Snow is sifting down, burdening spruces whose branches sag, covering up the tracks that Chase and I have made on our walks. A world new made. And yet, it\u2019s warmer out than it should be\u2014I overdressed to go out\u2014and two thousand miles south and west of us in British Columbia, heavy rain has been was washing out roads and railway lines, flooding towns, leaving wreckage and wrecked lives behind it. Up here in Fairbanks, we\u2019re just as vulnerable: two roads leading up from the south bringing much of what we eat and wear. I watch the snow and wonder when our turn for catastrophe might come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Snow is sifting down, burdening spruces whose branches sag, covering up the tracks that Chase and I have made on our walks. A world new made. And yet, it\u2019s warmer out than it should be\u2014I overdressed to go out\u2014and two thousand miles south and west of us in British Columbia, heavy rain has been was…
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