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This afternoon was the "procession" for the tow truck driver that was killed during the recent snow.
Me and Jeff watched it (after delays and getting rained on) from the Park overpass. My pictures are here: Tow Truck Convoy Pictures.
A quick Google didn't show any good articles on it, though I did find this brief clip: WTMJ news clip.
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Amanda on 04.26.11 @ 05:17 PM AKDT [link] [3 Comments]
Another fun-filled day of sitting in airports. Yay for free wifi. Not so yay for the fact that I'm pretty sure my home airport is the only one that gives it away. Especially since I have a six-hour layover.
Hopefully I can at least squeeze in a decent nap to make up for the sleep I'm not getting right now.
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Amanda on 04.20.11 @ 12:02 AM AKDT [link] [7 Comments]
So last night I was eating in tgifridays when a bunch of bagpipers come in and start playing in the bar. I'm thinking how that stinks cuz I couldn't hardly hear them. Then a few tunes later they file out into the restaraunt and play a tune. Pretty much surrounding my table. Took a minute for my ears to quit ringing.
Be careful what you wish for?
Anywho, I head back up tomorrow. We had a little snow yesterday but the roads got cleared pretty quick. Looks like mostly clear skies today.
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Amanda on 03.18.11 @ 08:40 AM AKDT [link] [5 Comments]
So, I did manage to get sent to class down in Anchorage. Rooms not great, managed to borrow some wheels, but this town is laid out retarded. All the bonus points they would have gotten for being laid out in a grid got taken away by half the streets being one way.
No Internet in my room, so I'm usin my iPod in the library, didn't feel like lugging my laptop over here at the moment, so my apologies for any wonky spelling.
Now I just need to figure out where I want to go to eat, and how to get there and back.
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Amanda on 03.16.11 @ 04:23 PM AKDT [link] [9 Comments]
So, I did manage to get sent to class down in Anchorage. Rooms not great, managed to borrow some wheels, but this town is laid out retarded. All the bonus points they would have gotten for being laid out in a grid got taken away by half the streets being one way.
No Internet in my room, so I'm usin my iPod in the library, didn't feel like lugging my laptop over here at the moment, so my apologies for any wonky spelling.
Now I just need to figure out where I want to go to eat, and how to get there and back.
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Amanda on 03.14.11 @ 05:52 PM AKDT [link] [10 Comments]
So, work has been fairly insane. Last weekend got called in a couple times, worked both days this weekend. There are entirely too many people asking entirely too much of me right now. I really hate short suspense missions with insufficient guidance and testing of the mission. Icky.
The Ice Carving Championships are going on, last week was the multiblock, with winners announced last night. My favorite piece got second:
It was kindof neat a couple nights ago was a special on it, that was filmed last year. Watching it I'm going "I remember that one! I remember that one too!" Its so cool seeing something that happens pretty much just down the road from me on TV. :)
I'm supposed to go to Anchorage next week for a class, but with the budget issues my unit isn't sure if they can afford to send me. Not that I really want to go, but the class is a requirement for one of my myriad of jobs... and it will give me a break from the insanity I'm going through right now. Joy.
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Amanda on 03.06.11 @ 06:30 PM AKDT [link] [4 Comments]
Due to the way that weather works, we are prone to some pretty extreme variations in our weather up here. For example, last week, we had clear skies. Clear skies mean nothing to hold in the heat, so very cold temperatures. When the temp gets below about -30F, ice fog forms.
In the top picture notice how the smoke in the background seems to go up, then sharp right, instead of slanting gracefully? Well, that's not because there's a layer of wind, that's due to the inversion. You know how heat rises and cold sinks? That's exactly what happens, and why it gets so flipping cold here - we're in a bit of a valley. So the cold air settles here. Depending on the day, there is an elevation where you can feel the temperature suddenly get warmer/colder as you move up or down. That smoke in the picture has hit that elevation, and the sudden change in temperature acts almost like a ceiling - the smoke can't rise any more, so it moves to the side. On not-so-inversioney days, the smoke rises like normal.
And this was your science lesson for the day.
Over the weekend clouds rolled in, so temperatures have been relatively warm. Woke up this morning to 20 above. And a foot of fresh snow. Should make tomorrow's PT interesting, as we're supposed to be snowshoeing. A foot of fresh snow that doesn't really stick like normal snow, and people who aren't used to wearing snowshoes should make this quite entertaining. :)
I've also been working on some things I've wanted to get done around here, mostly organization type stuff. To include finally getting around to making a holder for my crochet hooks:
Now I just need one for my DPNs and cable needles that I just bought.
Mom:
If the gloves smell good, they've probably just soaked up all the candles I burn. The recipe for the oatmeal cookies is the one that is under the lid of Quaker Oatmeal, except replacing 1/2c flour w/ 1/2c oatmeal, because otherwise they taste like flour. Then adding a random quantity of walnuts and craisins. Nummy.
So, that was a heck of a race yesterday, and the rookie winning it! I expected all the wrecks, didn't quite expect that though.
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Amanda on 02.21.11 @ 10:29 AM AKDT [link] [10 Comments]