Tuesday, November 08, 2005

The Cold in Nome

Today here in Nome, the high temperature made it up to 13 degrees. Yesterday was even colder. The wind chill tonight makes the temperature feel like -6. As I walked to the school this evening to pick up the blue van key so that I could get to volleyball practice in the morning, the wind made my cheeks feel like the blood inside them was freezing.

Other than that, it is just going to seem like a long winter. I am used to that from the Chicago area. It is just different getting it in the beginning of November. The snow on the ground is supposedly here all winter long now. It looks pretty, the mountains and Sledge Island covered in snow.

The really weird thing is getting used to the daylight hours. The sun didn't rise today until 10:12 am and sets at 5:18 pm. This is really different from when we got here in August and the sun went down about midnight.

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