I was tempted to fly but didn't...

[akdrone]

Instead, I'm driving 360mi over the Alaska Range to the deep south (Anchorage). Driving with the wife and dog so probably little or no flying along the way but I do want to toss up one of the drones at -40F to see how things go but probably won't do a range test! (maybe just a hover test?? LOL).

 

[Rchawks]

Friday we are to have a -40 windchill , not
the same at all though

 

[Hertzdonut]

Off-topic kinda, and maybe I'm mistaken, but: Are you traveling with a cracked windshield at 40 below?

 

[CorralesDan]

But, Santa, aren't you supposed to be getting ready for Christmas Eve?

 

[Vic Moss]

Y'all are sending that nasty cold to Denver today. Thanks!

-50° windchill on the books for tonight. Coldest night in 30 years.

 

[Capt KO]

Mom? I think I just saw Santa Claus drive past, headed south. Heard he uses drones to drop gifts now. Is it true?

Mom? are we there yet?

 

[akdrone]

Off-topic kinda, and maybe I'm mistaken, but: Are you traveling with a cracked windshield at 40 below?

Doesn’t everyone?

 

[akdrone]

Y'all are sending that nasty cold to Denver today. Thanks!

-50° windchill on the books for tonight. Coldest night in 30 years.

Ho ho ho

 

[Hertzdonut]

Doesn’t everyone?

Only until that instantaneous moment of regret.

 

[PhantomFlyer]

Gee, I feel slighted. It's only about -9 here today.

Blizzard Warning
Southwestern Wisconsin
1 hour ago – National Weather Service

 

[akdrone]

Gee, I feel slighted. It's only about -9 here today.

Blizzard Warning
Southwestern Wisconsin
1 hour ago – National Weather Service

hoping it will warm up to that in a month or two....I saw a video of the current storm. I know many people are without power so it's no joke but looking at the video footage of it snowing and blowing...looked like a normal day to me. Our truck just failed on the highway well south of town at -40F. At least it wasn't snowing LOL>

 

[Aerophile]

Off-topic kinda, and maybe I'm mistaken, but: Are you traveling with a cracked windshield at 40 below?

Hey, it's Alaska. There, new trucks come equipped with windshield cracks already installed (it's a dealer option, like a plug-in engine block heater).

 

[mike foy]

Gee, I feel slighted. It's only about -9 here today.

Blizzard Warning
Southwestern Wisconsin
1 hour ago – National Weather Service

Sorry what is that symbol in front of the ‘9’, I didn’t think the thermometer went below 32
Message from sunny florida, lovely drone flying weather here

 

[PhantomFlyer]

The symbol is a minus sign. I was born and raised up here, but after I went to Nam, I could never really adjust to it, so what to do? Here's a hint, stay inside from Christmas to April. LOLOL

 

[slozukimc]

Instead, I'm driving 360mi over the Alaska Range to the deep south (Anchorage). Driving with the wife and dog so probably little or no flying along the way but I do want to toss up one of the drones at -40F to see how things go but probably won't do a range test! (maybe just a hover test?? LOL).
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Nice. Just spoke with my Mom the other day. She was telling me how nice it was at 11 degrees in Wasilla after leaving Willow at -18 that morning. Too cold for this guy.

 

[akdrone]

Nice. Just spoke with my Mom the other day. She was telling me how nice it was at 11 degrees in Wasilla after leaving Willow at -18 that morning. Too cold for this guy.

I would have passed by Wasilla if my car had made it down south to Anchorage, but at 40 below my car failed. It was quite the day.

 

[akdrone]

The symbol is a minus sign. I was born and raised up here, but after I went to Nam, I could never really adjust to it, so what to do? Here's a hint, stay inside from Christmas to April. LOLOL

Don’t move to Alaska

 

[koco2202]

Off-topic kinda, and maybe I'm mistaken, but: Are you traveling with a cracked windshield at 40 below?

I was gonna ask the same myself

 

[slozukimc]

I was gonna ask the same myself

I have been told that broken windshields are the norm in AK. Gravel roads are hard on stuff.

 

[akdrone]

I have been told that broken windshields are the norm in AK. Gravel roads are hard on stuff.

A cracked windshield is indeed pretty common with all the gravel and all the trucks. I’m trying to think of friends that don’t have a cracked windshield…none come to mind but it will get replaced someday….