Coldest Winter Since 1947

It's official; the McDowell family has done it again. Everytime we move it appears that some great weather phenomenom follows us, from two direct hit hurricanes in Pensacola, to ice storms in Meridian, record heat and rainfall in Kingsville, to more hurricanes in Virginia Beach and Pax. This time we have the coldest summer in 10 years (never got above 70F) followed by the coldest winter since 1947. We have already had 9 days that did not go above zero degrees (F) in a row. The coldest winter was 1917-18, the second coldest in 1947-48, and now 2008-9 is the third coldest on record here in Alaska - and it's only Jan 6th. After seeing the hurricanes follow us across the East coast, then being in an earthquake when we lived in Monterey, it certainly makes you wonder about all these volcanos and earthquake faults that surround us in Alaska. On second thought, if the worst we ever see here is just the coldest winter in 60+ years - that's not too bad! (By the way, the pumpkin in the picture is too frozen for even the moose to eat it....the moose might all be frozen too...it's another -25 F night, but a warm 67 F in the house, with plenty of hot chocolate being consumed)