I'm Thankful For - In the Year of our Lord 2005, Day 1

[dak_juneau]

This year I'm continuing the "I'm thankful to God for..." that asourceofjoy began last year (I always forget how to do the user names properly).

I'm thankful for a snowblower that now works. We've been without a working snowblower for 2 or 3 winters and it was repaired in early October for only $20.

Picture of our November 7, 2005 snowfall of 8-3/4

Comments

[mountain_lassie]

Oh wow! That's and awesome picture makes me wish I was there! I so love the snow fall....

[dak_juneau]

If you haven't seen it already there is another picture at http://westjuneau.com/WordPress. If you look closely there are three Steller's Jays in the tree on the left in that picture. :-)

[mountain_lassie]

Totally cool.. Are the Steller's at a bird feeder?
Thanks for sharing that David :)

[mountain_lassie]

That was me up there by the way^^^

[dlanor]

Good to see the photo. Thanks. Have you had any of the strong winds I hear hit your little village, yet this year?

[dak_juneau]

No, we haven't had the Taku Winds yet, normally they are in the January to March period. :-)

The srongest winds I've ever recorded here since the anemometer was installed in 1989 was 73 mph on Dec. 22, 1996 with steady winds 50 mph - upper 60's mph the night of Dec 21-22, 1996. It seems though, that as the surrounding trees get ever taller the wind exposure where I am gets lesser and lesser, we used to routinely get 40 - 55 mph winds or...we're just getting less wind, there is some thought in town that for the past 10 - 20 years the Taku Winds and winter storms aren't what they used to be.

The all time record for the Juneau urban area was 93 mph at the Federal Building during the Thanksgiving Day 1984 Storm (not the Taku Winds but the remnants of a tropical storm), damage was done along the waterfront since it occurred at one of the highest tides of the year. The Taku Winds get up to 150 mph + on Sheep Mountain some 4-3/4 miles to the East of where I live.