The whole town had electricity off today

Today the electricity was off from 9AM to Noon. I was expecting a fax from Portland so I had to call and tell them to fax it at 8:30. I got the fax and returned the fax just before the electricity was out. The whole town was without power. I am back to walking on the frozen Yukon to test out my knee. It wears out and gets tired but so far so good.

Frozen Yukon River

Today it was -11 degrees and it warmed up to 5 degrees above zero today. Super sunny though. It is still super white and lots of snow on the ground. I like the white. I am not looking forward to the dirt and dust which is normal around here.

smokehouse and housing

smoke house

I just found out that they use these old houses as smoke houses to smoke the salmon.

Typical Emo Housing

Here is typical Emmonak housing in April 2008. Last year at this time, there was no snow, just dirt on the roads.

More snow than past few years

I was talking to someone from Emmonak and they were telling me that we have much more snow than the past few years. The ice on the Yukon is 4 feet thick, which is normal. Last year though, it was above freezing much more and the snow was gone. We are still getting snow and a warm day is 25 degrees, which feels warm. They said the ice breaking will be later this year because of the colder temperatures. Last year, the ice broke about May 20. they said the ice may not break until June because of the colder temps. They also said that we may have flooding in the town. They also mentioned that the ice breakups were much worse 10 or so years ago. Back then, where I live was the major river. Now, much of the ice is going down another finger of the river, so Emo is getting less ice.

fish net storage

This is right on the Yukon River. I walked to it on the frozen ice. These are all over the place here. Lots of fishing boats too. Nets and fishing gear is inside.

BOIL WATER ORDER

We have a boil water order for the town. We are using water from the Yukon River and we must boil it until further notice.
WARMER - 20 below and no wind for this Monday AM!

Pictures again!

I am back in the picture business. I borrowed a camera. We have lots of snow again. A bulldozer is plowing the town roads so we have lots of white here. It is about zero and it seems warm. We have not had a lot of wind which makes it seem mild.