Mon. 12/31/18: NWS: High Wind Watch in effect from Tuesday morning through Thursday afternoon - See 1516 Below | M/V Lituya adds sailings 12/31 and 1/1 + remains in KTN overnight 12/31 - See 1325 Below | M/V Aurora cancels 12/31 runs and Tatitlek port call on 1/1 - See 1024 Below | M/V Columbia cancels 12/31 Skagway port call - See 1022 Below | NWS: Heavy Rain headed headed for SE Alaska to start the New Year - See 1624 12/30 Below | Greenpeace’s Iconic ‘Rainbow Warrior’ Ship Chopped Up On A Third-World Beach, Sold For Scrap - Daily Caller | GCI objects to 26% cut in Rural Health Care payments - AJC (Oct. - Nov. 2018) | Try to Remember - The Brothers Four & Love's Theme - Barry White & his Love Unlimited Orchestra... both on YouTube | Right before the clock strikes midnight on December 31... | NOAA Tide Predictions - Juneau, AK - 2019: PDF; Text

SUNDAY 12/30/18: 1624: NWS: Heavy Rain headed headed for SE Alaska to start the New Year - See 1624 Below | 0916: NWS: Short Term Forecast for Freezing Drizzle - See 0916 Below | When A Child is Born - Susan Boyle/Johnny Mathis | The Impossible Dream - Susan Boyle | Born Free - John Barry, from the 1966 motion picture Born Free; Born Free - Andy Williams, 1966 | Massachusetts’ Airbnb Crushing Law Is On The Way - Hot Air | I ordered a box of crickets from the Internet and it went about as well as you’d expect - Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post

Sat. 12/29/18: M/V Tustumena cancels 12/30-31 stops in Kodiak, Port Lions, & Ouzinkie due to weather - See 1615 Below | 1444: NWS: Heavy Rain headed headed for SE Alaska to start the New Year - See 1444 Below | Indonesia’s Child of Krakatau Collapsed, but Now It’s More Explosive - WSJ | Sorry, Bethel Music, But God's Love Isn't ‘Reckless’ - Georgi Boorman, The Federalist | Whitewall tire - Wikipedia | Making Tires Black, Instead of the Natural Color of Rubber, Produces a Much Stronger & Longer Lasting Tire - TIFO | How Coker Tire Co. Whitewall Tires Are Made - Coker Tire, YouTube | BF Goodrich Bias Ply, Dual Narrow Whitewall - Coker Tire... This was the type & style of the tires on our 1970 Pontiac Executive 3-Seat Safari Station Wagon (ours was the same as shown in the link except without the vinyl on the roof), I loved that look. See more below

Fri. 12/28/18: 1520: NWS: Atmospheric River headed for Southeast Alaska to start the New Year - See 1520 Below | F/V Fairweather cancels 12/29-30 trips; M/V LeConte covers for 12/30 trip - See 1612 Below | M/V LeConte to cover 12/28 Lynn Canal runs - See 2138 12/27 Below | The U.S.'s interest payments are about to skyrocket. Does it matter? - CBS News | Delivery Drones Cheer Shoppers, Annoy Neighbors, Scare Dogs - WSJ... This test is being done in Australia | New York night sky bathed in eerie blue light after explosion at Consolidated Edison electric plant - Daily Mail & at the New York Post

Thur. 12/27/18: 0850: NWS: Winter Weather Advisory will Expire at 9 AM AST this morning - See 0850 Below | 0222: NWS: Winter Weather Advisory for 4" to 6" of Snow in effect until 9 AM AST this morning - See 0222 Below | 2018 will be the first year since the modern record began in 1950 with no violent tornadoes in the United States - Washington Post via LMTonline | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Hits Bottom - Robert Benne, First Things... What apostasy looks like (Resurrection Lutheran & Shepherd of the Valley are the local ELCA congregations) | NOAA Tide Predictions - Juneau, AK - 2019: PDF; Text

Wed. 12/26/18: 1815: NWS: High Wind Warning has Expired - See 1815 Below | 0934: NWS: High Wind Warning remains in effect until 6 PM AST this evening - See 0435 Below | 0434: NWS: Winter Storm Watch is Cancelled - See 0434 Below | ‘Mind-boggling:' The public must spend an unforeseen $30 million before 2 new state ferries can go into service - ADN | Christmas Weather Extremes: Warmest, Coldest & Snowiest on Record - TWC | Tsunami-like wave caught on camera hitting Captiva Island, Florida - WTSP-TV... Phenomena like that used to be called a tidal wave | Judicial nominee faces U.S. Senate scrutiny over Knights of Columbus membership - CNA

