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dpmule
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I got a note from a friend out in “The Valley” detailing me about wind and damage sustained. He said wind blew the windows out of the Palmer hotel cafe onto dining patrons and caused injuries, along with assorted damage elsewhere.
Did you get any of this coming off the Inlet or was it a williwaw come screaming off the Knik glacier?
Mule
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It came down off Knik glacier and it wasn't the williwaw you'd expect. It was damned COLD wind, and blew sustained 90mph in many places, gusting over 130mph according to my coworker out there. They closed the highway across the Hay Flats because the ground blizzard was so bad, zero visibility (seriously) and knocking semis over. They had Troopers acting as pilot cars leading people across there. It blew apart the A&W restaurant in Wasilla and knocked some of the concrete walls down. Debris flew over a mile damaging cars and other buildings.
Wow.
Mule
Sustained 90 & guests up to 130!!!!! H.O. insurance hard to get up your way? Damn
Well it depends. Up on our mountain that's not really a big deal. We get that half a dozen times every year. Down on the flats it's another story. My windows and roof are rated for 135mph sustained so I'm right on the edge.
It blows ice crystals so I have to repaint the house every 3-4 years, it gets worn down to bare wood. But one thing is nice, it eats the packed snow and ice off the driveway too. I can go to work during a windstorm and come home to a bare frozen rock driveway. The trees have THICK bark.
My dad had a favorite poem:
"Good timber doesn't grow with ease,
the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees."
that applies to lots of things in life.
Quote; My dad had a favorite poem:
"Good timber doesn't grow with ease,
the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees."
that applies to lots of things in life.
Kind of goes along with that old saying; "If it doesn't kill you, it will make you grow stronger"
I have always enjoyed seeing trees thriving in harsh environments. Some growing out of solid rocks or on wind swept hillsides. Many of these trees have the look of Japanese Bonsai. Stunted growth from the elements with beauty and character that separates the same tree types from the one's growing under perfect conditions.
Absolutely. I'm at the right elevation for Subalpine Fir, and standing on the deck early in the morning I get that cinnamony smell on the wind as they wake up. They might be 12 inches through at the trunk, and 200 years old.
Guess which side of this tree was facing into the wind?
Right side in picture.
Trees in higher wind driven areas around here maybe many years old but no more the 10 to 20 feet tall.
I saw one just the other day thriving in the crack of huge boulder. No soil to be seen, tree was about 12 inches through and at least 30 feet tall.
I will be heading back to Alaska to visit friends on May 28th staying until June 4th. A couple of friends down in Anchor Point are getting old with health issues so I want to see them alive and spend some time reminiscing about the stuff we did back in the day.
This could end up being very coincidental.
IF they put on another PRCA Xtreme bull riding at the Fair grounds in Palmer over Memorial Day weekend, and my grandson gets entered again, we will be there and also going to visit old friends in Anchor Point either prior the bull riding or after.
probably have a day chasing Inlet halibut and kings while on the Peninsula.
Mule
Hot dog, we need to get together for beers! Let's do it at the house my baby brudder and I built in.......... ANCHOR POINT 🤣