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trix abound · Feb 2, 2015 14:24

MD...i just sweep the steps off to keep a clear spot for people to knock the snow off themselves before coming into the house though it doesn't work :(

Alaska Climate Research Center on N Koyukuk Dr — Fairbanks, United States

MD · Feb 2, 2015 14:11

Trix....we also call it black ice and no amount of careful driving will save you from it. You don't know it's there until you hit it. I don't do sweeping. If it settles.... it stays until it melts. I just don't go outdoors.... which is why I always have a chocolate mountain in th...

Alaska Climate Research Center on N Koyukuk Dr — Fairbanks, United States

trix abound · Feb 2, 2015 14:00

MD...very easy to shovel...i can just sweep it off the steps!!!

Alaska Climate Research Center on N Koyukuk Dr — Fairbanks, United States

trix abound · Feb 2, 2015 13:55

MD...she was an hour away and hit "black ice" Black ice, sometimes called clear ice, refers to a thin coating of glazed ice on a surface. While not truly black, it is virtually transparent, allowing black asphalt/macadam roadways or the surface below to be seen through it—hence ...

Alaska Climate Research Center on N Koyukuk Dr — Fairbanks, United States

MD · Feb 2, 2015 13:55

Hmm. The sort of snow that looks pretty but is useless. I used to love making snowmen. We used to make as many as possible. It looked so funny when the stuff on the ground had melted and we had a little army of snowmen!

Ł@weczka internetowa (Internet Bench) — Gdansk, Poland

MD · Feb 2, 2015 13:52

Homely... Happy New Year! I'm hoping that you will look in soon....... we haven't heard from you since 17th of December.

Alaska Climate Research Center on N Koyukuk Dr — Fairbanks, United States

trix abound · Feb 2, 2015 13:47

MD...the kids will probably go outside a couple of times today...it's not a snowman snow...it's very light and fluffy because it's so darn cold!!!

Alaska Climate Research Center on N Koyukuk Dr — Fairbanks, United States

MD · Feb 2, 2015 13:42

Trix.... she really will have to drive a bit slower/more carefully. How did we manage before the days of mobile phones?

Сауновъ Waiting Room — Kazan, Russia

trix abound · Feb 2, 2015 13:36

LOL...i hope not!!

Alaska Climate Research Center on N Koyukuk Dr — Fairbanks, United States

trix abound · Feb 2, 2015 13:31

thank goodness daughters boss said he didn't expect her to come into work today!!! MD ...she went off the road again saturday night but all are well...ended up stuck in a snowbank for about an hour till help came!!

Alaska Climate Research Center on N Koyukuk Dr — Fairbanks, United States

MD · Feb 2, 2015 13:30

Trix..... our place would be cut off by that amount.... the whole town! Will the kids go out to play in it?

Сауновъ Waiting Room — Kazan, Russia

MD · Feb 2, 2015 13:28

I don't think so. :))

Alaska Climate Research Center on N Koyukuk Dr — Fairbanks, United States

trix abound · Feb 2, 2015 13:26

MD...we have 6 inches so far!!

Сауновъ Waiting Room — Kazan, Russia

trix abound · Feb 2, 2015 13:16

OMG....is that a white cat skin on the rug??????