Another video driving from West Juneau to the mainland; this time on a sunny clear day in January 2011 and starting from Foster Ave., the 1st street uphill from Nowell Avenue: Driving around Juneau, Part A by sumitmaskay on You Tube

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From 3:41/3:42 where Cordova St. intersects Nowell Avenue, to the end of the video, is what we who live on Nowell see while walking or driving to downtown Juneau. Most of the roadway in the video is in much better shape now.

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A 4K video on YouTube of the area where I live - Juneau, Alaska by KB Northwest, July 25, 2016.

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Our house is in one of the scenes (1:39 - 1:43) as the drone is flying over West Juneau.

Annual Coast Guard Buoy Tender Round-up gets underway in Juneau

Story includes pictures of the buoy tenders with Douglas Island with part of West Juneau including Blueberry Hills in the background (we can see the ships from our house), and aerial views from a Coast Guard Sikorsky MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter of part of downtown Juneau and part of the ( Read more... )

TravelJuneau.com - Official Travel Resource For Alaska's Capital City

More information? Them or Me, Me or Them. :-)

New Juneau visitor’s center gets sunny welcome - KTOO News

Click on the top picture in the article for a larger photo.

The siding changes color depending on the lighting and the viewing angle.

(P.S. It's 80 degrees F outside (and inside) right now.)

Flood Warning due to an unprecedented Glacial Lake outburst for the...Mendenhall  Lake and Mendenhall River:

See westjuneau.com/weather/conditions.htm,

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=15052500,

juneauempire.com/local/2011-07-20/mendenhall-lake-set-flood-river-could-follow-nws-says#1 (has pictures),

www.kinyradio.com/juneaunews/ ( Read more... )

Fargo, North Dakota  is Champion of The Toughest Weather City in the U.S.A. competition after 847,000 votes in The Weather Channel's Toughest Weather City Tournament.

Final Four: America's Toughest Weather City Tournament

Which city has the toughest weather?
Bradford, PA  |  New Orleans, LA  |  Fargo, ND  |  Juneau, AK

Nevertheless, Juneau doesn't have tornadoes, hurricanes, large hail (the largest I've ever seen it in 41 years is at the most 1/4"), dust storms - sandstorms, ice storms, very rarely has lightning ( Read more... )

Allure of Mendenhall Glacier masks the dangers of its face - Juneau Empire Article by Klas Stolpe

One correction: It's the Forest Service that puts out the rescue ladders, not the Park Service.

The Glacier is 9-1/2 miles from our house as the crow flies and about 14 miles by road.

My aerial view of the Mendenhall Glacier and Lake in September 2005.