On The Island...Where Nobody Goes....

Posted by: jitterymoose, 2:34 AM GMT on March 18, 2012

Then sun, then snow, then rain, then sun, then snow.. it's typical, psychotic SE Alaskan weather here on Prince of Wales Island. We woke up to SUN (hooray!), and left at 930am to get over to the Craig High School for the start of the 5K Shamrock Shuffle. At 9:58am, it started to snow ... HUGE flakes... and we ran and walked the 5K in the snow, and the only place where it got iffy was around Hamilton Drive when it was blowing sideways and pelting us with ice. ^__^ But, we got back and done and then came home for HOT CHOCOLATE! and then the sun came out... 0.o So we walked Katie (the psychotic border collie whose moods kind of match the weather), and the SUN came out (hooray!) in force, but right as we got home ... snow. Then ice .. then snow... then SUN (but 5 miles was enough walking for today ^__^). Gotta love March in SE.

Oh, and over on my other blog at A Diamond In The Dark, I've got a St. Patrick's Day interview with The Irish Ghost Hunters! Paul Moynihan and Maedhbh Larkin. It's a whole lot of fun if you'd like to stop by! ^__^

Aaaaand .... it's snowing .... again.... (stay safe, everyone!)

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Blowing .... snow??

Posted by: jitterymoose, 4:41 PM GMT on March 06, 2012

Hmmm.... That's the forecast. There's actually snow on the ground (which is weird this year because it hasn't been a snowy winter, it's been a pounding-down-rain-wind-whipped winter), and the promise of another 3" of snow driven by 30mph winds. Well, 30mph winds in Klawock, which means a little stronger here in Craig....The temperature's dropped, too, which was a little surprising. I actually left a tap on to drip overnight. We haven't had a freeze-up with the pipes...

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Gusting to 70mph+ here & no high wind warning??

Posted by: jitterymoose, 6:52 AM GMT on September 20, 2011

WOW. Just WOW! I'm feeling our little place rock and roll around me. We took Katie for a walk earlier and watched the trees bend and the wind-driven waves crash around by the inlet. I'm sure it's not quite as windy in Klawock, but it is HOWLING with trees down in Craig. Wild night. Nothing about a wind advisory or warning or anything. Rumor has it the ferry won't go in the morning, and the barge isn't going to make it in tomorrow (which is REALLY inconvenient...

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Bipolar Prince of Wales Weather & Bears at the River

Posted by: jitterymoose, 4:17 PM GMT on August 29, 2011

It's on again, off again for the rain here. At the moment, it's off again (although, it's raining in Klawock). Conversations in the house went like this yesterday:Hey! It's not raining! Oops ... now it is... Hey! It stopped raining! Wait ... now it is ... Whoa! It's stopped -- (and Tim says, "Honey, cut it out.") ... but, now it's raining again... :/We finally gave up, pulled on our XtraTuffs and slickers and went fishing. We honestly caught two dog salmon and di...

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Aug'tober

Posted by: jitterymoose, 3:53 AM GMT on August 24, 2011

Oy.. the title says it all. Rain, rain, rain, rain, and MORE rain. 8 days ago, someone walked into the library and said, "I heard it was going to rain and blow like a son of a -- for the next 10 days." "Oh," Barb and I laughed, "no way. You never can tell out here and the forecasts are rarely right." Ugh. Eight days of raining and blowing like a son of a --. We've all just about had enough. That's not to say there haven't been any clear spots, there certainl...