News flash: It snows a lot in Alaska in the winter.
This cold season, we’ve seen modestly greater than average snowfalls out in the Susitna Valley. It’s been cold – boy, howdy, has it been cold, with nighttime lows brushing up against -30F, and expected to hit close to that mark through this week. Whether you’re from Alaska, or Siberia, or Antarctica, that’s cold. But snow, well, we’re getting along OK. Most of us who live out in the Borough have places to put the snow that we’re plowing off our driveways and clearing away from walking paths. People who live in the city, though, quickly run out of places to put snow, especially when, like Anchorage right now, they get hit with over a hundred inches of white stuff. (We’ve had 95 inches, but as noted, we have places to move it to.)
And the winter isn’t nearly over yet.
So much snow has fallen — so far, more than 8.7 feet (2.65…
