Why o why is it snowing???
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
Why o why is it snowing???
Well this just stinks!
My Corvette is arriving via barge in just a few days... all the snow city-wide had practically melted... roads have been bare for a month...
Then today, I am reminded that I live in Alaska and this is the view I saw out of my patio door at 9pm today
Well the way I see it, I have five days until my car is here, so that's five days for this junk to melt!
My Corvette is arriving via barge in just a few days... all the snow city-wide had practically melted... roads have been bare for a month...
Then today, I am reminded that I live in Alaska and this is the view I saw out of my patio door at 9pm today
Well the way I see it, I have five days until my car is here, so that's five days for this junk to melt!
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Sorry but like you said you live in Alaska. Don't worry, the snow will end in May or June. I was stationed at Fort Greely, Delta Junction back in the mid 70's. Hang in there, cabin fever is almost over.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
Yeah.. the funny thing is, normally I love the snow but this being the first year with a vette... a REAL reason to NOT like snow... I keep fooling myself into thinking just MAYBE this winter will be a shorter one...
Well, heck it'll just give me that much more time to get her all shined up once I get her back to the garage.
Well, heck it'll just give me that much more time to get her all shined up once I get her back to the garage.
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Best of luck in having clear roads when the car arrives. 
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Well this just stinks!
My Corvette is arriving via barge in just a few days... all the snow city-wide had practically melted... roads have been bare for a month...
Then today, I am reminded that I live in Alaska and this is the view I saw out of my patio door at 9pm today
Well the way I see it, I have five days until my car is here, so that's five days for this junk to melt!
My Corvette is arriving via barge in just a few days... all the snow city-wide had practically melted... roads have been bare for a month...
Then today, I am reminded that I live in Alaska and this is the view I saw out of my patio door at 9pm today
Well the way I see it, I have five days until my car is here, so that's five days for this junk to melt!
I notice that your fence is just high enough to NOT allow it to keep out intruders that desire to use your hot tubs
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Why o why is it snowing???
Hi There,
Its the location! location!
I was stationed at Galena AFS in 1967 about 750 miles north west of anchorage.It was stupid cold there. -45 to -50 for weeks & weeks at a time.No super men walking around in t-shirts there. When the temp. came up to zero it actually felt warm, off came the gloves & hats and you could see the persons face to whom you were taking to.April 15th the Yukon River would be melting & breaking apart and we would have a big party.I don't recall any more snow after that date.In good weather we kept the Russians aircraft on there own side.I would hope all the snow is gone by the time the barge gets to anchorage with your vette.
robsc501
Its the location! location!
I was stationed at Galena AFS in 1967 about 750 miles north west of anchorage.It was stupid cold there. -45 to -50 for weeks & weeks at a time.No super men walking around in t-shirts there. When the temp. came up to zero it actually felt warm, off came the gloves & hats and you could see the persons face to whom you were taking to.April 15th the Yukon River would be melting & breaking apart and we would have a big party.I don't recall any more snow after that date.In good weather we kept the Russians aircraft on there own side.I would hope all the snow is gone by the time the barge gets to anchorage with your vette.
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Well, another five inches fell after posting this last night... now I'm at work at Anchorage airport, looking out 30 feet of windows at solid snowfall and 1/2 mile visibility. Snow is not forecast to end anytime soon! 
I bet this all happened because I took the snowbrush out of my truck last week.
If the ground is still icy when my car gets here, I'll have it flat-bedded to my house. Also, the shipper said I could leave it at the facility until the weather breaks enough to get her home. At least I won't have to feel obligated to drive on icy roads with all these dingdongs here who can't drive worth a damn in the snow. (even up here, they're morons)
And AC54ME, you're right... fence is six feet high but not enough... however, I've not had any other break-ins to my hot tub since that last time!
I bet this all happened because I took the snowbrush out of my truck last week.
If the ground is still icy when my car gets here, I'll have it flat-bedded to my house. Also, the shipper said I could leave it at the facility until the weather breaks enough to get her home. At least I won't have to feel obligated to drive on icy roads with all these dingdongs here who can't drive worth a damn in the snow. (even up here, they're morons)
And AC54ME, you're right... fence is six feet high but not enough... however, I've not had any other break-ins to my hot tub since that last time!
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
I'm not sure... I just joined the Anchorage Corvette Assoc. and we have about... 97 members, most of whom are couples. Numerous couples have multiple Vettes; I think our most prolific owner has FIVE Vettes; a couple pairs have four Vettes each.
Just winging it, I'd say about 100 Vettes are under the umbrella of the club; then there's a club in Fairbanks too. Looking at our own website (which doesn't show all the Corvettes), there are 2 C1's; 4 C2's, 6 C3's; 16 C4's; 10 C5's; and 8 C6's. Plus my C5.
If these proportions are at all correct, I'd say 25 to 30 C5's in Anchorage; and maybe 5 to 10 in Fairbanks... best guess I can do! There's probably a couple others elsewhere in the state too. I THINK there's one in Juneau for instance.
Just winging it, I'd say about 100 Vettes are under the umbrella of the club; then there's a club in Fairbanks too. Looking at our own website (which doesn't show all the Corvettes), there are 2 C1's; 4 C2's, 6 C3's; 16 C4's; 10 C5's; and 8 C6's. Plus my C5.
If these proportions are at all correct, I'd say 25 to 30 C5's in Anchorage; and maybe 5 to 10 in Fairbanks... best guess I can do! There's probably a couple others elsewhere in the state too. I THINK there's one in Juneau for instance.
