January is the Coldest Weather in Bethel's History

 


From the National Weather Service:

KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
742 AM AKST WED FEB 1 2012
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THURSDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THURSDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...45 TO 55 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
* WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55
  MPH.
* VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT AT TIMES.
  THE LOWEST CONDITIONS WILL BE INITIALLY ALONG THE COAST BUT WILL
  SPREAD TO THE REMAINDER OF THE ZONE BY EVENING.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE KUSKOKWIM
  DELTA THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. WHILE
  ACCUMULATION DOES NOT LOOK TO BE SUBSTANTIAL...THE LIGHT
  NATURE OF THE SNOW COUPLED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL YIELD
  PERIODS OF POOR VISIBILITY. WINDS LOOK TO DIMINISH BELOW 25
  MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING WITH IMPROVED VISIBILITY. COLD
  TEMPERATURES WITH STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO SUPPORT BITTER WIND
  CHILLS THROUGH THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PERIODS
  OF POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW MAKING OUTDOOR TRAVEL AND
  ACTIVITY OCCASIONALLY DIFFICULT.

Ruby's school was cancelled today.  They didn't want to cancel because of all 

days missed when the pipes were frozen.  The pipes froze again last night, 

which would not generally stop school from happening with inventions like 

hand sanitizer, Or sayings like"If it's yellow let it mellow."  But today 

the winds were too much.  This month the average temp.is -17 degrees.  I can 

handle even -37 degree weather but once that wind starts blowing...my limbs

feel like they will snap in two like a tree branch, a few seconds of having my 

hand out it starts to feel like frostbite. 

 Our car stopped working at some point and after refusing to take another cab ride, we bought this big heater.  Greg tarped the car and warmed it up in 30 minutes.  It worked, our car is up and running again, and continued to run in -30 degrees, currently with windchill our weather is -65.  There is no break in the wind currently.

Rapunzel getting a dose of cabin fever by Ruby.