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To: ma bell

Its cold I agree but hasn’t shut me down, I’ve seen colder, I rescued a family at 2am on a dark stretch of highway north of Wasilla, Alaska several years ago, it was -47.

It has been on average -30 for a week now, kids still go to school, life goes on as usual, we are Alaskans.

Except some parts of Anchorage.


5 posted on 01/08/2009 6:30:38 AM PST by Eye of Unk (How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! SA)
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To: Eye of Unk

I can’t imagine -47 degrees. Brrr.

Here in IL this winter, we’ve had it get down to -10 with a -30 windchill, and that’s more than cold enough for me.


20 posted on 01/08/2009 6:59:32 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Resist the Obamination!)
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canceled several championship cross country ski races

It's tough waxing skis for sub zero temperatures. I used to have some luck with Jack Rabbit Wax when it got to -30 or colder, but you had to rewax every few miles. Of course that was back when wooden cross country skis with pine tar applied to the base was very common. Now everyone wants to skate on their skis.

26 posted on 01/08/2009 7:29:48 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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