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Old 11-06-2014, 11:32 PM
 
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Or "yawwwwwn"...

So a friend of mine spent a little time up in Alaska this past summer doing some film work for I think some tour company or something and now he's being inundated by his Facebook friends with news about Alaska like so...

Rapidly Strengthening Monster Storm May Become Most Intense Ever for Alaska

It made me wonder... are these storms often dubbed "monster storms" and such, is it overblown sensationalism or is it big news up there and folks are battening down the hatches? (But don't you do that anyway every so often? It's Alaska!)
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Old 11-06-2014, 11:40 PM
 
Location: Naptowne, Alaska
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Some of our storms would be all over the Weather Channel as hurricanes. Around here they are just...storms.
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Old 11-07-2014, 07:30 AM
 
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When this storm was over Hawaii it was a hurricane. Since then it has moved North, entered the jet stream, and is now blowing toward the mainland. it is not rated as a tropical storm system where it is located now. Read the link and you will understand. In the Pacific it was called a typhoon which is their version of a hurricane.

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Old 11-07-2014, 08:18 AM
 
Location: NP AK/SF NM
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A storm like this is not really unusual for the Bering Sea coast.....one seems to come along at least once a year. They don't even generally make the news.
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Old 11-07-2014, 09:37 AM
 
Location: Wasilla, AK
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It'll be a big storm... People that live in it's path need to be prepared. But it's not unusual to get storms of this magnitude.
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Old 11-07-2014, 10:04 AM
 
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Thanks for the replies... pretty much as I thought, sounds like business as usual with people who are in the storm's path taking the usual precautions.

BTW, being the Monty Python fan that he is, my friend's response to that FB post tickled me...

"Run away!"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FPELc1wEvk

Cheers!
p.s. stay safe everyone regardless!
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Old 11-07-2014, 10:48 AM
 
Location: interior Alaska
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The storm potentially could be one of the most intense to ever hit the North Pacific, weather service forecaster Brian Hurley said. The Coast Guard and Alaska state emergency responders were keeping a close eye on its strength. The storm isn't expected to have any effect on Interior weather patterns, however, according to weather service meteorologist Ben Bartos. In fact, most of Alaska will be unaffected, except for St. Lawrence Island, the Pribilofs and parts of the Aleutians.
The heart of the storm, where the winds will be the most dangerous, will be over water.
"Unless you're on a crab boat bouncing out the middle of the Bering Sea, you don't have to worry," Bartos said.

Explosive storm headed for Aleutians, Bering Strait - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Alaska News
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Old 11-07-2014, 11:06 AM
 
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And amazing how many calls I am getting now that I moved up here... I just tell them that the storm is hitting an area over 1,000 miles away from me.

Granted, it is nice that people are concerned...
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Old 11-07-2014, 11:56 AM
 
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And amazing how many calls I am getting now that I moved up here... I just tell them that the storm is hitting an area over 1,000 miles away from me.

Granted, it is nice that people are concerned...
It's like when we get a call from my hubby's family over in England and they hear there's been a 4.0 earthquake 200 miles from us! I hear the relief in my mother in law's voice when I explain the situation.
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Old 11-07-2014, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Naptowne, Alaska
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The Weather Channel was actually talking about this incoming storm this morning!
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