Lake E Daily News, May 16 2009
The science crew is in Pevek waiting to depart next week, but our adventures continue. Today most of us experienced a Pevek uchak for the first time. The wind was howling from the south to the point that most of us had trouble walking or standing up just going to the store. It was comical really. A uchak is a local name for these winds set up, much like katabatic winds, by the violent flow of cold air from the continent out over Pevek, where it seems to warmer. Evidence of earlier uchak events can be seen where siding had been ripped up and thrown to the ground off a building. Today we saw windows break in one of the abandoned buildings here because of the wind. Some events at the local museum were even cancelled today because of the wind threat.
A few of the men in the science crew out-did themselves preparing a fabulous pork and potatoes dinner for all of us on the small stove here in the Hydromet Station. Now we’re off to the “Iceberg” social club for some pool.
To save you from the agony of our waiting around for Tuesday, tomorrow will be the last daily report and we will submit the final Weekly report no. 18.
Poka from us all, during a Saturday night in Pevek...Julie BG