What it's Like Living in Alaska (Part 2) Fairbanks Alaska
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Talking about things that are unique to Living in Fairbanks Alaska and answering a few questions from Part 1
Talking about things that are unique to Living in Fairbanks Alaska and answering a few questions from Part 1
Thank you for showing us around I really enjoyed the time I like to see more thank you so much God bless you and your family and friends
I never realized living in Alaska was so different. Really enjoyed both part 1 and 2. Wouldn’t mind a part 3 🙂
“What’s it like living in Alaska?” Well it must be pretty *cool*
It’s actually very cold 🥶
@@BrainySharkBestmobileplayer I had to skip thru I was starting to shiver...seriously..I was
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That’s how it is
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I am sitting here watching this in Fairbanks, Alaska, and it's fun. I sit here going, "Yup. Yup. That's right." Lol
Felt this lmao
Mystiek Melody agree so am i
@Neil Downe No, I was not born here. I have lived here twice. All together I have lived here for about 23 years. If you really want to you should give it a try. If you have any specific questions you can just ask. If I get notification you have posted a question, I will try to answer it. If you get no reply, then I probably wasn't notified there is a question at all.
Look, I live here in Fairbanks, AK. This youtube is not true
Such a sham.. who tf is he?? Idont know, but he is lying. When he said that he was in Walmart parking lot, I knew he was a lie. I live in Fairbanks
I was driving around Fairbanks in my fwd car with summer tires all winter until last week when I finally decided to get my studs put on. Can’t believe the difference they really help an incredible amount.
No ear protection? This guy is a legend
I'm glad you showed the power plug-ins in this video. They hold a special place in my memory. We moved to AK in 2011 and when we first went to "Wally World" in Fairbanks, it was summertime. I saw those plug-in's and a LOT of RV's parked in the "far reaches" of the parking lot. My first thought (as we were RV'er's at that time) was that Walmart had their own campground thing going on. I still laugh about that to this day!
Moving out to Alaska in a few days here getting stationed at eielson afb pretty exciting all the sudden I started getting recommended your vids on KZhead and I’m glad I did learning a lot keep it up 👍
Ivan Quiles thanks I actually just drove up from Arizona to Seattle I’m shipping my truck the rest of the way and flying out
Thank u for serving. G-d bless you.
OH!!! This scenery!! It only reminds me of Bob's paintings!
Well....hello....if you click on my pic...that pic was taken in Sitka ....proud to have lived in AK for 2 years. And we almost LIVED in Fairbanks had my wife accepted the job at Tanana Valley Medical....this was back in the late 80’s....so yeah, we visited Fairbanks and Anchorage before settling on Sitka...and yes....we DROVE over the Chenna River....never forgot it as the transport giddily informed us of the unusual bridge... I also remember the permafrost homes that were sinking..... Great scenery....awesome country... They wanted a 5 year commitment which would have changed our lives....wife probably would have left my butt up there. In any case, good stuff.... Been there , done that! And yes, that’s a 180lb halibut pic...I’m the guy in white.
I worked up there 66-68 and we found that the warmer it got, the slicker the ice. At -20 the ice was almost like wet pavement. At -40 there was no problem at all. At -50 you tried not to go out. I was Military Police.
I can’t even imagine what that kind of cold is like. I live in Florida and my daughter wants to see snow so bad. I should send her there! 😂 I’ve always wondered how you keep your car from freezing over.
Believe me we live in Calgary Canada and you get sick/tired of snow/winter really fast.Because by mid September we get the first frost and around Halloween we get snow that starts to hang around(The sun is to week to melt it by then) We do get chinooks but that causes icy side walks/Headaches and falling is high risk.Spring doesn't usually come till May ish. Summers are very short/Winters are very long.
You live in a beautiful part of the state, Keithie. We used to live in Haines (se AK), and we didn't get as much intense cold. But still, so gorgeous. Thanks for the wonderful video!
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I live in Phoenix Arizona. I love that snow crunch sound! Reminds me of my youth in Illinois during Christmas time.
Very well done video. Thank you for taking so much time to show us how living in Alaska is. Much appreciated!
Jennifer Holland thanks from Alaska Jennifer, very much appreciated
Muito bom, mesmo.
I really enjoyed this video, it’s like a tips and tricks video for living in Alaska. Please consider making more videos like this because Alaska is so unique. Thank you for the wonderful content!
I like it cold but I think this is beyond my limits. I love snow. It is so beautiful there - the evergreen trees.
I really enjoy what you doing Keithie. Especially videos with your family are so heartwarming and positive. Be good!
