You know you're from Alaska when....

Your idea of a traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a motor home on the highway. 

"Vacation" means going to Anchorage for the weekend.

You measure distance in hours. 

You know several people who have hit moose more than once. 

You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day. 

Your grandparents drive at 65 mph through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching. 

You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.

There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the grocery store at any given time.

You know what Bunny Boots are. 

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow. 

It takes you 3 hours to go to the store for one item, even when you're in a rush, because you have to stop and talk to everyone in town. 

You didn't know what the word "county" meant, and we were never taught about "area codes"... 907 is all you had to know 

You have to have a raven cage around your trash to keep them out 

You go to school, work, or both in the dark and come out in the dark 

30 degrees is shorts weather

Buses leaving school are delayed because a bear is in the parking lot 

You tell people you live in an igloo for kicks 

You don’t swim in natural bodies of water for fear of swimmers itch or beaver fever...or leeches 

Having a moose in your front yard is a legitimate excuse for being late to school

You refer to the continental US as the "lower 48" 

You get an attitude when you have to pay tax in the lower 48 

There is 4 feet of snow the night before school and you STILL have to go. 

You sleep through an earthquake like nothing ever happened; the only way you know is because the clock fell off the wall 

Salmon isn’t a delicacy, it's a staple 

60 degrees is equivalent to 90 degrees in the lower 48 

During the winter you rarely use your freezer

You don't sleep in the summer because it’s too short to miss a minute of it 

You’ve seen the northern lights, and you know why they are such a "big deal" 

Your bedroom windows are covered in aluminum foil or black blankets.

You only watch the news when they announce the amount of the year’s dividend 

Your school classes were never canceled because of ice 

You have to start your car at least an hour before you leave so most of the ice and snow will melt off by the time you leave 

You wear flips flops all year without getting sick 

You give up and tell people in the lower 48 that you DO live in an igloo and you DO have a pet polar bear named Mishka when they refuse to believe otherwise. 

You call someone without a crack in there windshield a tourist 

You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

You have ever been asked if you use Canadian/Russian currency.

Power outages don't seem to bother you.

It takes only a 15-minute drive to "get away from it all".

You don't understand what's so exciting about seeing a moose wandering through the middle of town.

A snowmachine is something you ride, not something that makes snow.

You need 4-wheel drive all year long - for the snow and ice during the winter, and the potholes during summer.

Anything above freezing is T-shirt weather.

You think Lower-48ers are wimps for closing schools, businesses, etc., when it snows six inches.

You've had to explain more than one item on this list to somebody.