GET OUT YOUR WOOL SOCKS!!

Here are the headlines from the local papers. I couldn't make this stuff up!

"Extreme Alaska cold grounds planes, disables cars"

"Subzero temperatures have twice put the US Cross Country Ski Championships in Anchorage on hold over the weekend."
"For the fourth time in five days cold weather has forced officials to cancel races in the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships at Kincaid Park, in east Anchorage."

"Amid the deepest cold snap in a decade, the National Weather Service station in West Anchorage yesterday registered it's 10th straight day of double-digit negative temperatures."

"Plumbers were literally swamped this week, repairing broken pipes. Simple thawing jobs had waiting lists four days out."

"Once it gets cold, it's going to stay cold. We're locked into this pattern for the foreseeable future."

"Some of the worst cold waves on record have gone on for three weeks....This could turn into one of those."