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Crazy Weather Day!!!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2025 5:42 pm
by GinniG
Yesterday (January 30) we started out with a beautiful sunrise at 6:45 AM! 
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Being Thursday it was our day to go to town.  We knew it was supposed to snow so we planned to go early and started to leave around 9.  Steve looked at his app and said that his said there was supposed to be a break at noon and we should wait until then to go.  Its 35 miles over a mountain pass and the weather in the winter up there can be quite bad.  About 9:30 it started to snow hard here.  In half an hour we had an inch on the ground.  My weather app showed it getting worse and I convinced Steve to leave then just in case.  So we bundled up and left about 10 AM.  As we got closer and closer to the pass it was obvious that the weather was MUCH worse than we thought as this picture shows...
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Our Honda CRV has snow tires and does VERY well in the snow.  And Steve is a very good driver and usually has no problem driving in it most of the time.  Obviously this is a LOT more than the inch we had at home just about 15 miles away!  When we got to the pass we could tell they had at least a foot of snow sitting on the guard rails and it was still coming down!

We arrived safely into town and to make things go quicker Steve dropped me at the grocery store while he went to the post office for mail, UPS place for packages and hardware store for straw and feed for the chickens, duck and geese.  We were only there a couple of hours.  As we were driving home we reached the top of the pass.  The weather was worse and they had at least another 6 inches and it was almost whiteout conditions...

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Steve was driving quite slowly at this point!  But the car was behaving well so other than being a bit stressful and intense it wasn't a bad drive... 

We got home safely to about 2 inches. 
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Image   Up to about 4 inches just before dark...

We got all the groceries and packages inside.  Steve took care of the birds and we hunkered down.  It snowed most of the evening.  About 1 AM our power went out.  It was only out for about an hour.  Then I woke up at 2 when the power went off again.  This time it was out for about 2 hours.  Thankfully we have a wood stove and a heater that's only powered by propane! 

Today it's sunny and the snow is melting off the roof and falling off the trees.  We lost power again around 11:30 but it was only out for about 1/2 hour.  The snow is wet and the temps are dropping so the trees are heavy with what's left on them.  We are fully prepared (well at least as well as we can be) for the single digit temps tonight and the possibility that we won't be above freezing for the next 10 days. 

So all of you that had that crazy cold weather the last couple of weeks came back to us right on time.  February 1st is usually when we start getting our worst winter weather.  After being in the 40s most of the last 2 months it's a bit of a shock but this IS Alaska...  And we have to be ready for this kind of weather through April so I doubt this will be the last snow we get.  But hopefully it won't be any worse in the future!

Just thought you'd enjoy seeing these pictures.  :)  Stay safe, warm and dry Cherries!

Re: Crazy Weather Day!!!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2025 5:53 pm
by VALERIE 03/22
THANKS FOR SHARING THE PICS................. THEY ARE NICE LOOKING PICS.................... I WOULD HAVE TURNED AROUND WHEN I SEEN THE FOOT OF SNOW AT THE MOUNTAIN PASS....................... HEHEHEHEHHE I AM GLAD YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED AND GOT HOME SAFE AND SOUND...................... WERE SUPPOSED TO GET HIT WITH THE COLD WEATHER AGAIN AOUND THE 9TH AND 10TH OF FEBURARY.............. NO BEUNO FOR ME..................... ONCE WAS ENOUGH WELL MORE THEN ENOUGH FOR ME....................................... BUT IT IS WISCONSIN AND IT CHANGES A LOT EVERY DAY IT SEEMS IN THE WINTER.................... 

WELL, STAY WARM GINNI AND GET SOME CRAFTY STUFF DONE WHEN YOU CAN.......................

VALERIE

Re: Crazy Weather Day!!!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2025 6:29 pm
by scrappinmom99
Oh my that is crazy weather! I'm glad you were able to get what you need and get home safe. You're braver than this New Yorker who doesn't even have a driver's license LOL. Sorry about the power outages - those are frustrating. Stay safe!

Re: Crazy Weather Day!!!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2025 6:37 pm
by lisn2cats
I love your photos, but especially love your documenting/story-telling. I feel like I was right there with y’all…except I was inside and toasty! TFS!!

Re: Crazy Weather Day!!!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2025 7:34 pm
by VickiR
GinniG wrote:
Fri Jan 31, 2025 5:42 pm
Yesterday (January 30) we started out with a beautiful sunrise at 6:45 AM! 
Image

Being Thursday it was our day to go to town.  We knew it was supposed to snow so we planned to go early and started to leave around 9.  Steve looked at his app and said that his said there was supposed to be a break at noon and we should wait until then to go.  Its 35 miles over a mountain pass and the weather in the winter up there can be quite bad.  About 9:30 it started to snow hard here.  In half an hour we had an inch on the ground.  My weather app showed it getting worse and I convinced Steve to leave then just in case.  So we bundled up and left about 10 AM.  As we got closer and closer to the pass it was obvious that the weather was MUCH worse than we thought as this picture shows...
Image

Our Honda CRV has snow tires and does VERY well in the snow.  And Steve is a very good driver and usually has no problem driving in it most of the time.  Obviously this is a LOT more than the inch we had at home just about 15 miles away!  When we got to the pass we could tell they had at least a foot of snow sitting on the guard rails and it was still coming down!

