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Town has received 176" of snow since November 1st.

In other news the mojave desert is very hot and NoWhereMom is dead.

ps

it takes a real sucker to believe that story about her not having posted here and her name just 'happening' to sound like NoWhereMan's.
 
in other news CA has no rain and the mountains here are completely dry. we had feet and feet of snow this time last year, and right now its ALL artificial. the last real snowfall we had in the mountains was since Thanksgiving, and even then it only accumulated to 12" then... hello drought!
 
In other news, there are cities in Alaska that have received over 20 feet of snow this winter so far... that's 240 inches (I think I saw a 260-something inches for one place yesterday). Valdez has been dumped on. That's 50% more snow than in the OP.

edit: wait a second... I thought Cordova was among the cities in Alaska with more than 20 feet of snowfall, cumulative this season.
 
http://news.yahoo.com/drone-helping-mission-ship-fuel-alaska-town-225508866.html

Drone helping mission to ship fuel to Alaska town

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — As a Russian fuel tanker slowly moves through the frozen Bering Sea toward an iced-in city in western Alaska, it has been getting help from an unusual source at its destination: a drone that flies overhead and sends images of the sea ice to researchers onshore.
The camera-equipped drone looks like a smoke detector with wings and legs. It glides on 20-minute missions ranging from 10 feet to 320 feet above the ice, and its images can be instantly viewed on a tablet-type computer screen.
The tanker is bound for Nome, a town of 3,500 residents that missed its final pre-winter delivery of fuel by barge when a big storm swept the region last fall. Without the delivery of 1.3 million gallons, the city could run short of fuel before a barge delivery becomes possible in late spring.
Researchers were using the 2.5-pound drone to provide a large picture of the ice in hopes of guiding the tanker as close to shore as possible, said Greg Walker, unmanned aircraft program manager for the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Geophysical Institute.
The Healy, the Coast Guard's only functioning icebreaker, has been accompanying the 370-foot tanker through the Bering Sea.
Progress was stalled by thick ice and strong ocean currents Tuesday. The vessels made nine miles but drifted with the ice while at rest for a total gain of just six miles, Coast Guard spokesman David Mosley said.
Ice conditions remained tough Wednesday. The Coast Guard said the two vessels were in densely concentrated ice about 100 miles from Nome by mid-afternoon.
"The way it's been described to me, ice breaking is a mission in patience. You take the miles as they come," Mosley said.
Meanwhile, a researcher assisting in the mission has discovered a 25-foot ice pressure ridge at the entrance to the Nome's harbor.
The pressure ridges are created when the pack ice from offshore pushes against the stationary shore ice, creating thick ridges somewhat like icebergs, scientists said.
The top of the ridge sits about 5 feet above the frozen surface but the rest extends well down into the ocean, the Geophysical Institute's Andy Mahoney said. The ridge is too big to get past, but it shouldn't prevent the tanker from offloading its fuel through its mile long hose.
Pictures from the drone will be used to figure out the best way to lay the hose.
As the tanker approaches Nome, the pressure ridges actually might come in handy as they are natural fault lines, Walker said. If the tanker can break the ice away from the ridges, it could open up a pathway.
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How's that for "international co-operation?" A US drone and USCG ice breaker ship is helping a Russian fuel tanker ship deliver fuel oil to an Alaskan city...

http://icefloe.net/Aloftcon_Photos/index.php?album=2012
 
they have water to both sides and it's fricken AK.

BTW, I bing maps bird's-eye viewed them and there's no snow on the ground. They lie.

Still waiting for first snowfall in NY.
 
Friend of mine lives in Seward, Alaska. There isn't a single status update, or picture, that isn't about the copious amounts of snow there. At a certain point I had to ask him if he remembered where he moved to.
 
Friend of mine in Anchorage posted this on Facebook. It's Richardson Highway on the way to Valdez, AK, as of last week.

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rh71 said:
they have water to both sides and it's fricken AK.

BTW, I bing maps bird's-eye viewed them and there's no snow on the ground. They lie.

Still waiting for first snowfall in NY.
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You mean first snowfall on Long Island - and didn't you guys get snow in that late October storm (or was it November?) We've had snow on this side of the state numerous times, though not as much as in the past.
 
Alaska can have all the snow it wants. As mentioned by another poster, good thing it was warm and all rain here in NJ or we would have had well over a foot of snow. Nice shot of that road, looks to be at least 10 feet or more high. Hope they eased back on the corners, so you can see who is there.
 
sixone said:
See the white marks down the middle? That's two lanes, headed in the same direction.
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Wrong. Look towards the upper area of the picture. In the left lane, you have the back end of what appears to be an original Saturn. In the right lane, you have the front end of an oncoming minivan, presumably an old Chrysler Town & Country.
 
I just want one major snowstorm this winter in NYC. On a weekend. Oh, and it better be proper snow, not any of that squishy, soft, dirty snow that we get sometimes. Plus, the snow should completely melt within 4 or 5 days. 6 max.
 
MotF Bane said:
Wrong. Look towards the upper area of the picture. In the left lane, you have the back end of what appears to be an original Saturn. In the right lane, you have the front end of an oncoming minivan, presumably an old Chrysler Town & Country.
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For all we know, one of those cards might have skidded a 180. That road is definitely designed for two lanes moving in the same direction, as evidenced by the lane markers.
 
sixone said:
For all we know, one of those cards might have skidded a 180. That road is definitely designed for two lanes moving in the same direction, as evidenced by the lane markers.
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Now you're just scrabbling for ways to avoid admitting you are incorrect.
 
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