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01-17-2009, 09:21 PM
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Most people just don't 'get it'
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Damage
How much damage was done yesterday due to high winds? Was it isolated near the hillside or what? How long did it last? Any injuries?
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01-17-2009, 09:27 PM
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Festivus for the rest of us!
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One plane here in Bethel destroyed, it flipped over on its top. We had gusts up to 75mph lastnight.
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01-17-2009, 11:16 PM
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Most people just don't 'get it'
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Quote:
Originally Posted by warptman
One plane here in Bethel destroyed, it flipped over on its top. We had gusts up to 75mph lastnight.
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Oh wow, I didn't know it was that far west. I thought it was primarily in the Anchorage bowl. Thanks for responding. |
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01-17-2009, 11:19 PM
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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sleep in Wasilla, Live in Alaska
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I don't know of any damage, but I read somewhere that there were reports of 120 MPH winds on the hillside of Anchorage.
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01-18-2009, 01:04 AM
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Political Correctness kills!
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: The Great Land - Alaska
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Most of the damage this time was due to either flooding from the massive snow melt, or numerous vehicle accidents on the slick, icy roads. Most of the wind damage this time seems to have been minor, confined to the usual downed fences, broken tree limbs, and spotty power outages. Its probably because most of the major wind damage occured during the last significant windstorm in October where all of the big stuff that was going to break loose, did so.
This one was unusual though in that I had effectively 5 solid days of high sustained winds at my place. Most times the winds last one or two days max. The highest gust recorded by my weather station this time was 81.6 mph on Wednesday morning.
http://www.city-data.com/forum/alask...ml#post7036617
Last edited by Moose Whisperer; 01-18-2009 at 01:14 AM..
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01-18-2009, 02:30 AM
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Livin Life Down A Long Dirt Road
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: I live in Alaska but my heart is in Sweden
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The old pizza place in Sterling had the back half of it's roof, flipped over the front of the building!
I'll get a picture tomorrow.
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01-18-2009, 04:13 AM
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Fly boy
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Location: Haines, AK
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The roof caps on the school apartments blew off.  |
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01-18-2009, 03:09 PM
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Most people just don't 'get it'
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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Wow. You know what p's me off? When this kind of thing happens in the lower 48, it's on the national news. But when it's Alaska, not a word. WTH is up with that?
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01-18-2009, 04:22 PM
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Prince of Darkness
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Location: Anchorage
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We are the Dark Side of the Moon. Pink Floyd lives!
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01-18-2009, 04:42 PM
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I live in NC but my heart is in Alaska
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Alaska, where women win the Iditarod and men mush poodles!
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Same thing with weather reports. Alaska & Hawaii are never mentioned down here.
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