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'Zero visibility' conditions: Blizzard closes every road to Tahoe
SF Gate ^ | 2/28/2023 | By Suzie Dundas

Posted on 02/28/2023 3:41:38 PM PST by NohSpinZone

Despite the record-breaking scale of the blizzard pummeling Lake Tahoe, it seems some drivers are still a bit confused about the conditions of the area’s roads — or at least that’s the takeaway from some of the increasingly direct messaging coming from area CHP and sheriffs' offices around the Tahoe Basin.

Officials in surrounding areas of the Sierra Nevada issued equally direct messages for drivers, including the Mono County Sheriff's Office, which told drivers Tuesday morning: “The roads are closed. All of them. There is no alternate route, back way, or secret route. It's a blizzard, people. You cannot see your hand in front of your face, let alone a snow stake to guide your way. Stay home."

As of Tuesday morning, the Central Sierra Snow Lab field station on Donner Pass reported 52.2 inches of snowfall in the previous 48 hours, and conditions are supposed to only intensify before eventually tapering off Wednesday morning.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: blizzard; sierra; snow; tahoe
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To: JPG

LOL, Love that picture. Obamacare sissy boy in a onesie trying to convince the parents who are paying his bills to give up their company medical insurance (and his) are go on Obamacare LOL


41 posted on 02/28/2023 6:14:49 PM PST by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: Libloather

That picture of the snow reminds me of the air and space museum.


42 posted on 02/28/2023 6:19:39 PM PST by George J. Jetso
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To: ClearCase_guy

Donner Pass. What could go wrong?


And yet, there were four rescue parties who braved the deep snow to try and rescue the people stranded there.


43 posted on 02/28/2023 6:30:18 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: ConservativeInPA

The reservoirs are not the real challenge. It’s refilling the ground water, which will take years of good rain seasons.


44 posted on 02/28/2023 7:50:43 PM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: NohSpinZone

One hundred inches of snow over the past six days at Kirkwood ski resort.

August skiing this year.


45 posted on 03/01/2023 2:23:49 PM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: JPG

I was hoping for that

(gosh those were bad days)


46 posted on 03/01/2023 3:23:38 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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