Dont they freeze up during winter?. Electricion + water = death
What gorgeous scenery!!! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing all these info. We have the same life condition here in Finland. Not in the south this year, no cold, no snow, amazing. As soon as we have a proper winter I will do the same type of video for my subscribers (in French 😉). Meanwhile happy winter and see you soon. Best regards from Finland, Pascal
The real star of the video is the dog, those eyes!!
very beautiful, right?
a treat getting glimpses of Fairbanks again...did not recognize anything....remember plugging in cars at work...'Fairbanks memorial hospital'...no Walmart then...remember smiling at big grocery store having sidewalk sale of frozen dinners!....great cross country skiing around the university. spent a year there in late 70's. now enjoy ' warm' more here in Abq. NM Stay warm up there and thanks for you video!
This video brought back some memories from when I was there 1976 to 1979
Thank you. I've enjoyed your videos of the subject the most, from the UK 👍🏻
It's a very beautiful place. Thanks for sharing. 😎👍👍
Visited 1st time in Fairbanks last Sept. My daughter is a Dentist for the Army, and my two beautiful granddaughters (5 and >1) also, miss them daily. I will return this Aug to visit and go to Denali. You all are brave, I can barley take the cold in Michigan let alone Alaska. Thanks for the videos.
Thank you so much for doing these videos. I'm going to be moving to Alaska in the next 5 years and am debating between Fairbanks and the Matsu Valley. Fairbanks is really special too!
Thanks for the follow up and the pictures of the car plug ins at the stores and work. I’ll watch the next one to see if you explain the last thing in this video. Thank you!
I enjoyed both your videos. We were thinking about moving there and this will help in making our decision. Thanks for sharing.
Hey hey. You make very enjoyable vids, thank you! I know all the places you show very well......been here 24 years. But I have one correction about the daylight gain. We gained 5 min. 30 seconds today. It takes a few weeks to build up to that glorious daylight gain of 7 min. Solstice starts out with a gain of just a few seconds. Thanks again for what you do.
More amazing content, I love your videos, keep it up ;)
Very interesting, I came to the USA many years ago from "sunny" Egypt, settled in Texas, but spent a year in Chicago (coldest year of my life). I'm one of these guys who can wacth National Geographic forever, so I'm very intrigued by Alaska and Fairbanks and I'm considering moving there....but also it's scary (maybe I meet a bear or a wolf). I'm retired now...and currently watching videos like yours (which are very good) to see if I have the guts to make such a move by next summer. Cheers.
I love these videos ♥️ Here in PA we haven't gotten much nice cold snowy weather yet so it's nice to see 😊
I will warm you up on those cold nights
This video is very informative.Thank you for sharing Alaskan life.
He mentioned my studded tire question!!! Woohhh hooo ! Lol. Thanks for the response BTW. I run general AT2’s on my pickup. My wife’s car we put studded general altimax arctic 12’s on here in Idaho. It doesn’t get nearly as cold as it does there . But just curious as to what y’all run up there . I get crap from my buddies all the time about running studded snow tires lol.
There was something I was gunna say about the ice bridges. But now I can't remember. But oh hey! You should do a spring edition about the river ice pole!
When I was a school kid we had a guy come as a kind of career day. The guy was a diver on base at Eielson. That year a Cat went through the ice and he had the undeserved privileged of recovering the body of the driver. Poor guy was obviously distraught over it. It was plenty cold but such a heavy tractor on that ice was enough to end one life prematurely.
I was up there on my Harley from Wi two years ago. It was about 85 degrees but it was still light out at 10:00 pm.
Ohhhh just a picture of it makes me go get some really hot coffee, but it’s unbelievably beautiful!
So beautiful the scenery
I commented on the earlier video how hardy Fairbanksians- Fairbanksinies- Fairbanksaani- People that live in Fairbanks are, and watching this now I am mesmerized. I have lived in San Diego my whole life, I whine when it gets below 60 degrees. I kind of understand the allure of living there, the nature, the adventure, it makes sense; but the challenges of living in a climate like that! It’s like living on Pluto. I am not sure “Hardy” is a strong enough word, but it is meant as a serious compliment for all of you that live there. I hope to visit someday, and honestly I would like to experience it in the winter (for a day or two). I will be the shivering Californian with about 63 pounds of clothes on.
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Metal Detecting NYC hey Merrill, thanks for watching my video buddy , hoping to do some traveling this summer and hope to detect with you
I went to college in Fairbanks for a few years. Nowhere else like it in the hot or the cold. I wish Alaska was not in such a sorry state otherwise I would totally live there. Gonna miss it. Thanks for uploading this.
Sorry state?
