Best Blow Ever

[BearFoot]

I've lived in Alaska for awhile. We get shaking, now & then, blown a fair amount, topped off with an occasional volcanic dusting. This weekend a heavy hammer came to town.

Strong winds hammer Mat-Su, leading to widespread damage and power outages

The winds, reaching up to 91 mph Sunday near Palmer, flipped small planes, overturned semitrucks, toppled trees, tore off roofs and closed Mat-Su schools for at least two days.

www.alaskapublic.org

 

[BearFoot]

Thank GOD these guy's & Gal's did not go for gender studies!

 

[Southern Elk]

It’s been the windiest year I’ve seen in Montana.

 

[BearFoot]

Started Saturday evening, blew hard Sunday. Sunday night and Monday blew faster, harder.
As of today, Monday the Mat-Su Valley is in state of emergency. With gust winds of 80-90mph at sub zero temps, there has been much damage to homes and businesses. There are over 17,000 homes without power. I've business interests that are without power and froze up. All the family homes have backup generators, wood stoves.

Winds are settling down some now.

Strong winds hammer Mat-Su, leading to widespread damage and power outages

The winds, reaching up to 91 mph Sunday near Palmer, flipped small planes, overturned semitrucks, toppled trees, tore off roofs and closed Mat-Su schools for at least two days.

www.alaskapublic.org

 

[Dave N]

I've been watching that! Weird seeing the A&W wall knocked over. Hope the power gets back for all those folks doing without right now. A neighbor plowed the snow at our cabin over the weekend and didn't report any damage.

 

[BearFoot]

I went to 5 gas stations to find diesel, pumps not working or not taking credit. LP gas out in many places.

 

[Addicting]

I saw the title and had to look to see if Chushman responded.

 

[hank4elk]

I thought it was about pop country music...it blows.

 

[BearFoot]

Lot of people with out power. Don't want to leave their homes and pets. Much freezing going on. I've extensive damage to one property, 3 days with out power. Life's teaching never stops!

 

[longbow51]

I saw the title and had to look to see if Chushman responded.

Yeah, I thought maybe he had visited Eccentrica Gallumbits on Eroticon VI.

 

[Redman]

A friend of mine lives in Wasilla and his addition was without power for 3 days. He is in Phoenix on vacation but has a back up generator and a house sitter. They need to do away with overhead power lines and run it all under ground.

 

[COEngineer]

WTH happened to that bank?? Where did all the water come from? Did they have a sprinkler system on the roof???

 

[BuzzH]

I've lived in Alaska for awhile. We get shaking, now & then, blown a fair amount, topped off with an occasional volcanic dusting. This weekend a heavy hammer came to town.

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Strong winds hammer Mat-Su, leading to widespread damage and power outages

The winds, reaching up to 91 mph Sunday near Palmer, flipped small planes, overturned semitrucks, toppled trees, tore off roofs and closed Mat-Su schools for at least two days.

www.alaskapublic.org

Meh...Wyoming every winter.

 

[2rocky]

My friend with a Hardware store in Talkeetna was asking about current wind conditions in Wasilla because all the Wind Speed websites had their wind speed measurement equipment broken...

 

[JohnCushman]

I was expecting to see hookers with the blow....guess I was thinking of a different blow than the OP

 

[Bambistew]

It's amazing, I live 15 miles away and hardly a breath for most of that storm. My FIL had to fetch his snowmachine trailer out of the street. Hard to imagine wind that could blow a flatbed trailer down the road.

 

[Talk2elk]

I pray that all affected are alright and in a safe place with power.

 

[AlaskaHunter]

Meanwhile interior Alaska got winter rain, tons of snow, thousands of power outages,
and this week lows in the -40s in Goldstream Valley.
Moose/sheep/caribou in interior AK may have a tough winter with all that snow/ice.

 

[Rainer]

I read that on Dec 29th it was warmer on Kodiak then in San Diego. That's crazy

 

[Hydrophilic]

I was expecting to see hookers with the blow....guess I was thinking of a different blow than the OP

I made sure to clear my browsing history after reading the thread