ARIZONA TO ALASKA

MOMMY IS IN THE TRUNK

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 06:52:00 GMT

Watching a special on the wildlife of Madagascar. MANY varieties of lemurs, as well as several animals unique only to that island. Pretty interesting.I got an email from UK talking about American football (GRONKOWSKI) and rugby. Rugby IS played here through private leagues and some colleges. Yes, it is brutal. I have an old friend (ALL my friends are old...) who used to play a lot. He wore sweatshirts that said RUGBY PLAYERS EAT THEIR DEAD. He told me they wo...
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SUPER SUNDAY

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:37:00 GMT

Interesting weather recently. Again. (See last blog).We are used to Fridays. Biggest day of the week for us, as well as the next 2 or 3 days. The big container vessel arrives. It is crazy, boats and island customers waiting for stuff off that boat. Then a big load of air freight arrives in the middle of it all, or after it has ended to extend a long day.Oh yeah, throw a blizzard in there to keep it interesting. And I have to place my weekly replenishment orde...
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BLIZZARD

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:24:00 GMT

A couple of nights ago we had a real blizzard. Big wet snow flakes all night. It was predicted, but I pay little attention. When I wake up during the night, it is dead quiet. The Dutch Hum is missing. And no wind. But I knew it was bad when I was wakened by DUTCHIE pawing the window trying to grab snowflakes.We had a 6 AM delivery that morning, and it was lucky we got it done. Half my crew got stuck on the way to work. This was heavy wet snow, slushy heavy. ...
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FIRE ON WATER

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:32:00 GMT

I have only been here four years, almost, but the recent weather here has been UNIQUE.Non stop brutal.Yesterday and today we had 70 mph winds. It was 15 degrees. I do not have my wind chill table handy, but I believe that makes the ambient temperature -202. I could be wrong, but it feels cold. We are not used to THIS cold up here.That plate of ice is still around, like my driveway. 3 days ago we 6 inches of new fluff. I drove in and out a couple times, and wal...
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STUCK IN DUTCH

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:07:00 GMT

We had a busy day today, as Friday usually is. But this will probably be the slowest Friday until May. We only had one container today, and I will not even see it until tomorrow morning. Late again, just like last week. No blaming the freight company. It is Alaska. The arrival of that boat sets the short term parameters we get to work within. This weekend everything is skewed backward a day or so. The good news is there are no boats waiting for food. That w...
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