[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 10, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                THE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN WASHINGTON, DC

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. I want to comment very briefly on the matter that has 
been the subject of some discussion, and that is the weather in 
Washington, DC. Alaskans operate on the theory that you are hardy 
because you have to be. I might add, that for reasons unknown, perhaps 
because of the extended atmospheric conditions or warm air or some 
might conclude hot air emanating from Washington, DC, in this general 
area, I think we have attracted something, and it has been snow. Much 
of that perhaps has moved from my State of Alaska where we have 
virtually no snow.
  Our ski resorts in Anchorage have not opened, and in Fairbanks there 
is not enough snow to go cross-country skiing or snow machining. So I 
do not know whether that is a blessing in disguise or not. But Alaskans 
are somewhat concerned, and I might add somewhat confused. But I do not 
think Alaskans necessarily are the only ones that have made that 
observation as a consequence of the last several weeks of discussion 
here in Washington.

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