7. HOWER HOWE STEADER
Vol 3 No 48
Feb. 3 194
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THE BANANA BELT-FREEZES UP
COLDEST WEATHER EVER RECORDED IN NORTH AMERICA
COOK INLET OFF HOMER, ALMOST FROZEN OVER
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a cold spell, colder than anything ever recorded in North America
has had Alaska in its grip for the hast three weeks, with no let
up in sight at the present writing, where once we mere herified at
a single night of 5 above weather, now we have had to get accostum
ed to fifteen below temperatures every night, Fuel hiles have long
since vanished and local residents lave lad to comb the beach ton
drift wood to keep the tome fires burning. All mater service has
long been frozen up and it is extremely hard to keep even the dra
ohen, achemak bay is full of ice and the inlet which never has
any signs of ice is almost blocked with floating ice which could
solidify overnight. Small boats have been unable to pli between
Soldovia and I omer and small planes are grounded because of the
we who are living in Alaska this year will have something to tell
to our grand
we who are tildren and the year Glaska froze up will be placed
alongside the proverbial, Fail of the blue snow, in our narratives
of things to remember.
Joday's sodio tells us of temperature reading of 82.6 below at
a point in northern Canada mith on unofficial nohort from clong the
84. These are only a few degrees lower than the world's
record low temperature readings. Some of this cold is heading for
the States and snow in Bonning, Colis, is only a marning of what
might nakhon in the few dous ahead, Texas has had 2 helow weather
and prospects are that citrous will be badly damaged. What a life.
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MAKE YOUR HOME IN HOMER