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Oh, and the headline is a bit mis-leading... the avalanche was 65 miles south of town - can't even drive there... boat or helicopter access only. No damage to anything man-made except the power transmission lines and towers.I am about to get in the shower, with water heated by my new Rennai tankless hot water heater (propane, not electric!) and I'll be going to the boat to fire up my small generator to make coffee instead of using the electric pot here at home!Seriously though... anyone who's really complaining this month hasn't lived in Alaska for very long. I remember not having TV service, no phones, mail arriving once a week if the weather was good for the float plane to land, and over $1.00 per kWh of electric. I've lived on boats and in homes heated by wood only, cooked on a kerosine stove, and burned oil lamps for light.... makes me sound like I lived through the great depression, right? I'm talking about the 80's here in Alaska! ;-)With all of our snowfall and cold winters (and now expensive, diesel generated power that goes off regularly for an hour or two) I'm feeling like things are finally getting back to the way I remember them as a kid.... hard living in rural parts of the world is nothing new. What's new is having to give up some of the modern conveniences that a few have taken for granted over the years.-Case
Oh, and the headline is a bit mis-leading... the avalanche was 65 miles south of town - can't even drive there... boat or helicopter access only. No damage to anything man-made except the power transmission lines and towers.
I am about to get in the shower, with water heated by my new Rennai tankless hot water heater (propane, not electric!) and I'll be going to the boat to fire up my small generator to make coffee instead of using the electric pot here at home!
Seriously though... anyone who's really complaining this month hasn't lived in Alaska for very long. I remember not having TV service, no phones, mail arriving once a week if the weather was good for the float plane to land, and over $1.00 per kWh of electric. I've lived on boats and in homes heated by wood only, cooked on a kerosine stove, and burned oil lamps for light.... makes me sound like I lived through the great depression, right? I'm talking about the 80's here in Alaska! ;-)
With all of our snowfall and cold winters (and now expensive, diesel generated power that goes off regularly for an hour or two) I'm feeling like things are finally getting back to the way I remember them as a kid.... hard living in rural parts of the world is nothing new. What's new is having to give up some of the modern conveniences that a few have taken for granted over the years.
-Case
