So I'm in Seattle before my flight up to AK and... well, I realized they had an unexpected amount of snow, but I didn't realize it so effectively immobilized the city. The residential streets still haven't been plowed, people haven't driven their car in weeks, garbage pick-up and package deliveries simply stopped. Now it's warming and melting and seattle is getting back to normal but the unusual snow seriously nonplussed the city.

I landed in ANC tonight. It was -5°F, dark, and covered in snow. All as it should be and I was much happier than I ever thought I'd be to be in Alaska in the middle of winter.