Snow Day in North Pole

The second snow storm in September started on Sept. 29 and continued through Sept. 30. Weather.com posted this "For the second time in less than a week, Fairbanks, Alaska, was blanketed with heavy snow. This time, it was a record-breaker. Officially, 11.2 inches of snow blanketed Fairbanks International Airport Tuesday, setting an all-time September daily snow record, previously 7.8 inches on Sep. 13, 1992. This also topped the previous record for any 24-hour September snowfall of 9 inches in 1992, according to Rick Thoman from the National Weather Service in Fairbanks. Records in Fairbanks date to 1904.

My car after I had dug it out once the day before.

The heavy wet snow took down tree limbs and power lines.

Golden Valley Electric Agency reported an estimated 7,000-9,000 customers without power as of early Wednesday morning in Fairbanks and in nearby areas. This was down from a peak of about 13,000 customers Tuesday evening, or roughly 30 percent of their total customers."

School was cancelled on Sept. 30 so it was a very low key day in my apartment. I was one of the customers without power. I had a very quiet day reading books and eating cold food. I had just gotten snow tires Tuesday so I tested them out to go to the local Safeway store to get matches. I had candles but no matches.   - Nancy