Alaska braces for "epic" storm; evacuations begin

Reuters via Yahoo ^ | 11/9/11 | Yereth Rosen

[Evil Slayer]

[Sacajaweau]

We're moving the polar bears, seals and penguins to ???

Mother Nature is doing her job....I believe these storms are HER WAY of cleaning house.

[exit82]

A prayer for Wasilla and all of Alaska.

[SeaHawkFan]

Wasilla is at least 500 miles from Nome.

[caww]

Storm is a nasty one, no doubt about that. Hoping all find safe places til this passes by. Storm surge looks to be going inland more than known in the past.

[IrishPennant]

Polar bears and minorities hit hardest!

[Timber Rattler]

Are the crab boats out this month?

[KoRn]

I wonder if those “Deadliest Catch” guys are out on the water this time of year. I bet this thing is wicked out on the Bearing Sea.

[southernnorthcarolina]

We're moving the polar bears, seals and penguins to ???

Penguins?

[Eye of Unk]

Wasilla probably won’t be affected much if at all.

Its like a hurricane passing through Houston TX and Wasilla would be Dallas.

But it can be a killer for those who are not prepared and the remoteness makes it extremely difficult if they do need help.

[Eye of Unk]

Yeah minorities get hit the hardest, that means any white people. Really, out there the white person IS the minority.

I can just imagine some animal rights group setting up the jungle drums to rally support for a penguin airlift.
And the zebra polar bear.

[palmer]

When we move the polar bears to Antarctica we’ll have to move the penguins somewhere else.

[IrishPennant]

Maybe the Occupy Nome crowd can help herd the penguins up?

[silverleaf]

and prayers for all the fishing fleet, I fear some will die because of this

[Eye of Unk]

You know they actually had a bout a dozen that showed up in Wasilla about two weeks ago, they were there one day and then went back to Anchorage, I hear they are camping out on whats called the park strip, which many years ago was an air strip near downtown Anchorage.

And it has snowed, the temps are about 12F above zero and getting colder.

[TSgt]

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=CommercialByFisheryGroundfish.main
Bering Sea Snow Crab Opens October 15
Bristol Bay Red King Crab Season Opens October 15
King crab season opens in Alaska on Oct. 15 and closes on Jan. 15.

[TSgt]

"Alaska is facing a life threatening winter storm with near hurricane force winds, more than a foot of snow and severe coastal flooding, the National Weather Service says. "This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening storm which will be one of the worst on record over the Bering Sea and the west coast," NWS forecasters said in a bulletin Monday afternoon. Winds near hurricane force of 74 mph were expected to generate seas as high as 25 feet in the northern Bering Sea, forecasters said. The winds were expected to raise sea levels as much as 9 feet in the Norton Sound. Those levels combined with the high waves were expected to cause significant coastal erosion and major flooding. The winds may also push sea ice on shore, adding to the dangers, NWS forecasters said."

[IrishPennant]

Yeah...adverse weather can put a damper on a good occupation. I would have to recommend occupying Hawaii for the winter.

[whd23]

We're moving the polar bears, seals and penguins to ???

Penguins?

Don't stop them, they're on a roll.

[Eye of Unk]

Actually I have heard that the OWS in Hawaii is almost nonexistant, I guess they would rather go surfing.

Look up their escapades down in Sydney AUS.