Letters to the Editor

Letter: Can’t call it cold

Hate to be a “back-in-my-day” geezer, but the “cold” Anchorage has experienced this winter and in recent years is nothing compared to what we had in the 1950s and 1960s, when temperatures down to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit were not uncommon during December, January and February.

With Anchorage’s current population and the great number of cars on the streets and highways, the kind of cold we had “back in the day” would create a dense ice fog pall stretching from Girdwood to Wasilla that would last for weeks.

Now the television weather forecasters frequently attach chill factors to their maps that create the illusion it’s colder than it really is. Places like Northway and Galena still get cold.

Comparatively, we here in Southcentral Alaska are in the Bahamas.

— Frank E. Baker

Eagle River

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Frank Baker

Frank E. Baker is a freelance writer who lives in Eagle River.

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