Where's Old Crow?

KOTV, channel 6 in Tulsa, Oklahoma is the only news station I have ever seen, either in Oklahoma or Washington, that shows Old Crow's temperatures during their broadcast. They will often mention Old Crow when the temperatures get really low, such as -31° F. Sometimes Old Crow will appear on the screen if an arctic blast is being shown heading down from Canada.

On January 14th, 2005, Jim Giles, the chief meteorologist, delivered the local weather and mentioned that Old Crow was at -51° F! Old Crow made the Oklahoma news!

Later, when KOTV was showing some local weather watcher pictures, I got to thinking that since they've been commenting on Old Crow, that a picture from Old Crow might be really fun to see. Putting Old Crow on a map for a temperature reference is one thing...but putting an image with the name is another.

I checked to see if anyone from Old Crow was online who could tell me how they were handling the cold. I found Tammy Josie, who is Paul's assistant over in Information Systems. I met her in Seattle when she flew down for the walk to Washington D.C. kickoff. We chatted:

Tammy Josie
At Work.	Traditional

I emailed KOTV and told them about my connection with Old Crow and said that I had some photos that had just been taken. I made sure to tell them to give credit to Tammy Josie in Old Crow. They were eager to see what -51 below looked like.

On January 18th, during the weather portion of the 5:00 broadcast, Jim Giles referenced Old Crow again. "Talking cold -- 51 below zero in Old Crow." Then after he finished with the weather he went to the segment where they show a weather pic. "This picture comes from Old Crow, Alaska. [WHAT? Whoopsy....hehe] .... Andrea MacMullin of the Tulsa area has a very good friend, a young lady in Old Crow. Her name is Tammy Josie, and she's a young native lady there. She sent this picture and it was 3:45 in the afternoon."

	Watch the weather video!
	[ 56.6 MB | 1749 kbps ]     [ 8.91 MB |   283 kbps ]     Video footage provided by KOTV, Channel 6, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US. Digital encoding by Video Revolution, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US.
See Tammy's pictures and other Old Crow winter weather pictures taken by Tammy Josie & Brenda Frost Some folks up North give advice on how to keep warm in Old Crow

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Enter Temperature:		Old Crow Tulsa, OK	Cel. Far. Jan: Feb: Mar: Apr: May: Jun: Jul: Aug: Sep: Oct: Nov: Dec: -31.1 -27.6 -21.7 -11.1 2.5 12.4 14.6 10.9 3.2 -9.7 -23.2 -27.0 -24 -17.7 -7.1 12 36.5 54.3 58.3 51.6 37.8 14.5 -9.8 -16.6 See full chart *
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