The beautiful hoar frost is gone. Rain and strong winds have cleared the delicate ice crystals and snow from the branches of the trees and turned snow covered roads into sheets of ice. Ok...now some of the roads are chunky with ice, but they are still crazy slick. Parking lots and sidewalks are worse. You are almost better driving than walking...almost. Good thing I have Trax to put on my shoes. I actually considered the value of ice cleats today. Yea...it was that slippery.
Just a few days ago, we finished a 15 day streak of below zero temperatures, the seventh longest stretch in Anchorage recorded weather. Each day at work became a contest to see who had the coldest temperature at the house...while driving around town....etc. "I had -20"...."Oh yea? Well...it was -23 at MY house". If it was going to be that cold, then we all wanted bragging rights. Now we are above freezing. In fact, we are about 40 degrees warmer than the coldest point of that cold snap. The new competition is wind speed. Oh wait, not really. None of us like this kind of wind. Luckily at the Nelson Household, we experienced 40-50 mph wind gusts. The folks high up on hillside saw the full brunt of the storm with gusts as high as 106 mph.
Another storm is on tap for tomorrow. Could we hit 100+ on the hillside again? Only time will tell.
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