Snow Jan24-25 Blizzard

Well we had our first "blizzard" Wednesday night. It the winds were blowing 30-50 with gusts to 70+. We survived didn't get blown away. But the snow sure did fall. They called for 2-4 inched but with the drifts we had close to 2feet and more in places. The driveway where the school buses park had over 2feet of snow blocking them in. We were happy to have no school and Chris even had the day off. I think most of town had the day off.
Well I just checked the weather report and it changed from some snow to yet another "BLIZZARD WARNING" so we shall see what we wake up to. The warning is from 9pm to 9am Sat.
www.srh.noaa.gov/date/forecasts/AKZ185.php?warncounty=AKCO16&city=Dutch+Harbor
So if your curious you can click on the link and check it out.









So the picture of Lizzy and Hopps, I took on our snow day and the one of Tommy and Hopps(alone) Lizzy took them on the snow day.



The one photo is our front door around 8pm Wed. night. The snow likes to blow right upon to our doorstep.


The rest of the photos were taken Thursday after the blizzard struck. I know some of these snow drifts look similar to previous snow shots but they are new. The snow had melted and made what was left really dense.We probably had over a foot on the ground still. The pic that looks like a wave, you could see the ground between the snow drift and trailer. You can no longer see the ground anywhere. We are running out of room for the loader to put the snow when he digs us out. It has been very interesting this winter and we are just coming into what "we" usually assume to the snowy season. The kids sure do love playing in the snow and sledding down the big piles.
Well enough rambling for now. Hope everyone is well. If we get any exciting snowfall I will be sure to capture it when I can go outside again. But for now I'm off to Tommy's indoor soccer practice.


Well our blizzard was cancelled during night but not before we got a few more inches of snow. The bad thing is that it started to rain so there is a lot of slush everywhere. We have over 4 inches of snow/slush in the driveway. So we missed that one but I'm sure we will be in for more.

More New Snow.....1.21.06

Time Bandit 1.19.07

Lizzy and I were going to the store and spotted the Time Bandit in the bay. The cool thing was that on Thursday(18th) Mike Rowe the narrator for the Deadliest Catch came to her school and spoke at and assembly. He talked a lot about his other show Dirtiest Jobs. He had a lot of funny stories. Lizzy said he was really nice and answered quite a few questions. Wish I was back in school that day. Well yeah, but just for that day.

Jan 17&20. 2007

Jan 4, 2007

Well it's still snowing and we have a blizzard watch tonight. It's been crazy. We woke up to at least 6 new inches and the drifts were well over a foot in the driveway not just near buildings. It has been fun to have and a bit wild. Since were not used to this stuff. Now if the winds would just settle down a bit the kids could go out and enjoy it. If they don't get lost in it. Tommy told Chris this morning when he looked outside that if it gets any deeper he and Lizzy could play "tunnel tag". I said they probably could do that in the yard right now. It's at least 3 feet deep in our yard next to the house and the drifts are even deeper. One of the problems were having is where to have the snow that is plowed placed. We are filling up the place rather quickly. And much to our sadness there will be NO SNOW DAYS here they do not have any extra days to give away.

Well the picture of our fuel tank got cleared off today when the fuel man showed up. In the one picture you can see where I opened up the back door out into the yard. The photo with the trailer in it where the markers are those are for a fire hydrant and power box. The hydrant is just about completely covered. Anyways, that's what's been going on here and more to come tonight.

Happy 2007

Well we would like to hope everyone a happy and healthy new year. We all managed to stay awake for the new year. Of course the kids had no problem. We just stayed home and played a game of monopoly(Nintendo themed) it was fun. Being that this is a themed board game Chris and I had a hard time adjusting to the newly named properties. But otherwise was a fun game. It started snowing Saturday night and didn't stop on Sunday and so needless to say today we awoke to atleat a foot of new snow and drifts that are crazy. Its really breezy out but I managed to get outside and take a few shots. Shooting snow is difficult.

Here are some shots of the side of our house. We sure are glad that we don't have to use that door and hope that the fuel man doesn't need to come for awhile.