Tue. 12/25/18: Christmas Day - The birth of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ | Federal, State & Local Holiday, No Bus Service | 1513: NWS: Winter Storm Watch remains in effect for 5" to 9" of Snow from 6 PM Wednesday through 9 AM AST Thursday - See 1513 Below | NWS: Freezing Drizzle possible through early this morning - See 0012 Below | Iraq officially makes Christmas Day national holiday - KESQ | Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah - Royal Choral Society; O Come, All Ye Faithful - King's College Choir; Angels We Have Heard On High - Christendom College Choir & Schola Gregoriana... (YouTube) | Merry Christmas everyone! | By 0615 there were tracks of a Deer on the driveway

Mon. 12/24/18: Christmas Eve | 2056: NWS: Winter Weather Advisory for 3" to 5" of Snow will Expire at 9 PM AST this evening - See 2056 Below | Away in a Manger & Hark The Herald Angels Sing - Katherine Jenkins (YouTube) | Qantas is planning to operate the world’s longest flight in custom-built planes by 2022 - Quartz | Who Cleans Up When a Wind Farm Retires? - Inside Energy on YouTube

SUNDAY 12/23/18: 4th Sunday in Advent | Jesus’ baptism site was a closed military zone for 50 years - until now - Washington Post via ADN | Seismic Stations in Alaska and a sliver of Western Canada - Beth Grassi, UAF - Geophysical Institute | Smaller buildings in Anchorage took the brunt of November earthquake, experts say - ADN | An article on the financial problems of the United States Postal Service - Roll Call

Sat. 12/22/18: Santa Rides with CCFR - Santa Parade Valley, 6 PM - 8:30 PM this evening; CCFR's post (both on Facebook) | I don't know if the 2019 Tide Calendar will be done by the end of the year. I'm waiting for my body to cooperate (my eyes and arms and general health) and so far it isn't. Here are (2) links to the NOAA Tide Predictions - Juneau, AK - 2019: PDF; Text | Tyler Crenshaw's Juneau pictures (Facebook) | O Holy Night - Emer Barry & Affiniti (YouTube) | Ursid meteors to peak in moonlight - EarthSky

Fri. 12/21/18: 1st Day of Winter ~ Winter Solstice at 1:23 PM AST | AMHS adds December 2018 trips for Angoon and Tenakee - See Below | Why aren’t drones catching on in Juneau? - Juneau Empire | 2018 Fourth of July Fun - Juneau Empire on YouTube... Includes drone footage of downtown Juneau during the 4th of July Parade | Apollo 8: First Around the Moon ~ 50th Anniversary of Launch is today, Dec. 21st - Space.com; Christmas Eve "Genesis" broadcast from the crew of Apollo 8 - NASA

Thur. 12/20/18: 1141: NWS: Winter Weather Advisory for 4" to 5" of Snow will Expire at Noon AST today - See 1141 Below | The Little Drummer Boy: The Harry Simeone Chorale - The original classic; André Rieu & his Johann Strauss Orchestra; Amadeus Electric Quartet (Romania)... All on YouTube | Tom Cruise: Turn Off Motion Smoothing (video interpolation) in HD TV's for the best movie experience - Twitter | DOT&PF Southcoast Region Notice of Project Update: AMHS Gustavus Ferry Terminal Improvements Project - State of AK... Short excerpt below

Wed. 12/19/18: 2245: NWS: Winter Weather Advisory for 4" to 5" of Snow remains in effect until Noon AST Thursday - See 2245 Below | In memory of Penny Marshall: Making Our Dreams Come True ~ Theme From the TV series "Laverne & Shirley" - Cyndi Grecco (YouTube) | Merry Christmas, Darling - The Carpenters (YouTube)... Includes the history of the song... An excerpt below | Many were unimpressed with first look at Elon Musk's L.A. transit tunnel - Chicago Business Journal | President Trump plans to re-create unified US Space Command - AP

Tue. 12/18/18: Last of the Snow on the ground melted away overnight (except for the plowed and shoveled snow) || For some unknown reason ever since the change to standard time I've been putting ADT for Alaska Daylight Time instead of the proper AST for Alaska Standard Time... If you see mistakes I'd appreciate you letting me know. 0702: All files have been corrected. || The Harp Twins ~ Camille & Kennerly: Carol of the Harps , and their Original Story & Music: “Naughty Nisse” (both on YouTube) | M/V Tustumena's 12/18-19 Homer to Kodiak roundtrip sailing is canceled due to weather - See 1216 Below

