Today in Anchorage

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A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka Jayhawk helicopter hovers near Ryan Harris as the 19-year-old fisherman tries to stay upright in a blue fish bin near Sitka, Alaska, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012.

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Shouldn't this have gone in the "I Like Ships, Too" thread.

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Shouldn't this have gone in the "I Like Ships, Too" thread.

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A 4'x4' fish tote hardly qualifies as a boat, much less a ship.

 

[trysail]

A 4'x4' fish tote hardly qualifies as a boat, much less a ship.

I was not paying attention the last several days but somehow caught a glimpse of the story out of the corner of my eye. They're damn lucky to be alive.

http://www.adn.com/2012/09/10/2619724/fisherman-survives-day-at-sea.html

 

[thør]

I was not paying attention the last several days but somehow caught a glimpse of the story out of the corner of my eye. They're damn lucky to be alive.

http://www.adn.com/2012/09/10/2619724/fisherman-survives-day-at-sea.html

A few lives were lost in Goodnews Bay the other day.

 

[thør]

Anchorage runway closed after jet blows 14 of 18 tires during landing

" A jumbo cargo jet flying with only backup power landed in Anchorage early Tuesday, blowing out most of its tires in the process, according to airport officials.

The incident still had one of the runways closed as of noon Tuesday.

A Southern Air Boeing 747 was headed from the Lower 48 to Asia when the plane's four main power generators quit working, said Trudy Wassel, business manager at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Two backup generators kicked on, but they do not power a mechanism on the 300- to 400-ton jet that keeps its tires from skidding, Wassel said.

"They had to use manual brakes that had no anti-skid," Wassel said.

The crew decided to make an emergency landing in Anchorage, and firefighters rushed to the runway prepared for the worst: a fiery crash.

Of the jet's 18 tires, 14 blew out when it landed about 2 a.m. Tuesday, Wassel said. Only the flight crew was onboard, and nobody was injured, she said."

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A beer and a small placard were left on the bar at Humpy's around lunchtime on Tuesday, September 11, 2012. Humpy's office manager Arlyn Healey says a man wearing a badge ate lunch there Tuesday and left this memorial to New York police officer Rodney Gillis.

 

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[Minalick]

Keep posting those and I'm going to end up going there a lot sooner then planned.
Beautiful!

 

[stickwork]

Termination dust

...and they say drug dealing is almost exclusively an inner-city problem...

 

[thør]

Just back from the cabin. I missed the 85 mph winds earlier today.

 

[Minalick]

Just back from the cabin. I missed the 85 mph winds earlier today.

Happy to hear.
Those can be a bitch, especially with debris.

 

[thør]

Happy to hear.
Those can be a bitch, especially with debris.

All the debris has been cleared out by the 90 mph winds we had earlier this month. The wind even blows the leaves off the lawn!

 

[Minalick]

All the debris has been cleared out by the 90 mph winds we had earlier this month. The wind even blows the leaves off the lawn!

Lmao
That's perfect!

 

[thør]

Lmao
That's perfect!

More rain. And another windstorm on the way.

 

[thør]

Shell calls off plans for deep offshore drilling in Arctic this year

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[Minalick]

More rain. And another windstorm on the way.

I guess that's Fall in Achorage, huh?
Hope the windstorm doesn't damage anything.

 

[thør]

I guess that's Fall in Achorage, huh?
Hope the windstorm doesn't damage anything.

Should be fine. I believe I need to refasten the tarp covering my ATV.

 

[thør]

NOAA says:

Today: Mostly cloudy. Showers tapering off in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. South wind 15 to 25 mph except southeast 25 to 45 mph along turnagain arm and higher elevations.

Tonight: Rain likely. Lows around 40. Southeast wind 15 to 30 mph. Gusts to 45 mph along east anchorage...the lower hillside..and eagle river. Along turnagain arm and higher elevations...southeast winds 40 to 50 mph. Gusts 60 to 70 mph after midnight.

Tuesday: Rain likely. Highs in the 50s. Southeast wind 15 to 30 mph. Local gusts to 45 mph. Along turnagain arm and higher elevations...southeast wind 40 to 50 mph. Gusts 60 to 70 mph diminishing in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Rain likely. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Southeast wind 25 to 35 mph. Possible gusts 50 to 65 mph over east anchorage...lower hillside...and eagle river after midnight. Along turnagain arm and higher elevations...southeast wind 40 to 60 mph with possible gusts 80 to 100 mph after midnight.

Wednesday: Rain. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Southeast wind 25 to 35 mph. Possible gusts 50 to 65 mph over east anchorage...lower hillside...and eagle river. Along turnagain arm and higher elevations...southeast wind 40 to 60 mph with possible gusts 80 to 100 mph.

 

[AKGhost]

Looks like I will be getting more firewood.

 

[Minalick]

Looks like I will be getting more firewood.

Hopefully not at 45mph.

 

[AKGhost]

Am in east anchorage. We still have trees leaning from the big storm. With the saturated ground I fully expect the leaning trees to complete the fall. Had to cut one up in a neighbors driveway this morning before coming to work.

 

[thør]

Check out the video of the Lowe River. Yeah, yeah, the waterfalls are nice, but the water is about a foot from taking out the highway bridge.

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[Aquagal]

Out in Beluga the rivers are flooding and the barge landing broke up. Another storm expected. Glad I'm not there.

 

[thør]

Out in Beluga the rivers are flooding and the barge landing broke up. Another storm expected. Glad I'm not there.

Out west, a lot of hunters might be stranded as there will be no sandbars to land on to pick them up...