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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Just for contrast, in south Alabama today my thermometer read 86 degrees.
Donner Pass. What could go wrong?
This is the day to stay home, have hot chocolate and roast marsh mellows in the fireplace
Hot times down in Dixie!
LMFAO!!!!
We got close at 82 in E. TX.
The same storm will hit Salt Lake tomorrow and the roads will stay open, I-80 over Parleys will be clear, and the Orks from Los Angeles who have never seen snow but get employed by Caltrans at Applegate will still be trying to figure out how to clear the roads.
If you are ever depressed because you think you’re a dumb@$$, just remember there are people who need to be told not to drive in a blizzard. Or drink house paint.
"Have a heart!"
"Thanks! Don't mind if I do..."
I think I see Nully in a white snow suit.
Up that road 🛣️ a bit; near the top.
Behind a tree 🌲.
Also known as “Californians” (though I live here!)
“Remember, if you get snow bound for more than 2 weeks, people are meat.”
- Donner Party Tips
Climate Change, for sure, was the cause of this.
"The cold shoulder."
Just imagine how bad the snow would be without out of control man made global warming threatening spontaneous combustion on a planetary scale.
I’m in the motherlode region and it hasn’t stopped snowing in days.
State of California will let the snow melt go right into the ocean due to poor planning (lack of building reservoirs)!
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