The winds were gusting up into the high 30’s mph here, and it looked like an all out blizzard was on the way. Then, it just died out, and is about as calm as it gets around here. Either it’s the calm before the blizzard forecast, or I really am going home today.
Tonight is my first taste of a tundra semi-blizzard here north of the Brooks Range. It’s a few degrees below zero, and the wind is smoking about 30 mph. Even throwing my fat butt around a little when I was walking around the drill rig. I can’t tell if it’s snowing, or [...]
Now the president has changed his speech from “creating 3.5 million new jobs” to “creating or saving 3.5 million new jobs”. This makes for an easy out. It’s pretty easy to prove job creation – but job salvation? Hard to prove that. So, if the stimulus plan doesn’t work, they will [...]
Economy down south apparently bites, but things are happening here on the north slope, at least for the next few months. We’re getting extra work as the company is stretched thin. I’m going to be working 2 on/1 off till about May (I hope). I like working on the drilling rig. [...]
My shift started out at 48 below, and now it’s about 44 below here about 40 miles west of Umiat, near Wolf Creek. As long as I’m working away shoveling snow, my face seems to stay warm for quite awhile. However, when I was chipping up some ice and not working as hard, [...]
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