is getting a bit old, though.
John 12:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit."
Showing posts with label storm warning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label storm warning. Show all posts
18 September 2012
14 September 2012
Friday Doldrums
This has been such a strange summer, weather-wise. We've had cool & wet before ... often, in fact ... but this year has been windy.
Meteorologists will tell you that Anchorage isn't a windy place (tall tales aside) because we're surrounded by mountains on three sides. With the city nestled literally against the Chugach Range, we tend to be dry when all around us is rainy, the infamous "rain shadow" effect.
This year we've had winds, often. Last week's hurricane-force winds, lasting for 36 hours, did a number on this place: thousands of trees down, and much of town left without power for several days.
Now AccuHunch predicts we'll get Round 2, beginning Saturday night into Sunday ...
Older Daughter works on Saturday this week, so we planned a range trip for Sunday morning. That isn't sounding like such a good idea now, as the storm is expected to peak on Sunday.
So we'll batten the hatches once more, and settle in for another wet & wild weekend. Thanks for stopping by.
Meteorologists will tell you that Anchorage isn't a windy place (tall tales aside) because we're surrounded by mountains on three sides. With the city nestled literally against the Chugach Range, we tend to be dry when all around us is rainy, the infamous "rain shadow" effect.
This year we've had winds, often. Last week's hurricane-force winds, lasting for 36 hours, did a number on this place: thousands of trees down, and much of town left without power for several days.
Now AccuHunch predicts we'll get Round 2, beginning Saturday night into Sunday ...
"Winds... .southeast 70 to 85 mph with possible gusts to 100 mph along Turnagain Arm and the Upper Hillside. For the rest of Anchorage... southeast 35 to 50 mph with possible local gusts to 65 mph."Yay. This threat is exacerbated by those trees which were pushed over, but haven't yet fallen. With all this rain, the ground is soft ... too soft. One more good push & they'll all go down.
Older Daughter works on Saturday this week, so we planned a range trip for Sunday morning. That isn't sounding like such a good idea now, as the storm is expected to peak on Sunday.
So we'll batten the hatches once more, and settle in for another wet & wild weekend. Thanks for stopping by.
02 December 2011
The U.S.: a Giant Prison?
"30 Signs That The United States Is Being Turned Into a Giant Prison"
Read it all.
Excerpt: If you live in the United States of America, you live in a giant prison where liberty and freedom are slowly being strangled to death. In this country, the control freaks that run things are obsessed with watching, tracking, monitoring and recording virtually everything that we do. Nothing is private anymore. Everything that you do on the Internet is being monitored. All of your phone calls are being monitored.
Read it all.
08 November 2011
Evacuations Begin, Ahead of "Epic" Storm
Evacuations have begun in some Alaska coastal communities, including Nome (see below), ahead of a powerful storm that's moving across the Bering Sea toward the western Alaska coast. The storm, packing hurricane-force winds, has the potential for coastal flooding, extensive beach erosion and serious damage, according to the National Weather Service.
"This will be extremely dangerous and life threatening storm of an epic magnitude rarely experienced," the Weather Service said in a bulletin earlier today.
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