Mon. 12/17/18: AMHS Summer 2019 Schedule is Open for Booking - See 1409 Below | How To Bend Conduit - 1/2" 3/4" and 1" EMT - Electrician U (YouTube) | As for Me and My House... - Lloyd Marcus, American Thinker | America Is Intolerably Intolerant - David French, NRO ~ "A nation devoid of grace immiserates its people"... Excerpts below, and My comment below that | Viva La Vida - Yuni's Marimba (South Korea), and Viva La Vida - Shara Lin of Taiwan (both YouTube)

SUNDAY 12/16/18: 3rd Sunday in Advent | 0515: NWS: High Wind Warning is Cancelled - See 0515 Below | Merry Christmas, Darling, and cover of Here I Am by Air Supply - Shane Ericks on YouTube | 1967 Bob Hope Christmas Special ~ U.S.A.F. Presents Bob Hope's annual USO tour of Southeast Asian military bases (YouTube)... Though there is no actual Christmas related content in it | Trading in a sleigh for a fire truck - Juneau Empire | Glacier Kayaking - Kenai Fjords National Park and "Bearmonicas" - Tim and Fin (YouTube)

Sat. 12/15/18: 1543: NWS: High Wind Warning remains in effect until Midnight AST tonight - See 1543 Below | Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA, otherwise known as "Obamacare") Ruled Unconstitutional by U.S. District Judge - Bloomberg | Why Republicans lost the ‘pre-existing conditions’ war - Anchorage Daily Planet | Audi vs. Tesla? German Automaker Pouring Billions Into Electric - The Street

Fri. 12/14/18: NWS: A High Wind Warning is in effect from 3 PM Saturday to 3 AM AST Sunday - See 1530 Below; The High Wind Watch is no longer in effect | 'Smart Boulders' Measure Seafloor Avalanches - MarineLink | China's Investments in Ecuador, & ramifications of possible investment in Alaska - Craig Medred News | Hydro One, Avista to ask U.S. regulator to reconsider order against acquisition - CBC; Avista's Press Release | Geminid Meteor Shower of 2018 Peaked at 0330 AST this morning - Space.com | Santa's route in Juneau & on Douglas Island, 6- 8 PM this evening

Thur. 12/13/18: Juneau-Douglas High School Holiday Music Celebration Fundraiser, 6-8 p.m., J.D.H.S. | Alle Vogel Sind Schon Da (All the birds are already there) - James Last (YouTube) | Post-quake structural damage isn’t so much a building problem as a ground problem, engineers say - ADN | Preparations Underway for Demolition of Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct - ENR... Demolition to begin February 2019 | Scientists trying to tame noisy Highway 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington - The Seattle Times

Wed. 12/12/18: A Peacock Spider Christmas (Video on Facebook) | U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider cases involving states' ability to decide whether certain health providers are eligible for Medicaid reimbursements - PJ Media... The issue is much larger than that of just Planned Parenthood | New maps and data show widespread Anchorage earthquake damage and more than 100 unsafe buildings - ADN

Tue. 12/11/18: Update: M/V Tustumena's 12/11 Homer to Seldovia trip is canceled due to weather - See 1150 Below; M/V Tustumena on weather delay in Homer for 12/11-12 - See 1042 Below | AMHS service in Prince William Sound canceled 12/13-15 due to weather - See 1119 Below | Governor's Mansion Annual Open House from 3 PM - 6 PM | Post-earthquake road repairs are almost complete - but they’re only temporary - ADN | ICYMI: NPR Was Taken To The Woodshed For Peddling Straight Fake News About Donald Trump Jr. - Townhall

Mon. 12/10/18: Snowing on the mountains | Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park breaks historical yearly eruption record - KIFI, Idaho Falls

SUNDAY 12/09/18: 2nd Sunday in Advent | Snowing on the mountains | Joy to the World - George Fox University music department (YouTube) | Andy Williams Christmas Show - 1966 (YouTube) | Juneau Community Resources Lists | Review of Cheap vs. Expensive Ice Cream Makers - Pure Living for Life (YouTube)

Sat. 12/08/18: NWS: Record High Temperature for December 6th Tied at the Yakutat Airport - See 0343 12/07 Below | Mandatory Implantation of Microchips in Employees? UK Gov’t Says it Would Likely be Illegal - CNS News | ‘Your time is up’ South Africa sets date for white farmer land grabs – March 2019 - Daily Star (U.K.) | Judge rules in cruise lines' lawsuit over Juneau fees - Seatrade Cruise News

