June 25, 2005. Hatcher Pass, Alaska. East half of the pass road. THE MEDIA is comparing apples and oranges when it states rainfall in any area of the world is less or more than before this year. The Climate Events that bring the rain has changed. The rain coming to the Western USA is coming of it's own Alaskan glaciers and not the normal trade winds. The Trade Winds don't exist anymore. This is dire global emergency.