Since we've hardly gotten any snow this winter, I thought you might enjoy reading an article about a state that has received more than its fair share of snow. Please read the article and respond below. Explain what you think would be the greatest hardship suffered by the people of Alaska due to all of the snow and ice why.
The link is: http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3756854
*Reminder: I'm looking for thoughtful answers with details and correct use of conventions. :o)
I think that one of the major problems was that they couldn't get the supplies they needed. If they hadn't gotten those supplies they would have run out of fuel by April or May. All though I wish we had gotten that amount of snow I see the bad thing about it. I wish we could at least 2 ft. of snow. It would also mean less summer for us. Alaska was very lucky they got help they needed.
ReplyDeleteTheir life is hard with snow because if there is to much snow then it will be hard to walk in it, drive in it, and to grow things.
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HI, I am sophie and i think that ALASKA was very lucky that they got the help that they needed in time. What caught my eye was that a 12 year old boy could sled off his roof and land in his front yard without getting hurt. I think that, that would be cool, but very cold. My mom would never let me do that because there would be a chance that i could get stuck or barried under the snow. So I agree fully with Abby! ~Sophie~
DeleteI think that there was two major problems. The first was the same as Abby's. At first, I thought snow was wonderful no matter how much we get, but there are some consequences for that. Their fuel would have gotten down if it weren't for those supplies. Another major problem was, like I said, amount of snow. It said that they got 81.3 inches of snow!Alaska could have been stowed with snow big time! So I learned a lesson. Sometimes, snow can lead to a bunch of trouble
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ReplyDeleteWell I think they get way too much snow their. Well I think we need that snow no Alaska. I think snow is awesome then by show can lead to lots of problems. Snow is gun but, it will have lit of problems like you cant even get to places or walk in snow.
ReplyDeleteWow alaska got a lot of snow.Their's way to much snow there.I wish that it would not snow that much snow.One of the problems about the snow is that, it would be hard to get food and fuel.I maen snow is fun but it is alot of trouble.
ReplyDeleteAlso it would be harder to get out of your drive way.I still can't not belive that they got 81.3 inchs of snow!That would be alot of snow troble.
I think that there were two major problems. The first one was that Alaska is really feeling the cold this year,and record-breaking snowstorms. Also, after a huge blizzard on January 9, a total of 81.3 inches of snow has fallen this winter in Anchorage, (Alaska’s largest city) Also, Alaska couldn't get the supplies they needed. However, the scary part in the article that I learned too me if I was in Alaska, is they still have three more months to go for the winter, that is crazy!
ReplyDeleteI love playing in the snow, but I agree that there would be some major problems! First of all, you would have to wait for fuel. The problem there is that you're waiting forever for heat and warmth, while there is many feet of snow. Plus, it is the middle of winter, so it is freezing cold. You can't even go to the grocery store. Your choice. Would you rather freeze to death or die of starvation? Now I have experienced some pretty big snow, but this definitely beats the record! Brr!
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Deleteyes, it would be a problem if there was like 5 in. of snow covering your front door. Also i agree with Mac. you have 2 wait 4 fuel to heat your house and also you have 2 wait 2 get your car started because it uses fuel to drive. i also agree with Ally there were 3 more months left in the winter. also you had to wait to get food and Stuff you need to live.
ReplyDeleteone major problem was getting the supplies they need to Alaska i mean thats pretty bad that they needed help just to get to where they needed to be. Ithink the scariest thing though is that they still have 3 months of winter and they already have way more than a ton of snow already!
ReplyDeleteI think it is bad if there is too much snow. I think that because we get most of are supplies no matter if it is food,house materials etc. But the ships in Alaska couldn't go any where for the cause of ice. This relates to social studies when the colonists could not get in the harbor. And the citizens in Alaska could die with no shelter or starvation.
ReplyDeleteBut. I think it would be fun to play in the snow on the other hand.
I think that the hards parts was when ther houses wher coved in snow. It would be sceary if your house was coverd in snow wher you could not see out your windows. I think anouther hard part was when you could not get suples very fast also they need gas to worm ther houses.
ReplyDeleteI think the hardest part was the frozen water
ReplyDeleteI think one of the hardest parts was that they were having such bad ice storms that the ocean had layers of ice on it that they could not get fuel to warm their cars and houses. Another hard part was that they had such high snow, high enough that you could slide from the roof and land on the yard! These are the things I think were the hardest parts.
ReplyDeleteI also think it would be fun to play in the snow!
ReplyDeleteI think the hardest parts would be tring to break the ice, and trying to get all the snow out of your drive way and off your house and getting around town
ReplyDeleteoh and getting supplys
DeleteI think that this is very hard to survive through the cold and hard winter, this makes it really hard to get to the places that u need to go. Last this is the worst winter in Alsaka ever in history!
ReplyDeletethats an insane amount of snow that alaka got!!!!!!! i thought pennisvinia got the most snow this winter!
ReplyDeleteThat is so much snow! We can't even get an inch here, they have enough snow to slide off the roof! They got 81.3 in of snow! That is way way taller than me....I could get burried in the snow. They even it snow in November!!! They have such a different climate than we have here in Kentucky. They still have 3 more months where they get get more giant blizzards!!!
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I think that the hardest part of living in Alaska is getting on the roads to go to stores and to get food. I think this would be hard because you can not drive when there is 81.3 in of snow on the ground. I think another hard part is for people to get to work and make money for their family's. I wonder if the kids still go to school in this much snow or if they just end up having to make up so much school that they are just going year round!! That must be misreble!! I'm glad I don't live in Alaska!
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That is crazy that their is a total of 81.3 in. of snow!!! their was 318 inches of snow so far! HOLY COW!!!! The community of Cordova has already been buried under 172 inches I could not even picture it!!! this is alot of snow this is dangerous!
ReplyDeletei think it would be really scary to live there beacuse you never know what could happen. with the shipments delayed it would be bad beacuse it is very danngerous many thigs could happen from this problem.It would be fun for the kids though because i know i love to play in the snow and have snow days.They have been bured already adn we have not had any snow they had 81.3 inches that is a lot. So i think this is a very bad thing but it seems to be fun :)
ReplyDeleteI think the only good thing that comes out of all that snow is only seen by kids,no school! The parents might not think this is very fun,though,because they need the things brought by barges, and how can that happen when the coast is covered in a thick layer of ice? Lindsay castor
ReplyDeleteI think it's crazy that it already snowed 81.3 inches in Alaska. I also think it's dangerous. The amount of snow sounds dangerous. This would be fun but scary. I think this is a bad thing. :)
ReplyDeleteI think that it would be horable for Alaska to get that much snow. I think that becuase with all the snow there, there would probably a lot of ice on the roads, so that would make it unsafe to drive, so if there was an emergancy they would have a tough time getting there. That makes me think it is a bad thing. Now the only thing that is good about this, is that there would be no school for a long time. ;)
ReplyDeleteI think that with all that snow that they had it would be hard to get to the store, go to school and your parents would not be able to get paid because they couldn't get to work. They would not be able to get food and be warm with all that snow around there home.
ReplyDeleteI think that it would be very hard living in Alaska, with all that snow because if someone got hurt or sick, you could'nt get to a hospital. It would also be hard because your water could freeze so you could'nt get water. you could also run out of food, which would not be cool. I believe that would be very hard
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