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Blue_In_AK

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6. Yeah, right.

Reply to LuvNewcastle (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 25, 2014, 02:38 PM

Jan 2014

I made the mistake of getting involved in a Facebook discussion last night with some old high school classmates in Texas who were chortling about Al Gore and how wrong he was about global warming because it's cold down there (as if Texas is the "globe&quot , insisting that sea levels aren't rising, even though I provided evidence of western Alaska villages falling into the Bering Sea and that our temperatures here have been 20 degrees above normal for weeks. When someone said simply "The Bible," I decided it was time to back out.

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Monster avalanche closes Richardson Highway, cuts off Valdez, Alaska [View all] Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 OP

Yikes! Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2014 #1

Alaska is having higher than normal temperatures and the lover 48 are freezing. LuvNewcastle Jan 2014 #2

Yeah, right. Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #6

Stay safe malaise Jan 2014 #3

No, luckily. Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #4

Wow! The water backed up behind that avalanche MineralMan Jan 2014 #5

Yes, it's a mess. Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #8

How will I get my coffee? Renew Deal Jan 2014 #7

Another aerial photo of the avalanche in Keystone Canyon Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #9

My son is working at Red Dog right now. panader0 Jan 2014 #10

Yes, Red Dog is out west. Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #12

Good grief! How the hell do you clear something like that up? scarletwoman Jan 2014 #11

Have you been down that highway, Scarlet? Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #13

Nope. Unfortunately, I just didn't get much chance to travel around when I lived up there. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #15

What a mess, bet they'll be busy today, glad no one was hurt. uppityperson Jan 2014 #14

I hope you'll look us up when you come back. Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #16

Of course! uppityperson Jan 2014 #17

Avalanches almost constant near Valdez; highway closure extended Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #18

WOW, onethatcares Jan 2014 #19

There have been some closures down on the Seward Hughway Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #20

thanks so very much for sharing those. onethatcares Jan 2014 #41

Here is an incredible fly-over video of the avalanche area. Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #21

How's the plowing, yortsed snacilbuper Jan 2014 #22

I don't think they've been able to do much plowing yet. Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #23

I predict that once the road is exposed, MineralMan Jan 2014 #27

I think you're right. Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #30

I've never been to the interior of Alaska. MineralMan Jan 2014 #32

Yes, Southeast is kind of like British Columbia or Washington, Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #36

You must be pretty wise. I think the same thing. bravenak Jan 2014 #34

Oh, I think climate change is real. MineralMan Jan 2014 #35

I know you know it's real. bravenak Jan 2014 #37

bravenak, my so-called "friends" in Texas Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #39

I have a friend there who still thinks Texas is the biggest state. bravenak Jan 2014 #40

Isn't that the road from Ice Road Truckers ... oldhippie Jan 2014 #24

Ice Road Truckers is on the Dalton Highway Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #25

It's just too dang hot out here. bravenak Jan 2014 #26

When we go north, we always stop there Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #31

You should definitely walk on it. bravenak Jan 2014 #33

Worthington is cool. Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #38

Still dry in California too. hunter Jan 2014 #28

We were in San Francisco earlier this month. Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #29