It is not nice outside!!

**caseysmom** · 01-04-2009, 01:37 AM

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

**blue** · 01-04-2009, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by 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

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.

Originally Posted by caseysmom

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** · 01-04-2009, 07:29 PM

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.

**Karen** · 01-04-2009, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

Wooo hoo! Good to hear!

**shepgirl** · 01-04-2009, 09:07 PM

We were spoiled today. It was only -15 so everyone was happy.

**blue** · 01-04-2009, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by shepgirl

We were spoiled today. It was only -15 so everyone was happy.

After the last week -15 would be nice. [EDIT]Im assuming thats -15C which is 5F above zero.[/EDIT]

It was -62 at the Fairbanks Fred Meyer.

**DJFyrewolf36** · 01-04-2009, 09:44 PM

Forget that! I had to work last night and it was 28 degrees out...positively tropical when compared to what you have to deal with! I was really uncomfortable, even dressed warmly. I can't imagine the amount of layers you have to wear!

**cassiesmom** · 01-06-2009, 08:06 PM

BLUE
how are you doing?

**blue** · 01-06-2009, 08:28 PM

-29 this morning, -9 at work, 1 above on the jobsight, -4 tonight. After a cold day of work I am glad to have a nice warm house. It'll warm up later in the week.

**Daisy and Delilah** · 01-07-2009, 12:52 PM

Blue, I think you could use a Florida vacation. It's time to thaw out. You are actually working in that??? How does one get to work when it's that cold? You Alaskans are real troopers.

**blue** · 01-07-2009, 01:43 PM

-31 this morning.

Work goes real slow at these temps as we are constantly warming up in front of the heater.

Slipped on some ice yesterday at the shop, sitting at home nice and warm today with a pulled muscle in my back.