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Re: The Future of a Non-Enthuisast Car Industry [ljflx]

by cyclone4 on Tue Sep 29 04:45:43 PDT 2009

The little snow that is now on the ground at Barrow may not melt since it has been a little below freezing (29 degrees at 3:00 AM AK time this morning) and it will likely continue to be below freezing and getting gradually colder the next week or so. The only way that snow dissipates here from now into at least March is by sublimation (going directly from ice to water vapor). Once in a great while though, there can be an amazing thaw even at Barrow in the winter with a warm Pacific air mass that reaches this far north. Again, this is a rare event. It is interesting to see that Barrow is 29 degrees with a light northeast breeze off the Arctic Ocean (not yet frozen this far south). The air is actually being warmed a bit due to the wind being off the unfrozen ocean. Temperatures in other stations to the southeast and southwest of Barrow were in the low 20s and upper teens this morning with no ocean breeze. It will not be long now before the ocean becomes frozen stiff as temperatures gradually get colder and colder. Incidentally, Fairbanks was 24 at 3:00 AM AK time.

Re: The Future of a Non-Enthuisast Car Industry [cyclone4]

by ljflx on Mon Sep 28 19:43:57 PDT 2009

Charlie, I'm amazed that house is not on stilts. If that snow doesn't melt in the next few days then it'll be there in May. Every flake they get sticks and stays around for 8+ months once you're past the next week. I like this site at Fairbanks too and saw some readings here at -59 last winter in the daytime with super dense Ice fog and with a guy standing outside his car with an outfit on that didn't look any different than you would dress for 30 degree weather. I've also seen a few 90+ temps in Fairbanks over the years in late June and July. There's a layout of what buildings are which in the cam somewhere and in winter the most cars are always parked in front of the bar. Notice the car heaters in the parking lot? BTW I have seen a few Landcruisers or LX's in this parking lot. http://www.newsminer.com/arcticcam/ Here's the Barrow site if anyone is interested: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/snowice/sea-lake-ice/barrow_webcam.html

Re: The Future of a Non-Enthuisast Car Industry [ljflx]

by cyclone4 on Mon Sep 28 18:25:21 PDT 2009

It's amazing that we both view and study the Alaskan webcams. I quite frequently take a peek at Barrow at different times of the year. Pretty soon, the open sea will be iced over and temperatures will be dropping to generally 15 to 35 below from about mid November to the end of March. There is still a little daylight left around mid day, but in a few more weeks, Barrow will be in total darkness as it is located well north of the Arctic Circle. The Arctic Circle is at 66.5 degrees Latitude. On December 21, the sun will be just below the horizon at local Noon at the Arctic Circle and thus you basically have 24 hours of darkness. On June 21 (summer solstice), the sun is located just above the horizon at local Midnight. In other words, there are 24 hours of daylight. At the Pole itself, the sun rises on March 21 and sets on September 21.

Re: The Future of a Non-Enthuisast Car Industry [pp2009pp]

by ljflx on Mon Sep 28 18:00:03 PDT 2009

Interesting car landscape here. Plenty of oceanfront property too. No trees to maintain either. This is Barrow, Alaska and I saved the photo from the webcam simply because it's the first time I saw vehicles on it. I imagine it's a long long way to a lux car dealership. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=t70ryv&s=4

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by e_net_rider on Fri Sep 25 05:03:24 PDT 2009

If a company talked quality, I'd expect key and incumbant features across all models to show the same quality. That is, they are meant to move something with greater ease. Different models may be for different sized loads or have different colors and features. But you certainly could not claim quality if you made a cheap tinny, rust through in 6 months, flex like a piece of paper, always going flat tires model as well as a real quality one. It seems GM may have some hold-over mentality they need to shed. Like when big engines were only allowed in big cars like a Cadillac prior to the muscle car advent. Or that they have neglected quality with smaller models for most of their years. Which eventually spilled into larger models.