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
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.
I think I see Nully in a white snow suit.
Up that road 🛣️ a bit; near the top.
Behind a tree 🌲.
“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.
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.
Many, many moons ago, we were done with a great Tahoe ski trip, and the snow just kept on comin’. The regular, main roads heading West, Hwy 50 and 80, were closed due to multiple avalanches. Before they closed both roads, we had driven far enough West that turning around did not make sense. We found a small tavern still open, and waited there. There were many others in the tavern in the same state. Eventually, CalTrans snowplowed the old Hwy 50 road, and the Highway Patrol escorted groups of cars over the summit. It took 11 hours to get home. Back then, EVERYONE thought the next Ice Age was just around the bend. Two weeks ago, the Kalifornia Sierra snowpack was at 250% of normal, but they will still flush most of the snowmelt out to the ocean, and maintain the ‘drought’ due to not enough water.
My Tahoe buddy, Aaron Hagar (Sammy’s kid), is in Cabo right now - grumbling with a big smile in his voice about how he’s gonna need to extend his break. Poor guy.
SOME of the “Snow stakes’ on I-80 over Donner are over 10 feet tall & are buried.
My brother was up there about six weeks ago. He barely made
it out in before a new front rolled in with very high winds.
These milder winters are one benefit of global warming.
Har...
Mount Washington just logged the coldest wind chill factor
ever recorded there.
Have a look at this video of the Donner pass area. Absoulutely amazing. Homes with only their doors showing. Telephone lines lower than the snow levels. Roads to homes like tunnels through the snow. Incredible.
One hundred inches of snow over the past six days at Kirkwood ski resort.
August skiing this year.
