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To: Texas Fossil

From your PDF.
Whittier AK. 300 lb/ft!!!

From Wiki.
Whittier is a city in theValdez-Cordova Census Area, in the U.S. state ofAlaska.


23 posted on 01/11/2012 7:13:22 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT (The best is the enemy of the good!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Hard to believe Whittier is higher than Valdez.

Whittier gets about 257 inches per year of snow with a max of 401.
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ak9829

Valdez gets about 287 inches per year of snow with a max of 550.
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ak9686

Nobody really lives at Thompson pass ~25 miles east of Valdez but they average 552 inches of snow per year with a max of 974.
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ak9146


24 posted on 01/11/2012 7:39:59 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I don’t know the area so it meant nothing to me.

and 300 lb/ft is a huge standard for snow load.

Wonder if Cordova typically gets less snow than Whittier AK?


34 posted on 01/11/2012 9:03:59 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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