Rain overnight will eventually stop today--I hope. This Nor'easter has really been creating havoc in New Jersey and points north. Wind and rain have caused innumerable power outages, road closings and flooding conditions. While all the snow around the Northern Tier has pretty much melted away beneath the rain like the Wicked Witch of the West, I'm not so sure the same has been true up at the Bolt Hole where as late as last weekend there were three feet of dense, packed, icy snow on the ground. It's not been nearly as warm up there as it was here last week (Got to 67 or so here, just 40s there) and it's been down into the 20s at night every night while here it has remained above freezing since last Wednesday night.
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Back to the Iditarod.
The good news is that they finally corralled runaway three-year old Whitey back at the McGrath checkpoint. He and his musher Justin Savidis are reunited and back in Anchorage with the rest of their team.
The leaderboard at 2:52 AKDT looks like this:
out of Shaktoolik and nearly at Koyuk
1 Lance Mackey Bib # 49
2 Jeff King Bib # 15
3 Hans Gatt Bib # 20
4 Hugh Neff Bib # 56
5 Ken Anderson Bib # 51
There were no additional scratches from the race over night so the total number of mushers and teams on the trail remains at 58.
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We're having daytime temps above freezing for the next several days. More slop on the roads, I'm afraid.
Lance is only 170 miles from Nome now, and maintaining his lead.
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