I am going to do something fun. I am going to go outside each day at approximately the same time, stand in the same place, and take three pictures of my driveway.
Today, at 1:37 PM ADT the outside temperature according to my Google Assistant is 45 degrees.
I just thought it might be fun to see how fast the snow melts and ensuing flooding starts during breakup season here in Fairbanks.
Enjoy!
Standing in front of my garage, directly between the two doors. This is looking to the right at the front yard and the step "tunnel" from a season of snowfall, snow blowing, and shoveling the steps and front deck for accessing to the front door. (Thanks, Rob!)
Looking directly out the driveway. On the left, you can begin to see the tiny bits of ground. Seeing this happen gave me the idea to take daily pictures.
Same position looking to the left side of the garage from my perspective you can see the area that I cleared all winter that was totally over grass. It was for Miles to go over and wander around when he was left out to pee. He, however, preferred to pee right in front of the garage, but he did wander over there when it was above 0 degrees. This is the area that will have ponding as breakup season gets into high gear. We actually have to put a water pump in the deep little puddle to dump water into a trench behind the fence that you can begin to see. It prevents the melting snow water from flooding into the garage.
I will repeat these pictures every day when I can. That way you can see the progress of an Alaskan winter melting away.
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