The Great Snow Dump of 2011 – Alaska’s turn

[MimzMum]

I’ve been living in the Interior of Alaska for almost 16 years now, and I have to say, barring the first year we were here, I’ve not seen as much snow as I have today, nor have I ever seen it come down like this for so long. Since yesterday we’ve had a bit of a blizzard come through the Fairbanks area and it’s piling it high and deep. The wind is pushing it at between 10-40 MPH to boot, which is staggering.

Alaska is officially suffering drought that has gone on for years now. Hence why we had such bad forest fires for the last 5-6 years. My guess is, even with this dumping, we’ll still be below proper totals for our region.

Today I look outside and realize that if I took Jenna out to go potty (actually last night we were getting this sinking feeling) that I would never find her again, it seems more like a 5 feet out there compared to the 6-8 inches they forecast. Hubby got a dozer and plowed, but if the snow keeps coming by tonight most of his work will be for naught. And the roofs still need to be raked.

I don’t know how he’s going to get to town for supplies tomorrow, honestly…you can hardly get one car down the road as it is, and with it being a holiday, naturally, plowing even for the state is almost at a standstill. I have no idea if the main road is even passable. But our subdivision’s dirt roads are maintained only privately, if at all. And I hate it when it gets like this.

I officially told the bunnies and the other animals last night that no one is alowed to get sick now until past thaw. We’d never get them through to the vet.

[Michelle&Lolli]

Ha! Now it’s your turn! lol

I’ll keep my fingers crossed that no one gets sick!

I was so nervous 2 weeks ago when we got our blizzard here in the midwest. I’d never been through anything like that since I’d been on my own or with a pet. So I was freaking out a bit over Lolli. My dad called and I asked him what I was supposed to do about me and her if the electricity went off. My dad says “You stay put is what you do!” lol I even posted about it. haha Obviously we were fine. I ended up lighting some candles after I tripped over a soda box. I had turned off the lights so I could see the tv. Normally there’s enough light coming from outdoor lights that I can see, but not that night. LOL The candles freaked Her Highness out. Her Highness just had to deal with it though. lol But it is nerve wracking when you might be cut off of everything – lights, phone, etc.

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