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To: Bigtigermike

The official Iron Dog site: http://www.irondograce.org/

“Extraordinary conditions are wreaking havoc on the race. What should normally be a 90 minute drive from Nome to Golovin, the Pro Teams have been slogging for four hours. Snow depth in the Golovin to Elim areas is easily more than seven feet – add that to Arctic coastal winds and storm surge, the creeks and rivers are filling with overflow.”


11 posted on 02/24/2011 10:47:23 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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To: LibFreeOrDie

They aren’t allowed to use snowmobiles that double as hovercraft, are they? :-)


13 posted on 02/24/2011 11:03:30 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: LibFreeOrDie
... Snow depth in the Golovin to Elim area ...

Elim was the first Oasis the children of Israel visited after they came out of Egypt (Ex 16) Hard to imagine snow there!

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Elect Sarah Palin for President 2012

Re-Elect President Sarah Palin 2016

15 posted on 02/25/2011 4:43:04 AM PST by WVKayaker ("When Sarah Palin speaks, people listen!" - EF Hutton)
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