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Here's something really beautiful... (Original Post) Blue_In_AK May 2014 OP
Beautiful NV Whino May 2014 #1
Lol. Blue_In_AK May 2014 #2
so many thanks handmade34 May 2014 #3
We're having glorious weather. Blue_In_AK May 2014 #4
Wow. That was incredible. Thanks, my dear Blue... CaliforniaPeggy May 2014 #5
Yep, I might want to move there alright. Curmudgeoness May 2014 #6
Lol. Blue_In_AK May 2014 #7
You are right for THIS YEAR! Curmudgeoness May 2014 #8
We had about an average snowfall year, Blue_In_AK May 2014 #9

handmade34

(22,753 posts)
3. so many thanks
Wed May 21, 2014, 11:55 PM
May 2014

as I said, my son just went up there for the summer and it is a nice reminder that he is in a special place!

I would love to figure out a way to visit him this summer

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
6. Yep, I might want to move there alright.
Thu May 22, 2014, 02:29 PM
May 2014

That made me realize that I don't have enough snow to deal with already, and the days in winter are not short enough here, and it isn't cold enough for me right where I am.

But I would really love to have the aurora occasionally. I have always wanted to see it.

I did want to move to Alaska when I was younger. I heard that the ratio of men to women was in my favor and I was hoping to find someone to spend my life with. But now I don't care about that anymore, I gave up and I got a cat.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
7. Lol.
Thu May 22, 2014, 02:51 PM
May 2014

Where do you live? If you live in the northern plains, chances are we had a better winter than you did. In fact, there were days this past winter when it was warmer here in Anchorage than it was in Baton Rouge.

The weather is very nice here now except today it's extremely smoky because of a couple of wildfires burning nearby -- 44,000+ acre fire on the Kenai Peninsula near Kasilof and 1,500 acres burning near Tyonek and Beluga across Cook Inlet.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
8. You are right for THIS YEAR!
Thu May 22, 2014, 02:58 PM
May 2014

I am on the PA/OH border, and we had a brutal winter.....and yes, it was worse than what you had. I followed your posts about the winter weather with envy. This year.

But I bet that we still had more hours of light than you did.

Are you also in drought conditions up there? I always thought that it was pretty wet in Anchorage. But then again, you may have wildfires often with all the forests.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
9. We had about an average snowfall year,
Thu May 22, 2014, 03:19 PM
May 2014

even with the warmer temps, but this spring has been very dry. Most of the state is under red flag warnings. Wildfires are pretty common up here in the summer. In 2004 and 2005, which were also unusually warm summers, 11 million acres burned. Often they're just left to burn because of the sparse population, but this big fire down on the Peninsula is threatening homes and cabins and people are quite concerned. Not to mention that the air quality all over Southcentral is horrible. Added to the record-breaking pollen counts, people with respiratory issues are having a hard time.

And, yes, you're right about the light, but this time of year it never gets completely dark, so it's a trade-off.

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