Short on Fuel, Alaskans Now Burning Their Stuff

[luckytxn 2,265]

Never slipped on sunshine in AZ once. Burr

I have. Flagstaff can be brutal.

[luckytxn 2,265]

Odd Alaskans. I can get wood without going outside.

Yes I agree. We tend to find and cut and stack it before winter when we need it. Maybe all this money I keep hearing they have they just burn it.

I know I saw trees up there when I was up that way.

[james&olya 1,121]

Yes I agree. We tend to find and cut and stack it before winter when we need it. Maybe all this money I keep hearing they have they just burn it.

I know I saw trees up there when I was up that way.

And I know I saw ocean when I was in Galveston. So why don't people in Amarillo enjoy ocean front lots? After all, Texas is not nearly as large a state as Alaska!

[luckytxn 2,265]

And I know I saw ocean when I was in Galveston. So why don't people in Amarillo enjoy ocean front lots? After all, Texas is not nearly as large a state as Alaska!

You saw no Ocean in Galveston I am sure.

[james&olya 1,121]

You saw no Ocean in Galveston I am sure.

The Gulf of Mexico is more appropriately referred to as 'ocean' than the grass and shrubs around Nome referred to as 'trees'!

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Yes I agree. We tend to find and cut and stack it before winter when we need it. Maybe all this money I keep hearing they have they just burn it.

I know I saw trees up there when I was up that way.

There are zero tree's in Nome. I know, I worked up there. There is no place on earth that I know of that's that high up and has trees. There's brush up there.. but the only wood that's worth burning is drift wood on the beach, which is covered up by sea ice that's maybe 8'-12' thick or more.

http://www.tsuru-bird.net/nome/index.html <---- there's several pics of Nome on that link, and the green you see on there is tundra brush, which might burn but it wouldn't last long. The branches are as skinny as your little finger at it's widest point.

[james&olya 1,121]

There are zero tree's in Nome. I know, I worked up there. There is no place on earth that I know of that's that high up and has trees. There's brush up there.. but the only wood that's worth burning is drift wood on the beach, which is covered up by sea ice that's maybe 8'-12' thick or more.

http://www.tsuru-bird.net/nome/index.html <---- there's several pics of Nome on that link, and the green you see on there is tundra brush, which might burn but it wouldn't last long. The branches are as skinny as your little finger at it's widest point.

Your post brings up an interesting bit of trivia I am sure you know but that is unknown to most Americans having to do with igloo construction! For everyone else, what is that bit of trivia? Clue: it involves the Mackenzie River in Canada!

[luckytxn 2,265]

The Gulf of Mexico is more appropriately referred to as 'ocean' than the grass and shrubs around Nome referred to as 'trees'!

A gulf is a far cry from an ocean.

There are zero tree's in Nome. I know, I worked up there. There is no place on earth that I know of that's that high up and has trees. There's brush up there.. but the only wood that's worth burning is drift wood on the beach, which is covered up by sea ice that's maybe 8'-12' thick or more.

http://www.tsuru-bir...nome/index.html <---- there's several pics of Nome on that link, and the green you see on there is tundra brush, which might burn but it wouldn't last long. The branches are as skinny as your little finger at it's widest point.

Sounds and looks like a great place to live.

[james&olya 1,121]

A gulf is a far cry from an ocean.

Definition of the Gulf of Mexico!

Home > Library > Travel & Places > Dictionary - Places

An arm of the Atlantic Ocean in southeast North America bordering on eastern Mexico, the southeast United States, and Cuba. It connects with the Atlantic Ocean through the Straits of Florida and with the Caribbean Sea through the Yucatán Channel.

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/gulf-of-mexico#ixzz1j7hATcP8

[james&olya 1,121]

Sounds and looks like a great place to live

It might be rough but at least it isn't texas!

Edited January 11, 2012 by james&olya

[luckytxn 2,265]

Definition of the Gulf of Mexico!

Home > Library > Travel & Places > Dictionary - Places

An arm of the Atlantic Ocean in southeast North America bordering on eastern Mexico, the southeast United States, and Cuba. It connects with the Atlantic Ocean through the Straits of Florida and with the Caribbean Sea through the Yucatán Channel.

Read more: http://www.answers.c...o#ixzz1j7hATcP8

So you are sticking to your guns that a Gulf is an Ocean. Very good.

[james&olya 1,121]

So you are sticking to your guns that a Gulf is an Ocean. Very good.

You really are a bit thick! A gulf is a part of a larger body of water. In this case the Gulf of Mexico is considered to be a part of the Atlantic Ocean!

[luckytxn 2,265]

You really are a bit thick! A gulf is a part of a larger body of water. In this case the Gulf of Mexico is considered to be a part of the Atlantic Ocean!

Keep digging deeper.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Your post brings up an interesting bit of trivia I am sure you know but that is unknown to most Americans having to do with igloo construction! For everyone else, what is that bit of trivia? Clue: it involves the Mackenzie River in Canada!

I give. I know McKenzie County, North Dakota was named after a corrupt Senator McKenzie that helped to found Nome, but I don' know the tie in with the McKenzie River in BC and igloos.

[luckytxn 2,265]

It might be rough but at least it isn't texas!

Thank God for that.