Fri. 12/07/18: Pearl Harbor Day ~ Survivors gather at Pearl Harbor for attack remembrance ceremony - ADN | Mozart's Rondo Alla Turca - Piano performance by Pippi Peterson (YouTube) | My Fair Lady Soundtrack from the 1964 motion picture starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison (YouTube)

Thur. 12/06/18: 2,788 and counting: When do tremors stop being aftershocks and start being new earthquakes? and ADN's 11-30-2018 Earthquake Page - ADN || Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin Falls as Technical Indicators Point to More Pain in 2019 - Bloomberg || Washington regulators shut down $5.3 billion Avista sale to Ontario’s Hydro One and Hydro One and Political Actions by the Ontario Government - The Spokesman-Review; KTOO's article || Judge makes ruling on cruise ship lawsuit against city - Juneau Empire; Ruling limits how Juneau can spend cruise passenger fees - KTOO; Order: Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment; Motion to Determine Law of Case, Order on Case Status... A (final) Declaratory Judgement will follow in 2019

Wed. 12/05/18: Juneau Dance Theatre is keeping a classic fresh ~ New choreography and costumes for ‘The Nutcracker’ - Juneau Empire | Science Media Still Overwhelmingly Leftist - Creation Evolution Headlines

Tue. 12/04/18: Where Are Amazon.com's Drones? - AP | The Rain In Spain - (YouTube) From the 1964 motion picture My Fair Lady... One of my favorite musicals | As of 0608: 437 aftershock earthquakes of 2.5 Magnitude and greater after the 0829 Nov. 30th 7.0 M quake 8 miles North of Anchorage | The Global Carbon Tax Revolt ~ The French are the latest to refuse to sacrifice growth for green piety. - WSJ | National Day of Mourning Observed ~ USPS "Limits" Service (basically no service) Wednesday, Dec. 5 - U.S.P.S. | We Over-Honor Our Presidents - Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review... My comment below

Mon. 12/03/18: Best Dessert Soufflé Ever & It’s Made of Carrots!!! - The Fit RV | Classic BBC Radio Theme ~ Shipping Forecast (Sailing By) - Composed by Ronald Binge in 1963, Performed by the Alan Perry/William Gardner Orchestra | The Nutcracker ~ J.D.H.S. Auditorium, Dec. 7th, 8th, & 9th - Juneau Dance Theatre, Facebook Events | As of 0611: 399 aftershock earthquakes of 2.5 Magnitude and greater after the 0829 Nov. 30th 7.0 M quake 8 miles North of Anchorage | Nearly 1,400 aftershocks of any magnitude have been measured since Friday’s 7.0 earthquake in Alaska - ADN | Resilience - Craig Medred News... (Relating to the Nov. 30 quake)

SUNDAY 12/02/18: 1st Sunday in Advent | As of 0604 there have been 336 aftershock earthquakes of 2.5 Magnitude and greater after the 0829 Nov. 30th 7.0 M quake 8 miles North of Anchorage | 0630: Now Available: The November 2018 Monthly Report and the updated Weather Database | To let you know: I am not doing snow measurements for the winter of 2018 - 2019 because of a physical problem. | Alaska Community Database Online - State of AK | Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano | Silent Night - André Rieu | Lord I Would Follow Thee - Elenyi | That guy driving the earthquake-marooned GMC? Yeah, he made his flight out of Anchorage - KTOO

Sat. 12/01/18: NWS Summary (sort of) of November 2018 Weather in Southeast Alaska - See Below | As of 0615 there have been 227 aftershock earthquakes of 2.5 Magnitude and greater after yesterday's 7.0 M quake 8 miles North of Anchorage | 7.0 earthquake, aftershocks strike Southcentral Alaska; damage reported across region - ADN

Fri. 11/30/18: Snowing on the mountains | 0829: M 7.0 Earthquake - 13km (8 miles) N of Anchorage, Alaska - USGS ~ See 0829 Below | 7.0 M Earthquake 8 miles N of Anchorage at 0829 shakes Southcentral Alaska, felt in Fairbanks - KTUU; Following Warning was Cancelled by 0950: Tsunami Warning issued for: Coastal areas of Cook Inlet and southern Kenai Peninsula; Tsunami.gov; ADN on Facebook | Juneau Community page on Facebook Postings & Here; KTOO Juneau Facebook | Twitter #AnchorageEarthquake & #Anchorage | Southeast Alaska (including Juneau) was unaffected; DOT/PF Earthquake Updates - State of AK || Stephanie Meadowcroft ~ Cross the Wide Missouri; Second Hand White Baby Grand; You're No Good | Why U.N. climate report cannot be trusted - Analysis/Opinion by Tim Ball & Tom Harris, Washington Times (Oct. 15, 2018)

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