Roger Nelson (1:3828/7) wrote to Gord Hannah, Et Al at 09:04 on 18 Feb 2008:

 RN> Right now, it is 16C here and is expected to dip down to 5C
 RN> tonight.  For those of us who were raised in the south, that is
 RN> cold.  It wouldn't be much of a problem for any of us down here
 RN> except for the area getting what it gets.  We get three days of
 RN> cold and three days of warm, with the seventh day being a day of
 RN> transition.  It warms up, a front comes along bringing rain at its
 RN> fore and then the temps drop when the skies clear.  It's a vicious
 RN> cycle, but nothing like what you guys experience.  I can't even
 RN> imagime what it's like to go to work in -??C weather.

You don't go to work in those temps.  The 1947 record at Snag was -63C
(-81.4F) and it hasn't gotten quite that cold since.  But at that
temperature you move very slowly and you leave your car at home.

But we are much warmer now and happy.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn{at}northwestel.net)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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