Whoever it is, they need to do something. For the third day in a row, we hit the lowest temperature of the season...36 below zero. That is a personal record for me as last year bottomed out at 35 below.
Spent about 30 minutes outside last night tracking the moose family that showed up yesterday. Thirty minutes seems to be my limit as my nose and cheeks lose feeling by then. I think we found where they bedded down. Both dogs were highly excited by the scent. Lucky for me the stars were out and I didn't need my headlamp to see as the battery died on me. I've been using rechargeables for the past year and they are subject to fast discharge in the extreme cold weather.
According to the forecasters the cold weather is here to stay for at least another week. Its so cold they will likely have to cancel the World Championships cross country ski races today. If its minus five or colder the governing body mandates no race. The cold weather even postponed the Statehood Celebration planned for the Matsu Valley but the ones in Anchorage (mostly indoors) will go on as scheduled. There is a little light at the end of the tunnel as TROPICAL temps of 10 - 15 above zero are predicted for the end of next week. Hopefully, I will be restocking my vitamin d in Texas by then.
Spent about 30 minutes outside last night tracking the moose family that showed up yesterday. Thirty minutes seems to be my limit as my nose and cheeks lose feeling by then. I think we found where they bedded down. Both dogs were highly excited by the scent. Lucky for me the stars were out and I didn't need my headlamp to see as the battery died on me. I've been using rechargeables for the past year and they are subject to fast discharge in the extreme cold weather.
According to the forecasters the cold weather is here to stay for at least another week. Its so cold they will likely have to cancel the World Championships cross country ski races today. If its minus five or colder the governing body mandates no race. The cold weather even postponed the Statehood Celebration planned for the Matsu Valley but the ones in Anchorage (mostly indoors) will go on as scheduled. There is a little light at the end of the tunnel as TROPICAL temps of 10 - 15 above zero are predicted for the end of next week. Hopefully, I will be restocking my vitamin d in Texas by then.
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