The blue skies returned and the wind has abated somewhat. It was some nasty for most of the day. Word is that there have only been two blizzards this winter and we just experienced the second of the two.
Last nights special on the weather smorgasboard was freezing rain. Imagine that, 30 knot winds temps in the -20 region with the wind chill and we wake up with a serious layer of ice coating all the windows, cars, roads and exposed aircraft. There wasn't to be any flying for some time if at all today not just because of ice on the planes but the entire runway was affected. "100% ice cover" according to one aviation bulletin today.
We did get a bit of good news yesterday, the crew in camp has made significant progress digging the camp out. As of last night there were an additional 5 tents opened. Considerable progress considering that during the previous 3 days they were stuck at the 2 tents that they were living in.
The cat that was dragged in on Thursday looks to have been just the ticket to lift spirits as well as move a tremendous amount of snow. Though given how nasty it was last night it wouldn't surprise if it is now seriously drifted in not to mention the thin veneer of ice. This mornings call from camp informed us that everybody was going to be sleeping in and I wouldn't blame them at all.I think that I am looking forward to getting out of Rankin if for no other reason than in camp there won't be a whole lot of time to sit around drinking beer. This last few days as put a serious dent into my supply and it won't be long before we (read I) are scrambling for a resupply of liquid enlightenment.
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