What's happening?
1. Natives live in poverty (i’ve been there) 2. EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE 3. Hard to find good jobs that keep up with your bills, food and etc be warned if u try to go in rural alaska.
I wanted to ask because I don't even live in USA but I live in Panama and we also have our native american folks and when lets say the goverment wants to provide them with help of some sort, depending on what exactly it is they sometimes refuse it because of their culture or religion and I was wondering if maybe is the same thing over there?
Heywhatsupsatan Sometimes yes.
I think it's like that in many places. Now months later COVID has made things worse. The shutdowns are stupid in my opinion.
Bike Race Baudi Poverty is relative. Some people choose to live “poor” but rich lives far off the grid. We had a farm when I was a kid. We were technically poor but we had cows and grain crops and a garden. One butchered cow can go a long way. I actually hated steak we ate it so often.
Are you saying crime is high in rural Alaska?
It’s 28°F right now here in Tennessee and I just got done running around like crazy insulating my outside water spickets and putting antifreeze in our vehicles. We were in the mid 60s day before yesterday. our weather is neither extreme nor boring. I’ve always wondered how y’all’s pipes keep from freezing outside.
Thank you so much! Could you do a video on salmon fishing and nearby recreational things to do just outside of Fairbanks?
Love your video's - makes me want to visit Alaska!
Enjoyed the video! Imagine what the folks had to endure during the Alaska Gold Rush!!
Thanks for good information keep good job.
You dress like I do when it's 32 degrees. The humidity there must be very low, so it doesn't feel as cold. Here on the east coast, it can feel really raw at higher temperatures....
Sonny Dey it’s a real dry cold , there’s a lot more moisture this year than any of the last 20 years
same here man
This was so helpful me and my family are going to be moving to fort wainwright Alaska about 10 minutes away from Fairbanks. We are moving there in August
The snow is so beautiful its sparkles like diamonds. Alaska is so interesting..............tell us more dear. Curious Texan
Greetings from Brazil. You make really interesting videos! Thanks man 👏👏👏👏
Another Good Vid. Thanks Sir.
Hey, interesting video about Alaska. Me and my family live in Sweden. Normally we have snow where Im from, but not this year.. miss it alot! But yours is different, I heard from my brother in law who lives in Alaska. He said that U guys usually cant make snowballs and that stuff since you have low humidity during the winter and therefore dry snow. Anyhow, we went to Fairbanks during last summer, Alaska has a stunning nature, and we plan to do a winter trip at some point. Interesting that the gravel messes your windshield up so much, doesn't happen here in the places that use gravel. Your gravel have to be of a bigger dimension than our.. Salt is a nightmare here, since the temperature goes up and down, so åt some point it does more harm that good since it freeze again. And it messes the cars up pretty badly with rust. To change the windshield here is cheap, usually the insurance company for cars cover the expence since it reduces the risk of a car crash. Thanks for the video!! Greetings from Sweden
Interesting facts & tips about living in Alaska
I am moving to fairbanks in april 2022 with my wife and daughter. Very excited love the videos 👌keep it up
that's awesome Raymond , see you round fairbanks
Amazing! Didn't know this stuff!
Great video very informative I want to come to Alaska real bad I live in Montana I think I would love it up there
You must live off Chena Pump. I've gone across that bridge several times. I think that was the Princess hotel if I remember correctly.
Love your pup!
People think the wrong things abt alaska some places are freezing but others are quite moderate My aunt lives in Sitka and i have visited it is a beautiful ocean island with only 10 days below freezing and around 5 days of snow per year and it is beautiful it is in Southeast alaska
blxnqz dude I like I alaska
ye what part i went to Sitka and it was amazing
blxnqz hey thanks for watching and commenting, Fairbanks always seems to be the coldest in winter and hottest in summer
As someone who went through my entire k-12 schooling in the Fairbanks area, recess is always, and has always, been cancelled at -20. Its school district policy.
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@@jjgreek1 the name doesn't sound super familiar, but in this area I wouldn't be surprised if I recognized his face. The world is small in the North haha.
Hell yeah I remember going to Nordale back in 2001 and and it was well at -70 and we had indoor recess 😂 couple years before they tore down the old building with the wooden playground
Thank you Sir
Thanks for your video ! I'm moving to Alaska in few months. Do you know if it's usually expensive to buy second hand cars ? (no fancy, just to drive to work) I'm from europe so I don't really know if there is a known american website where people usually put ads for that stuff !
Thanks for showing us the viewers around the Fairbanks are. Those block warmers are installed by the dealerships when you buy your car there?
