17 November 2006

Snow Reeks Havoc for Work Trip

Another work trip, another lay-over. My work trip to Klawock, became interesting when southeast Alaska got an early snow. Sitka and Juneau got dumped on…over a foot and a half in 3 days. In Klawock/Craig we only got 8 inches…mostly on Wednesday and Thursday. We barely got out of Sitka on Monday morning when it started to snow, but the airline that we fly couldn’t get out to come get us on Thursday afternoon. We ended up, on Friday morning, driving across Prince of Wales Island to Hollis, catching the ferry(this after having to spend another night in Craig) to Ketchikan, waiting several hours in the airport, and finally getting on…hold the phone…
Here I am now sitting on the plane, still at the gate, being delayed some more. There are runway issues here in Ketchikan, but worse are the reports out of Sitka…heavy snow and iffy runway conditions. We are now waiting for the word as to whether we bypass Sitka and go to Juneau or bypass both and go to Anchorage…
This is apparently a very early snow for the southeast not to mention a really big snow. I have already been blamed for bringing weird weather to Sitka…why not this too.
Stay tuned for more…same Bat time, same Bat channel…
OK, I'm back... We did get off the ground and did land in Sitka and I am home!!! There appears to be about 24" of snow here at home. Looks like Logan after a big storm.

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