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Sounds like a swell time!

Well, from my house looking south, it appears to be trying to clear.
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Looks busy.

Many years ago while I was at Site Summit we seemed to get our worst winds and heavy wet snow in April. We would get snowed in at the launching site and spend several hours waiting for the snow blower to push it's way through the huge drifts just to change crews. I surely don't miss those winds and heavy snow storms. The launching site was at 3200 feet and the barracks was at 4000 ASL.

kwg

I don't consider it spring here (SE Oregon at 4,500ft) until mid-June. It just might be safe to finally plant one's tomatoes. Even then, we've had snow in July and August. Got a couple inches yesterday.

LOL..........A couple of my co-workers in a blower and a D-7 got caught in a whiteout on the mountain trying to cut their way to the site. They were there for two days waiting so they could see where they were going.

I have shunshine now. Crazy.

What year was that ?? I was there in 1975 and 1976.

kwg

We had wind overnight, but no snow. Wind is starting to settle a bit. It’s now 34 gusting 51, but was much higher last night. Dogs do not like that!

I can't pinpoint it, but it was definitely sometime after 1974. We were maintaining the road even after the missile battery deactivated, because lots of agencies had commo towers up there, and needed access for repairs and maintenance. After that event, our organization balked at opening it up in winter, and pressured everybody to use snowmobiles and helicopters for winter access.

I was an active duty engineer in '74/'75, and I know a guy who was detailed up there about then. I think he was there until deactivation. Have you seen these?

https://home.army.mil/alaska/application/files/6315/0912/6115/Fort_Richardson_Cold_War.pdf

https://www.nps.gov/places/nike-site-summit.htm

https://www.nikesitesummit.net/

We got a couple inches at our place last night and it was still coming down pretty good when I left for work. The drive into Anc at 0530 this morning was pretty f****** heinous though.

We got enough snow to make the ground white here again. I had big palms of cleaning up dog crap this evening.

Rain here in Sterling yesterday pm. No snow. Wind seems to be slacking off a bit.

Something tinny sounding was banging around half the night. I'm putting off going to see what. Hope it's nothing to do with the garage roof- think it's a panel I have covering a boat trailer. Need more coffee before I go out.

Bet the poly tarps over the snowmachines are gone, or at least off, also.

I wonder if AlaskaAir will let me do a walkaround the plane in the morning- just to make sure no doors have blown off? I know how to do that!

I see one of my tarps way out behind the house!


Power outages from above east foreland down out east end.

https://outage.homerelectric.com/

We got electrons now after being out 6/7 hours.

I drove down to Thompson Pass Friday evening for one last white-tailed ptarmigan hunt...holy hell was it a mess yesterday. I didn't even get out of the vehicle. I just turned around and headed back home. Weather man said 35+ MPH gusts and 12-18 inches of heavy snow was expected yesterday...I wouldn't doubt that was correct.

Gusts in the Delta area were supposed to have been approaching 60+ MPH but I never saw anything that bad.

I left in June, 1976. The Site closed in July 1979. I knew some of the road clearing crew back then. Chuck Anderson was a guy from Iowa who worked for the Army maintaining the Site and clearing roads. I don't recall the other guys names at this point. I actually started up the cat one day to pull a friend out of a snowbank not far from the launching area. It was always plugged in to a heater. The commander came by and saw me in the cat and I thought I was toast. But, he made me the backup snow blower driver and cat driver instead. Unfortunately, I never got it recorded on my driving record for future use.

I will be back in Anchorage for a reunion in September. (16 to 20th) I understand we will be going back up the hill for another tour. I was there in July of 2022 for a visit with some friends. It was somewhat surreal seeing it in it's present condition.

It was quite the place in the 1970's. I left San Antonio in late November 1974 and reported to Ft. Richardson December 16th 1974. I spent 18 months at the Site.

kwg

My son in law has a good friend who lives in Palmer. Unfortunately, I don't know his name.

Hailing yesterday, snowing today, I'm ready for some actual sunshine.

LOL..........I reported for duty on Dec. 18, 1974. We might have been at the Replacement Co. at the same time at Bldg. 650. Within a month of our arrival there were two earthquakes; a 7.0 and a 7.1.........I think. They were strong ones.

I worked with Chuck Anderson as a civilian for several years (I hired on with post engineers in 1981). I believe he retired in 1988 or so. Does the name Dennis Hubbard ring a bell?

Power was out for 24 hours, so no water, no heat, no snow, just wind.

The beer survived, so all is well. Still searching for a place to live in greater Soldotna area.