Observation of ODDNESS....

We have SNOW squalls in Bailey....BUT, in the interior of Alaska...... http://bigstory.ap.org/article/interior ... ......just spoke to my brother in Fairbanks...Tanana river, Salcha river,in fact MOST rivers in interior are ice jammed and
flooding because it ws 30 degrees YESTERDAY,and today it is 84 ABOVE......villages are flooded across the interior of Alaska....WILD
weather witnessed across interior.....(and the berg of Bailey?)......just an observation of oddness....

Snow in South Park this morning. Got much less water out of these spring storms than I was expecting. I have seen the pictures of the flooding on the Yukon river, sad, very sad.

I lived in Alaska for 5 years in the 80s... couldn't believe it was near 100 deg. in Fairbanks one summer.

Rick wrote: I lived in Alaska for 5 years in the 80s... couldn't believe it was near 100 deg. in Fairbanks one summer.

Rick....THAT use to be the norm.....(from my brother) they RARELY see 90's and 100's, it's been a "cool" summer for almost a decade
now,sometimes he says it feel likes fall more than summer (60's and 70's warm wise).....since he is a "sourdough"...born/raised/living in
Alaska he has seen alot of weather changes thru the decades.....he STILL can't imagine living full time in the lower 48 and he's 57,looking to do the "snow bird" thing......cabin on the Salcha river in the summer and maybe Yuma.AZ. in the winter......the winter's
in Fairbanks are getting to him finally.....

homeagain wrote: We have SNOW squalls in Bailey....BUT, in the interior of Alaska...... http://bigstory.ap.org/article/interior ... ......just spoke to my brother in Fairbanks...Tanana river, Salcha river,in fact MOST rivers in interior are ice jammed and
flooding because it ws 30 degrees YESTERDAY,and today it is 84 ABOVE......villages are flooded across the interior of Alaska....WILD
weather witnessed across interior.....(and the berg of Bailey?)......just an observation of oddness....

Thought I'd let ya know that the big one on the Yukon that flooded Galena finally broke :thumbsup: and the village of Koyukuk has been spared according to the residents there. Now comes rebuilding time:
http://www.adn.com/2013/05/30/2920996/f ... laska.html

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And residents want to go back for the same reason people who live in places hit by tornadoes or hurricanes rebuild there.

"This is their home," Runner said. "Why are they going to leave it?"

And it ain't no bayou cesspool like Louisiana either. Thought I'd throw that in there.