This post is part of the blogger challenge titled BBBC. Today's topic is:
8. The weather.
I think that folks in Alaska talk about the weather more than any other topic. Everyone has first hand experience with it and most have an opinion. Many have their favorite app. One of the guys who occasionally shows up at morning coffee is a long time employee of the National Weather Service. If you ask him what the weather is going to be, he usually pulls out his iPhone and checks several apps. And qualifies his forecast with a statement that he's off duty.
My new favorite weather app on the iPhone is Carrot5 due to the snarky comments, The weather being reported isn't any better or worse than any other app but it entertains.
We just had the driest January on record with only 0.01" of precipitation. And, I think I read somewhere, one of the warmest. Not a single -30°F day. I remember some years when we had weeks of -40° and even some stretches of -65°F. Remember, after Florida disappears due to rising sea levels, Alaska will be the new Florida.
8. The weather.
We just had the driest January on record with only 0.01" of precipitation. And, I think I read somewhere, one of the warmest. Not a single -30°F day. I remember some years when we had weeks of -40° and even some stretches of -65°F. Remember, after Florida disappears due to rising sea levels, Alaska will be the new Florida.
somehow, I'm not seeing those millions of gray-haired retirees clogging up the few Alaskan roads once Florida is submerged.....
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that they'll all be flocking to the warm waters of Prudhoe.
DeleteI'll have to look at that Carrot app. The comments would tickle me, too.
ReplyDeleteCharlie6, they'll all be living on cruise ships, permanently moored all up and down the inside passage, like giant, floating, group mobile-homes. :-)
Haven't you heard of the cruise ship condos? I hear that the HOA fees are huge.
DeleteI think I need a sarcastic weather app ;)
ReplyDeleteEveryone needs a snarky weather app. Can't take this stuff too seriously.
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