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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (1853)	2/5/2019 8:10:22 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 13803

Elroy, re "People who live in Canada and Alaska all have electric thermal blankets they plug-in to keep their engine and battery warm, otherwise the car doesn't start in the morning because the oil is sludge and no juice for the starter." That's certainly true in the northern interior places like Fairbanks, where parking lots often feature electric plug-ins. However most of us live further south around Anchorage where temperatures are moderated by the marine environment. Our average January daily low temperature here is actually 4 degrees warmer than Minneapolis. Lately we've been having nice weather for playing outdoors. Last week while folks in the lower 48 were shivering in the vortex, my car started just fine after I spent 7 hours hiking in the mountains above town ...