Posted on 10/16/2025 6:17:28 AM PDT by DallasBiff
GOLOVIN, Alaska – A historic storm blasted western Alaska Friday and Saturday with hurricane-force winds, over 50-foot seas and coastal flooding not seen in decades, leaving homes flooded, roads washed away and power out to a wide area.
What used to be Typhoon Merbok morphed into a powerful northern Pacific storm as it raced nearly due north and pushed through the Aleutian Islands Friday and into the Bering Sea Saturday, bringing a dangerous storm surge inundating coastal villages and towns under several feet of water for hours.
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Heh heh. WE have one thermostat in the house that is not needed and is mounted but not wired to the system. It is our placebo thermostat! This after a pal of mine was telling me about the time filks in a building where all the HVAC was set and controlled from a remote location. People in the building would gripe that it was too cold or too warm, so they put in a placebo thermostat that did nothing. No more complaints. everyone was happy that they could adjust it however they wanted!
Had some neighbors who moved to Alaska many years ago & I guess they liked it. Watching TV programs on Alaska, I guess it is beautiful in places, but the hazards are numerous. Not for me. I might visit if conditions were right.
A bigger boat just won't do.
My Dad was a Mechanical Engineer so he was ‘in charge’ of all the ‘mechanicals’ for a number of huge buildings, mostly full of women doing secretarial-like work. He had the same problems with the heating and a/c comfort levels.
He put out a memo that read: “Everyone is to bring a sweater to work. Hang it on the back of your chair. If you are COLD, put the sweater ON. If you get too HOT, take the sweater OFF!”
It sort-of worked, LOL!
I knew an project engineer for Mobil Oil during the Carter gas crisis. The federally mandated temperature was too chilly for the office ladies to type even with sweaters. So the engineer broke into the controls and recalibrated the thermostat.
Well, too cold to type IS too cold.
I remember The Carter Years well! No jobs, no gas, long lines if you could even get any. Ridiculous interest rates on mortgages, etc. My folks had no extra money for college for me, though I did garner a few scholarships.
Carter is the reason I enlisted in the Army at age 17. Food, housing, clothing, education, a JOB.
It ended up being the smartest thing I could have done under the economic circumstances. ;)
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