https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/the-highest-anemometer-measured-wind-speeds-on-earth
Posted on 03/03/2024 3:59:16 AM PST by Libloather
A powerful blizzard that a meteorologist described as being 'as bad as it gets' howled in the Sierra Nevada mountains with wind gusts as strong as 190mph in the Lake Tahoe region, closing a long stretch of Interstate 80 and a 75-mile section of U.S. 395 in Northern California, forcing ski resorts to shut down, leaving thousands of homes without power.
More than 10 feet of snow was expected at higher elevations creating a 'life-threatening concern' for residents near Lake Tahoe and blocking travel on the key east-west freeway.
Blizzard conditions along I-80 saw hundreds trapped in their vehicles overnight, California Highway Patrol officers said with an estimated 200 to 300 vehicles stuck and unable to move.
Vehicles including everything from passenger cars to big rigs remained snowed-in from 5pm on Friday until 2:30am on Saturday morning over Donner Summit.
Eventually, tow trucks managed to get everyone out with no injuries, nor any vehicles having to be abandoned.
Kyle Frankland, a veteran snow-plow driver, said several parts of his rig broke as he cleared wet snow underneath piles of powder.
'I've been in Truckee 44 years. This is a pretty good storm,' Frankland said. 'It's not record-breaking by any means, but it's a good storm.'
I-80 was just one of many roads and highways that experienced the wrath of the blizzard; a 75-mile stretch of U.S. 395, leading up to Mammoth Mountain ski resort, was also closed.
On Highway 50, between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe, several collisions and car spin-outs left drivers stuck in another huge impasse.
The National Weather Service revealed that gusts reached a dramatic 190mph at an elevation of 8,700 feet in Palisades Tahoe.
'It's a blizzard,' Dubravka Tomasin, a resident of Truckee, California, for more than a decade said. 'It's pretty harrowing.'
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Maybe there was a tailwind?
Winds at 190 mph? Your windshield would be getting hit with chickens, cows and left wing environmentalists.
Why do people insist on traveling under horrendous conditions. It's not like they don't know sh** will happen.
Is it supposed to be some lesson in courage??...or stupidity??
Agree but you know how the media operates every story needs a degree of hype
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Yes. Cam 1 I think is what she is watching. She’s an RN and that’s how she’s getting her relaxing done of late.
Multiply KPH by .62 = MPH.
..and all those folks with electric vehicles.
FTA: gusts reached a dramatic 190mph at an elevation of 8,700 feet in Palisades Tahoe
NASCAR speeds...!
Last year, snow on Ski resorts was over 78 FEET.
Skiers were on the snow in bikinis on July 4.
Reopened the Friday BEFORE Thanksgiving.
SHORTEST “OFF SEASON:” in Years.
OVER 3000 trucks an hour average both ways over I-80 to/from Reno & Sacramento.
MULTIPLY MPH by .62==KPH
10 KILOMETERS==6.2 MILES.
It was just stunning how much snow they got. The videos I saw of the area were almost unreal looking, but it was real enough alright.
Where we are, our house doesn’t have the greatest rafter system/slope and we worry when we get 2-3 feet of snow especially if it is wet snow. I can’t imagine having 20-30 feet of snow in a roof lol. They must build homes out there to withstand such depths if necessary.
"Monster blizzard causes mayhem on the roads as California and Nevada are battered by 190 mph winds - with highways closed due to collisions"
As a side note to this thread, please consider the following.
I don't know if Bill Gates has already started his experimental project to limit the effects of politically correct junk science global warming.
"Scientists plan to begin pumping chemicals into the sky over the next few weeks and months from several countries around the globe, including the U.S., Australia and Israel." —Bill Gates’ Dream of Blocking Sunlight About To Be Realized - What could possibly go wrong? (2.23.24)
But if experiment has already started, is there possibly a relationship between California blizzard and Bill Gates' project to reflect sunlight away from the earth?
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Kyle Frankland, veteran snow plow driver, said this snow storm wasn’t record breaking. Whoa!
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