Snowpocalypse

Snowpocalypse – according to the Urban dictionary it means “snow + apocalypse = snowpocalypse.  When weathermen predict large amounts of snowfall in a short period of time.”  Last Monday, January 10 we woke up to the effects brought about by the funky weather that caused tons of snow falling on the whole of Alaska with a big chunk of it on Cordova. Not as snowpocalyptic as Cordova but it did make a big impact on my mundane life and one more experience I will never forget soon. :-)

It was a good thing my husband called me up early in the morning and gave instructions how to de-ice the car just in case. When I went down to heat up the car with a gallon of hot water with me, lo and behold, all the car doors were iced-up shut (I made that word up because I don’t know what they call that phenomenon over here)

It took about 3 trips back to our apartment to get hot water! That is about 2 inches of ice, not snow. My son and I had fun when we powered down the window and we broke the ice that was covering it up.

Ice on the side mirror, ice on the roof of the car, ice all over. I found out quickly that the ABS system of the car is a girl’s best friend in this weather.

The friendly neighborhood wildlife though did not fare so well. You see we have a bunch of foxes and eagles living near our complex. We did not see any of them this time. Not even the usual tiny fox tracks we see on the snow every morning. Here is an article from KTUU local channel on the effects of the weather on the eagles that are abundant in this island.   http://www.ktuu.com/news/dutch-harbor-seabirds-eagles-hit-hard-by-severe-weather-011012,0,308115.story

I want to show you what I call our “friendly neighborhood” wildlife. We missed them during the snowpocalypse.

  

But the people here are hardy people, it was business as usual and school was open despite the weather. Not something I was accustomed to because back in Cebu once the weather bureau declares it is Typhoon Signal # 1, no class for those in grade school and free time for my son and me, yipee!