Very do-able. Get land, build house, hook up utilities, and do it to it! Nothin' to it but to do it they say!What's life like in Alaska? I've thought about retiring there, building a cabin like they did back in the day and live out my old age, dooable? Impossible? Am I dreaming?
Shit seems pretty cold from a Californian's perspective..
That thermometer is whacked by more than a few degrees.View attachment 2453348 How bout -99? Been there done that.
Oh, I hadn't considered that mometer might be reading windchill (I was thinking ambient).I saw -80 on my chevy temperature gauge in Tok, AK in 2006/2007. Worked on the north slope long enough to know that with the right ambient/wind chill combination, -99 can be done. Needless to say.. yeah, cold.
The school in Tok stayed open to -50 (ambient), after that the little buggers got to stay home.Fawk all that.Nowadays I 'm either by the woodstove,toyo,Mr Buddy,or the natural gas furnace.I had a job the cut off temp was -37.Anything around that temp,we were working
That's your job Steph I don't go over to the Southeast very often. Would post pics if you sent them to me!No pictures of Ketchikan?!?!
I'm currently in Arizona Someone go to the southeast and take pictures! It's Alaska's first city after all!That's your job Steph I don't go over to the Southeast very often. Would post pics if you sent them to me!
I hear ya.Well, on slope, -20 is a cutoff for hydraulic equip without variances, -35 ambient for work, -70 w/c for work. so, -25 with a -55 wind chill... we were working. -40 no wind chill, we weren't. Kinda messed up. Windchill effects humans way more. But... they are so sissified up on the slope it makes me sick. They had to adjust these figures for all the pussies that come from florida and texas and what not... they cant hack it. a 30 year alaskan can if he has the right gear.
I wanted to be Dick Proenneke!
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Cotton is terrible!!!!! Worst gear possible. wool and poly for me.I hear ya.
Cotton kills !
I'll get some pics for you! I know a few people out that way.I'm currently in Arizona Someone go to the southeast and take pictures! It's Alaska's first city after all!
I miss it up there... I grew up there and came down to the city. Its amazing how different everything is even the people.I'll get some pics for you! I know a few people out that way.