Sam, I was a 13F20L7 (Joint Fires Observer) who was offered his E6's to stay in for another year or two. I passed.
I got far used to 120deg F temps though between living in Phoenix and also Iraq. Somehow I ended up in Homer, Alaska :) Hoo-ah josh reynolds :: chief information officer :: spitwspots :: Ubiquiti Certified AirMax Trainer :: On 12/03/2013 10:42 AM, Sam wrote: > I was in the military, stationed in Fairbanks (30 miles south of > Fairbanks actually) for four years. There was a spell during the winter > of 1988/1989 where we went something like six weeks with the temperature > never climbing above -40F. (Fun fact: Five of the top ten lowest > temperatures ever recorded in Alaska happened in January 1989.) We lived > on-base so didn't have to deal with propane or LP gas. But I don't > recall any of my friends living off-base having a problem with it. > That's not to say it didn't happen. > > A side note... > I remember one day after that spell of cold weather when a Chinook wind > blew up from the Gulf of Alaska. The temperature warmed clear up to 0F! > We were all outside in shorts and short sleeve shirts firing up the BBQ > grills. Yeah, it was cold, but it was 50F to 60F degrees warmer than > what we had gotten used to. :) > > Sam > > > On 11/26/2013 15:06, D. Ryan Spott wrote: >> Even north of fairbanks Propane does not have much of an issue. Insulate >> and enclose for success. >> >> I use a 1500 gal tank so I can get the 1000+ gal discount. They even >> apply this discount to my home propane purchases for the rest of the year! >> >> ryan > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
