Did you know that the fifth largest rain forest in the world is located in Alaska? The Tongass rain forest(17 million acres) is located in the vicinity of Ketchikan which gets average annual rain fall of 12.5 FEET! Here's the 2 story rain gauge that the downtown area has erected. We were there in Sept. and if you notice the salmon on the upper right edge of the gauge it's at 168" with 3.5 months still left in the year.
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Hi Greg,
I have been to Ketichan three times but do not remember this gauge. Alaska is my favorite state. I went to the salmon hatchery on the outskirts of Ketchikan and it was fantastic. There were probably about 50 bears there within feet of us at all times. I follow the weather and I know this was a very harsh winter in Alaska. Thanks so much for sharing your chart...I will look for it when I go back. I enhoy reading anything about Alaska Greg.
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I had no ideal wow this is great news and what a perfect place to take a vacation and relax the day away with all of that rain send some our way please we really need it
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I did an Alaskan cruise in the late 90's and was able to visit that rain forest and Ketchikan. As I recall, Ketchikan is where there was quite a few stories of the oldest profession, and a few brothels.