Originally Posted By: Mark_M
..... The quantity of snow -- over 12" in my area -- would have been inconvenient, but because the trees haven't shed even half their leaves yet that made it catastrophic. Huge branches and entire trees are down all over the place, taking wires down with them. .....

Thanks for the report and good suggestions. As one might expect, snow in Anchorage is a regular occurence, and usually not too big a deal. However, some years back we had a similar very early heavy snowfall, with leaves still on the trees, with similar results. Lots of trees and branches down, and lots of power outages.
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