Thank you for this interesting information, gladly more. For a certain time of the year it's damn cold up there with you. A good solution to keep the vehicles at operating temperature. yes, I'm looking forward to the next videos.🧊👍☘️💫🤩
I love off Chena pump too!
Can't wait to see some. Metal detecting awesome video well I had to sub to see you do metal detecting since I metal detect as well can't wait how long do you have to detect
I really enjoyed this video ❤️... Plz make a video on your family 🙏
I'd like to be there too. It looks so beautiful!
Thanks for showing this. My first trip there was last summer where it was hottest on record! But there is such a draw. You have not deterred me 😄.
Nice video! Thanks for uploading 👍
any indoor space up here is really so valuable and in demand
Pretty same like here in north Sweden. The things and the nature.
Thanks for making a follow up video!
I really enjoy watching your videos very interesting ❤️
I do recall those below temperatures living in Fairbanks and North Pole, Alaska the plug-ins did not exist when I lived up there. I only recall the Airport USPS building when I worked there from 1981 to 1984, and my time at Fort Wainwright from 1978-1981. 51+ below the coldest I remember at Ft. Wainwright. I still live in Alaska's south-central area, Wasilla/Palmer. Stay warm this coming winter. The Alaska school systems: the interior school system may be better than what is located in other places in Alaska. During my time living in Fairbanks and North Pole areas, the main point that stands out the most is the people-friendly, sociable not a rat race mentality like down south-central Alaska. Nearing 44 years in the Last Frontier.
Thanks for the video!!! I’m glad I subscribed for your New Years wish :)
amerikansk thanks, very much appreciated from Alaska
Hi kethie6, I love your amazing content. The question is what is your least favorite thing about Alaska?
i miss the ice track behind the airport ill take gravel over salt, rust just plain sucks thank goodness for that warm snap we had
I love your very professional videos!
Hey i love alaska expect this winter
I love living in Fairbanks
好漂亮雪景👍👍👍
We need the block heater plug ins at Walmart here in ontario Canada. We get very cold here too.
Thanks for the videos @keithie6 ! Do you have any recommendations on where to live? I am moving to Fairbanks in February
How does your dog deal with the coldness? Does his paws freeze or get frost bite? He is a short haired dog, doesn't he get cold? How long is a pet allowed out for?
Hi. I thought about moving up there .but the cost of fresh vegs was too much for my budget. Has it become cheaper? I was paying 9.00 - 15.00 for salad stuff
Awesome video.
Awesome video I want to see more of ak
The inversion and ice fog are two separate things. Ice fog happens regardless of the inversion when it’s cold enough and there is moisture in the air. Fairbanks is bone dry in the winter, I think mostly because the colder it gets the moisture in the air turns to ice and just drops out onto the ground or collects on the trees as hoare frost. It’s also why I’ve never seen it snow below about -20F, there’s no moisture left in the air to turn into snow. But the exhaust from cars and power plants is full of water. It’s just like when you can see your breath when it’s cold but a lot more of it. And just like water fog it can get so thick along the roads that you can’t see but a dozen feet beyond your bumper because your headlights reflect back off thousands of tiny ice crystals. The inversion on the other hand is just the opposite of what he said. The cold air and warm air get inverted. I think it helps if it’s cloudy. So on very cold, but cloudy, windless days warm air instead of rising will get trapped under the cold air making it unusually warmer near the ground. But it can also trap pollutants making the air quality bad. Another winter warm spell can come when the jet stream shifts and blows far inland from warm northern Pacific waters; that’s called a chinook. The flip side of that is when those winds blow across from Siberia instead of the ocean, it can drop to near -80F. I’ve seen it reach -72F with ice fog that covered the entire valley. They closed schools and many businesses for over a week that year. PS Fairbanks has one of the greatest temperature ranges that I’ve ever heard of. I’ve seen it -72F and +100F. I doubt anywhere else on Earth can beat that except possibly Siberia or northern Canada.
I love these videos lmao
That looks so sick! I want snow!
I was stationed there and I do miss Fairbanks
R Roman hey from Alaska, Fairbanks misses you , thanks for watching
Hey, why are the windows wooden? Or plastic ones would not survive such cold?
Do they have restaurants like Fridays & Panda Express up there??? I'm in the army & I'm going to be stationed in Alaska. I'm kinda dreading it because I'm use to the heat down south, & hate the cold.
Gravel was used and a problem in Wyoming. We joked that " you know you're from WY, if your windshield is cracked.. I did learn to fix chips before they turned into cracjs
Awesome!
You’re pretty cool 😎 My mother-in-law lives in Anchorage. That’s usually warmer.