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Lower states are nice, but how long have you lived where your at? The winter isnt going to get any better as the years pass. And shooting fish will get old after your down there awhile. No bs, The armed forces have everthing you want, Hunting, warm weather, Hunting, Did I mention Warm weather hunting!!!
God bless the US

 

Coyote Chaser, I am looking forward to 10 degrees, it was -40 on tuesday, -35 yesterday, and -10 today, and no thats not wind chill, thats whats on the thermometer.

 

Alaska doesn't get much light does it? Alaska


If you look at the picture, the USA was in the light with Alaska in the dark (earlier today). But the pic is always changing so right now the USA and Alaska is in the dark. (9:30 pm)

 

akfireman,

I was just looking at your photo page. Do you have a garage or building you store you arctic cat in?
I wouldn't think you could leave it out for hours on end in those kind of temps.

I would love to know the construction of your house because it almost looks modular in concept which would be efficient. The windows that I see on your photo page we don't have them around here and how thick are your walls for insulation.

Like Coyotechaser asked about the light I think I would like the idea of having light almost all the time in the summer and then almost none in the winter.

Chet

 

akfireman- So you live near Fairbanks. My brother-in-law lives down in Juneau.

I don't think I would like the winters of Alaska. I'd like the environment and animals but not the darkness. I'd want R-30 insulation through-out the house and windows with Low-E and Argon. Does insulation come in anything higher than R-30?

 

yes i have a garage but i dont keep the 4 wheeler and snowmobile in it, they stay outside, the snowmobile starts most any temp, the 4 wheeler i have started at -20, and it was tough but it started. My house is a modular which does allright but the windows dont hold the heat well.

 

Seasonal Affect Disorder(S.A.D) is not something that you would want to have! My wife has this, took several doctors and several years to finally be diagnosed. SAD can be very debilitating. It is cause by that reduction to certain wavelenghts of light as the seasonal days get shorter(ie. short winter days). The symptoms can be any one or more of the following; fatigue.......mild or extreme, lost or lack of concentration, wanting to sleep for long hours. headaches, irritibleness, and several others that seem to escape me at the moment. My wife works in an inner office with no windows, so the effects are more pronounce. One remedy......there is a light that can be used that artifically provides the required light wavelenghts to offset what is lacking naturally. She has this light sitting on her desk, and she now can function at a more normal manner.

 

koolkodiak,

You know I have heard about this now that you bring it up about your wife.

Seems like years ago there was a segment about this on sixties minutes and it was showing an individual where they had to sit in front of some very large bright lights for a certain period of time each day and in this case study the individual was shocked that after this light therapy that they were not depressed anymore. They had to do this every day though during the winter.

Its nice to hear this has helped your wife.

Chet

 

raptor..........That light she uses is not much bigger than maybe 14" square. Doesn't take up any space at all. The light broke once, tried to repair it, bulb is like a flourescent lightbulb. Couldn't remove the bulb, sent it back to the manufactor. Had a special bulb, would have cost roughly $45.00 to replace just the bulb. The wife is also surprised how much the light reduces the symptoms of SAD.