It started snowing on Saturday. And snowed and snowed. We had had warm (high 30’s, a few low 40’s) temperatures the previous week, so it took a while to accumulate, but according to the newspaper, Anchorage received 8-1/2 inches before snow stopped on Monday.
A couple headlines in today’s Anchorage Daily News were weather related. “Weekend snowfall pushes city’s season total more than 100 inches.” And “At least 16 roof failures reported, and winter isn’t over yet.” It’s not? Kinda hated to see that in print on the front page. But yeah, according to my weather app, 100% chance of snow here in the next hour with 1.1 inches of snow expected.
Last week the Department of Public Safety issued an emergency order extending the deadline to remove studded tires by two weeks for both the northern and southern parts of Alaska. In a separate announcement, the Municipality of Anchorage said it’s pushing back its deadline to May 14. Usually drivers here are required to be running tires with no studs from May 1 through September 30. We’re keeping the appointment we have and will be switching our tires on Friday.
By the way, the above picture was taken Sunday night at 11:18. There is a street light outside, but the days are definitely getting longer. Sunset tonight is at 9:11 and then dusk will linger. Quite often we will comment on how light it is outside. And also frequently wonder when we might start seeing grass.
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