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Life-threatening blizzard to pummel Sierra Nevada: 'Zero visibility in whiteout conditions'
The San Francisco Chronicle ^ | January 16th, 2019 | By Amy Graff

Posted on 01/16/2019 5:00:25 PM PST by Mariner

A colossal storm is poised to barrel across the northern Sierra Nevada Wednesday evening, with high winds whipping heavy falling snow and creating blizzard conditions.

The National Weather Service advised against all travel in the mountain range straddling California and Nevada through Thursday.

"I would call this storm extremely dangerous," said Karleisa Rogacheski, a meteorologist with the NWS Sacramento office. "During whiteout conditions, it's going to be near-impossible to drive."

The NWS has issued a winter storm warning for elevations between 5,500 feet and 6,500 and a blizzard warning for elevations above 7,o00 feet, where conditions will be "potentially life-threatening" with "zero visibility in whiteout conditions."

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: gsm; normalweather; snowymountains; solarminimum
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5-6 feet of snow with 100mph winds is always newsworthy.

And it happens every good year in CA.

1 posted on 01/16/2019 5:00:25 PM PST by Mariner
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More proof of GoreBull warming!!


2 posted on 01/16/2019 5:01:54 PM PST by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Mariner

Globull warming. /s


3 posted on 01/16/2019 5:03:17 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Mariner

What is the newly elected adulterer going to do with all that water?


4 posted on 01/16/2019 5:04:01 PM PST by Fungi
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To: Mariner

There was a FReeper a few days ago who posted a vanity asking ideas about the best route across the Sierras this time of year. Hope he’s already gone.


5 posted on 01/16/2019 5:04:17 PM PST by Rebelbase
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I hope so. My kids drove up to Reno last weekend from the Bay Area and back early in the week. No drama.


6 posted on 01/16/2019 5:08:20 PM PST by centurion316
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To: Mariner

It’s Winter! It snows in the north and in the high sierras. And, it gets cold(er)!
Shhhhheesh!


7 posted on 01/16/2019 5:11:31 PM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Boycott The NFL! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper)
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To: beethovenfan

Recently we had about a foot of GloBull warming in my area of southwestern Colorado. The high country got a lot of GloBull warming.


8 posted on 01/16/2019 5:16:01 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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Its pure entertainment watching the weather channel right now. It seems that they have discovered that it snows in places other than NYC and DC in January.


9 posted on 01/16/2019 5:17:27 PM PST by pfflier
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What is the newly elected adulterer going to do with all that water?

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I read that they want to tax it if you drink it.


10 posted on 01/16/2019 5:17:45 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: pfflier

You’re right. The Weather Channel is crazy with their propaganda..


11 posted on 01/16/2019 5:19:41 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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...and jail you if you use a straw.


12 posted on 01/16/2019 5:21:01 PM PST by null and void (For a civil society, teach Civics!)
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...and jail you if you use a straw.

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Right! Lol

They want to tax you for drinking water but don’t want you to use a straw to drink the water.

Please see my tagline.


13 posted on 01/16/2019 5:23:11 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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“If you go for a walk, they’ll tax the street”


14 posted on 01/16/2019 5:23:12 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: laplata
I don't think they view any weather condition now without extreme drama.

My favorite jab at them is that they are even naming dust devils out by Gila Bend.

15 posted on 01/16/2019 5:25:00 PM PST by pfflier
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And... queue the heart-rending tales of idiots who unnecessarily go out in this stuff..


16 posted on 01/16/2019 5:26:10 PM PST by RedStateRocker
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George Donner said he wasn’t worried. “We’ll have plenty to eat.”


17 posted on 01/16/2019 5:26:23 PM PST by PAR35
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There was a FReeper a few days ago who posted a vanity asking ideas about the best route across the Sierras this time of year. Hope he’s already gone.

Oh, he's gone all right. Donner party gone.

And the best route is I-80 from Reno to Sacramento, but even then, bring chains and snacks.
18 posted on 01/16/2019 5:27:04 PM PST by fr_freak
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That’s right. And some politicians in that crazy place want to start taxing Texting.

They’ll get breath meters next.


19 posted on 01/16/2019 5:27:20 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: pfflier

That’s a good observation.

The only thing I watch on the weather channel is “Local on the 8’s” and sometimes “Highway Through Hell” about the wreckers and big rigs.


20 posted on 01/16/2019 5:32:14 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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