Thing of the past: Valdez, Alaska has only seen 26.5 feet of snow so far this winter

Big storm hits Alaska as weary residents dig out - Latest from AP - bnd.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Weary Alaskans woke up to another big dump of snow on Thursday, adding to what already has been the snowiest period for Anchorage since records have been kept and causing more headaches in coastal areas already struggling to dig out....
"The scary part is, we still three more months to go," said Kathryn Hawkins, a veterinarian who lives in nearby Valdez, another coastal community that's seen 318 inches of snow.

...The weather has put a strain on the state, which deployed the National guard to Cordova earlier this week. If it keeps up, Anchorage is on track to have the snowiest winter ever, surpassing the previous record of 132.8 inches in 1954-55, Baines said.