Alaska's Winter Woes

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Alaska's Winter Woes

1/20/2012

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40 Comments

Hope

1/20/2012 12:12:23 am

"Alaska is pounded by one of the most severe winters in decades". Wow I feel so sorry for them because they have to live with that and that will take a lot of work to break all of that.

Christina

1/20/2012 12:13:52 am

Ouestion - How can Alaska get 318 inches of snow so far this winter.

Mrs. Swaim

1/20/2012 12:18:04 am

Good questioning Christina! Our article doesn't tell you this. They get that much snow because they are so cold and they are near the ocean so the weather can pick up lots of water. But, this is crazy amounts of snow for even Alaska.

Norma

1/20/2012 12:18:46 am

Answer- To Christina I dont really know but that is a lot!

Cheri & Dustin

1/20/2012 12:21:52 am

That is alot of snow.

Kelsay

1/20/2012 12:14:21 am

Was that ice on the picute of the boat? I was predicting it was becasue i saw some of it cracked & some still frozen & not cracked. And there was some snow on it too. So is that ice?

Mrs. Swaim

1/20/2012 12:19:36 am

Kelsay, you're right. That is ice. When they talk about "frozen sea lanes" they were talking about the normal places where boats go on the ocean that are frozen with ice.

Kelsay

1/20/2012 12:23:02 am

I guess your right.Prediction- also the cracked ice could be from the boats going around & it might of cracked some where the boats are going and then the rest is just still frozen. Just like if we tryed to walk on ice it would break.

Nick

1/20/2012 12:14:28 am

"Winter is just getting started in most U.S. states. But Alaska is really feeling the cold, having already been battered by major, record-breaking snowstorms" I fell so so bad for Alaska

Mrs. Swaim

1/20/2012 12:20:45 am

Nick, can you compare Alaska's winter to the winter we are having this year?

Nick

1/23/2012 12:08:06 am

Not really

aaryn

1/20/2012 12:14:33 am

Winter is just getting started in most U.S. states. But Alaska is really feeling the cold, having already been battered by major, record-breaking snowstorms. wow i wish we could have that. perdiction i bet it snows there all year long that is probaly why it is already that much there

Kelsay

1/20/2012 12:18:11 am

I agree Aaryn. Maddie Egdorf that used to live here well she lives there now & i feel bad for her. They get TONS of snow. But i wish we could have some of it.

Mrs. Swaim

1/20/2012 12:23:49 am

Aaryn, make sure you are checking your writing for capitalization and punctuation. In response to your prediction, they do get snow a lot more of the year than we do. They don't get snow all year though, they have summer, too. Their summer just doesn't get as warm as ours.

Abbie

1/20/2012 12:15:58 am

Holy cow that is a lot of snow.

Norma

1/20/2012 12:21:40 am

Comment To Abbie That is funny i love how you put "Holy cow". your cool!!

Mrs. Swaim

1/20/2012 12:26:59 am

Abbie, add more to your thinking here. How much snow did they get that makes you thing they got a lot of snow? How does this compare to how much snow we got last year?

Connor

1/20/2012 12:16:02 am

That snow is pretty bad nearly 6ft of snow is deadly

Norma

1/20/2012 12:17:30 am

"The coastal town of Valdez has seen 318 inches of snow so far this winter." That is alot of snow. They have a huge winter. Sometimes i wish we had some snow but that is way to much. last year when we got that 11 to 12 inch snow me and my brothers built the largest and tallest snowball in mexico. We were even in the newspaper!! hat was so popular it went to my grandmas house in KS, City!!!!!

Kelsay

1/20/2012 12:19:49 am

Yeah Norma i saw you guys in the newspapper that was pretty big. & i cant believe it went ALL the way to your grandmas! DANG!

Connor

1/20/2012 12:18:18 am

this is pretty beleivable considering that Alaskas the coldest state in the world

Mrs. Swaim

1/20/2012 12:29:29 am

Connor, add more thinking here. What is believable about it? Is Alaska the coldest state in the world or in the country?

Connor

1/23/2012 12:11:08 am

well i know it's the coldest in the country and it's either 3rd or 1st coldest in the world because thinking about this makes me remember the world record book and how it said Alaska

Zoe

1/20/2012 12:18:54 am

I would love to have that much snow troy would barly be able to see over it.

Cheri and Dustin

1/20/2012 12:18:58 am

"The coastal town of Valdez has seen 318 inches of snow so far this winter" We think that that is to much snow for one state to have. Last year we had almost a foot of snow. We think that the weather down in Valdez, AL is crazy. Also that we hope that we dont ever have that much of snow in our lives.

aaryn

1/20/2012 12:19:03 am

conection we had a lot of snow last year ther was about 12 to 13 in of smow it was crazy but it was realy fun because me and my bro made forts and they were stroung forts the were the last thing in my yard after all of the snow was gone and there was a big snow drift and the back of my house and it was up to my wast it was so much fun.

Cheri and Dustin

1/20/2012 12:24:57 am

We wish we had a fort to play in and to put things in and just have fun!

Mrs. Swaim

1/23/2012 12:10:24 am

Aaryn, I like your connection. Make sure you are putting in the punctuation and capitalization when it is needed.

Christina

1/20/2012 12:19:25 am

Ouestion -I wonder how long Alaska will take to get all that snow shoveled.

Hope

1/20/2012 12:20:06 am

"Alaska is really feeling the cold, having already been battered by major, record-breaking snowstorms". Question - I woundder how long this lasted and if people surrived the storm and when did this happen.

Abbie

1/20/2012 12:21:26 am

"After a huge blizzard on January 9, a total of 81.3 inches of snow has fallen this winter in Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city. That’s about double the amount the city usually gets by this time of year—and it’s more than in any year on record."Alaska's got some really tough snow and ice.

Hope

1/20/2012 12:25:02 am

Abbie - I hope Maddie that moved there in 3d grade doesn't live there .

Connor

1/20/2012 12:22:02 am

snow that is taller than me! now I can finally make that snow tunnel

aaryn

1/20/2012 12:23:00 am

After a huge blizzard on January 9, a total of 81.3 inches of snow has fallen this winter in Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city. That’s about double the amount the city usually gets by this time of year—and it’s more than in any year on record. that is juust plane crazy to have 81.3 in of snow the first of jan.

Connor

1/20/2012 12:23:58 am

Question-Has anybody ever made a snowbot

Nick

1/20/2012 12:24:15 am

Madison

1/20/2012 12:24:27 am

"After a huge blizzard on January 9, a total of 81.3 inches of snow has fallen this winter in Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city". How can they get that much snow? But what I think is because it is cold up there.

Christina

1/20/2012 12:24:46 am

Prediction - I think iced in will be about ice every where

Abbie

1/20/2012 12:26:29 am

I feel bad for Alaska. If I couldn't get out of my house and go to the mall I would be mad.

Hope

1/23/2012 12:13:41 am

"The coastal town of Valdez has seen 318 inches of snow so far this winter".Wow that is alot of snow i cant belive it.

Alaska's Winter Woes

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