Kevin Vranes has a phud in Physical Ocean- ography and Cli- matology. He now studies sci- ence policy and politics at the Here on the Front Range our fourth snowstorm in four weeks is on its way, with nighttime lows below zero to accompany. Meanwhile, in Fairbanks, it's a hell of a lot worse:
dude, it's -45 f-ing below. my brakes hardly work because the fluid is frozen and the air quality is a la beijing w/frozen CO in the air. but i'm cool. i was featured in the NYT for my NY snow work on Sunday, so I was really happy about that.
That was an email to me from this bloggista. The NYT article is this (sorry, but it's moneywalled. whine to the Times for all of us....)
As for me, I was in Fairbanks and it's northern cousin, Barrow, in August and September of 2002. When we landed in Barrow sometime in mid-August it was about 32F and blowing snow. Saw some polar bears, ate caribou, bearded seal and bowhead whale with a local, got my dad a t-shirt from the Barrow Fire Department, then flew on that frenchy helo the Coast Guard uses to get out to an ice breaker....it was epic.
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# 1 | Lab Lemming | January 10, 2007 3:54 PM
I'm jealous. We're looking at 100+ today, unless the bushfire smoke gets thick enough to blot out the sun again...