It is not nice outside!!

[aki]

Aki,

I found the Michigan winters aren't any different than the ones in CT. At least when it's cold and snowy here I can go visit my daughter or best friend. Couldn't do that in MI. Stay warm!!

ahhh they're not too bad. prolly because i have lived here all my life.

[blue]

-32 out right now and the dang Jeep still wont start. I walked 1.5 miles to the store for some provisions and ISO Heet for the gas tank. I did take a cab home. Im kinda suprised my heating oil hasnt gelled up.

[blue]

I shouldnt have made any mention of my heating oil. I ran out of oil overnight and woke up to -34 outside and less then 50 inside with no chance of a delivery till monday.

30 gallons of diesel in the tank should get me to Monday and then some. Im gonna set up a monthly delivery for the rest of the winter.

[Karen]

Oooh, cursed yourself, didn't yah? have you informed Bluedawg and Verde that, as Alaskan doggies, they're supposed to keep their human warm?

[blue]

If they could have kept the pipes from freezing I would have waited till monday instead of running my furnace on diesel.

[caseysmom]

Stay safe I can't even imagine dealing with that cold I am such a wimp. Do you have a wood burning stove?

[blue]

A wood burning stove is my first priority come summer time and will become my primary heat souce.

[Catty1]

Don't know what supplies you have access to - but there are little solar wings/panels that are designed to hook up to your battery and trickle into it. Don't know if that would help.

The panels work even if there's no direct sunshine.

Mind you - you're in the land of the midnight sun right now...

[blue]

Its not a battery issue, it turns over and is firing but not catching. Im hopping my neighbor will be home tommorow so I can borrow a big space heater.

[aki]

wasilla dosen't seem that far from anchorage (by map anyway) but seems to be much colder!

alaska is an amazing place it seems

[blue]

Weather wise, comparing Wasilla to Anchorage is like comparing Kenosha to Madison.

Anchorage has had some record low temps in the last week.

Temps can vary by 10 or more degrees in less then a mile anywhere.

[aki]

ah, i get cha. hard to get the scope of how large the state really is since it's not attached to the contiguous states. hopefully the weather will be cooperating when my daughter flys over there on tuesday

she said that she heard that you have dry cold which i translates as bad snowman snow

[caseysmom]

Are you doing okay blue? How are you keeping warm? Do you have an electric blanket?

[blue]

ah, i get cha. hard to get the scope of how large the state really is since it's not attached to the contiguous states. hopefully the weather will be cooperating when my daughter flys over there on tuesday

she said that she heard that you have dry cold which i translates as bad snowman snow

It does get really dry here, more so in the Valley then Anchorage or the bases. The cold is supposed to break early in the week so it should be above zero when your daughter gets to Anchorage.

Are you doing okay blue? How are you keeping warm? Do you have an electric blanket?

I have diesel running in the furnace so the house is staying warm. Having the dogs sleep on the bed helps too. Im getting one of the large space heaters from the shop and tarping off the Jeep to warm that up to get it to start today.

[blue]

I spent a good portion of the day trying to get a large space heater from work out here to warm the Jeep enough to fire. That didnt happen. I did tent off the engine compartment and put a very small space heater under there for most of the afternoon.

About 4pm it finaly started, I had to keep on the gas until it got to operating temperature so it would stay running. Its -24 out there, the house is warm and the Jeep is defrosting. As long as it fires in the morning life is good.