We arrived safely into town and to make things go quicker Steve dropped me at the grocery store while he went to the post office for mail, UPS place for packages and hardware store for straw and feed for the chickens, duck and geese.  We were only there a couple of hours.  As we were driving home we reached the top of the pass.  The weather was worse and they had at least another 6 inches and it was almost whiteout conditions...

Image

Steve was driving quite slowly at this point!  But the car was behaving well so other than being a bit stressful and intense it wasn't a bad drive... 

We got home safely to about 2 inches. 
ImageImage   Up to about 4 inches just before dark...

We got all the groceries and packages inside.  Steve took care of the birds and we hunkered down.  It snowed most of the evening.  About 1 AM our power went out.  It was only out for about an hour.  Then I woke up at 2 when the power went off again.  This time it was out for about 2 hours.  Thankfully we have a wood stove and a heater that's only powered by propane! 

Today it's sunny and the snow is melting off the roof and falling off the trees.  We lost power again around 11:30 but it was only out for about 1/2 hour.  The snow is wet and the temps are dropping so the trees are heavy with what's left on them.  We are fully prepared (well at least as well as we can be) for the single digit temps tonight and the possibility that we won't be above freezing for the next 10 days. 

So all of you that had that crazy cold weather the last couple of weeks came back to us right on time.  February 1st is usually when we start getting our worst winter weather.  After being in the 40s most of the last 2 months it's a bit of a shock but this IS Alaska...  And we have to be ready for this kind of weather through April so I doubt this will be the last snow we get.  But hopefully it won't be any worse in the future!

Just thought you'd enjoy seeing these pictures.  :)  Stay safe, warm and dry Cherries!
Beautiful and thankful you made it home safely!  Stay safe and warm.
 

Re: Crazy Weather Day!!!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:00 pm
by GinniG
SCRAPBOOKINGVLCS wrote:
Fri Jan 31, 2025 5:53 pm
THANKS FOR SHARING THE PICS................. THEY ARE NICE LOOKING PICS.................... I WOULD HAVE TURNED AROUND WHEN I SEEN THE FOOT OF SNOW AT THE MOUNTAIN PASS....................... HEHEHEHEHHE I AM GLAD YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED AND GOT HOME SAFE AND SOUND...................... WERE SUPPOSED TO GET HIT WITH THE COLD WEATHER AGAIN AOUND THE 9TH AND 10TH OF FEBURARY.............. NO BEUNO FOR ME..................... ONCE WAS ENOUGH WELL MORE THEN ENOUGH FOR ME....................................... BUT IT IS WISCONSIN AND IT CHANGES A LOT EVERY DAY IT SEEMS IN THE WINTER.................... 

WELL, STAY WARM GINNI AND GET SOME CRAFTY STUFF DONE WHEN YOU CAN.......................

VALERIE
I'M GLAD YOU ENJOYED THEM VALERIE!  WE WOULDN'T HAVE GONE IF WE WEREN'T OUT OF EVERYTHING!  LOL!  PLUS STEVE GOT A NEW PHONE AND IT WAS SITTING IN A PARCEL LOCKER AT THE POST OFFICE SO WE NEEDED TO GET THAT RIGHT AWAY!  I HOPE YOUR WEATHER DOESN'T GET TOO COLD!  I'M MAKING CARDS AND LAYOUTS AS MUCH AS I CAN.  UNTIL MY FINGERS START FREEZING SO MUCH I CAN'T FEEL THEM.  LOLOL!  :lol:
 

Re: Crazy Weather Day!!!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:01 pm
by GinniG
Lisn2cats wrote:
Fri Jan 31, 2025 6:37 pm
I love your photos, but especially love your documenting/story-telling. I feel like I was right there with y’all…except I was inside and toasty! TFS!!

Thanks so much!  My Dad was quite the story teller so I think I get that from him.  :)  Glad you enjoyed it from inside where you were toasty warm!  :)

Re: Crazy Weather Day!!!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:14 pm
by pawprints
Crazy weather for sure Ginni! Beautiful photos I love a winter wonderland! Just not driving in it lol. Glad you and Steve got home safe!

Re: Crazy Weather Day!!!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:18 pm
by aheatfan
Gorgeous pictures. I would be so scared to drive in that. Glad you are home safe and sound. Stay warm. 

Re: Crazy Weather Day!!!

Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 7:46 pm
by GinniG
aheatfan wrote:
Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:18 pm
Gorgeous pictures. I would be so scared to drive in that. Glad you are home safe and sound. Stay warm. 
Even though I learned to drive in the snow over 50 years ago I don't drive in it anymore unless I absolutely HAVE to!  :)  Especially up here. 
 

Re: Crazy Weather Day!!!

Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 8:10 pm
by Art_Teacher
Wow!  Stay safe, Ginni!  We have freezing rain here but supposed to warm up and melt tomorrow morning. 

Re: Crazy Weather Day!!!

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 8:52 am
by Birgit55~Chickadee
Wow, so glad you guys were able to run your errands and get back home safely.  I would have chickened out and turned around too!  But, I guess you have to be hardy and brave to live in Alaska.  We've been experiencing below zero temps for the past few days and gotten a bit of snow with more coming today.  Sometimes I enjoy being stuck at home with the wood stove going.  Stay crafty and warm Ginni!