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Main road to Yosemite closed indefinitely
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Posted on 06/02/2006 12:05:54 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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An autumn sunsets drapes El Capitan and the Yosemite valley with warm light in Yosemite National Park in this Oct. 21, 1997 file photo. Visitors can still find good deals in the national parks this summer, despite tight budgets and rising fees. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
To: NormsRevenge
This was May 26th..
Boulders smash through a mesh retaining wall on May 26. Since then, debris has covered Highway 140, closing it indefinitely. Merced Sun-Star photo by Marci Stenberg
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posted on
06/02/2006 12:07:26 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - "The Road to Peace in the Middle East runs thru Damascus.")
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
06/02/2006 12:07:27 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: NormsRevenge
That's a monster slide. Some people from my office are working on it.
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posted on
06/02/2006 12:08:00 PM PDT
by
BigBobber
To: NormsRevenge
Bush's fault?
Global warming?
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posted on
06/02/2006 12:09:15 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: NormsRevenge
With Yosemite falls in the background, park ranger Vickie Mates, left, and Yosemite Post Master Bill Carroll admire a new stamp unveiled Saturday, May 27, 2006, at the Yosemite Valley Post Office at Yosemite National Park, Calif. The news stamp, part of the 'Wonders of America: Land of Superlatives', is a 40-stamp set showing colorful drawings of such landmarks as Yosemite Falls, the tallest waterfall in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the country's longest mountain chain, and Death Valley, one of the hottest places on earth. (AP Photo/Al Golub)
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posted on
06/02/2006 12:09:15 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - "The Road to Peace in the Middle East runs thru Damascus.")
To: NormsRevenge
Scared me. At first glance I though something may have happened to this guy:
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posted on
06/02/2006 12:10:11 PM PDT
by
capt. norm
(Ben Franklin: "Does thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of")
To: NormsRevenge
Looks like we're gonna need a bigger mesh.
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posted on
06/02/2006 12:10:45 PM PDT
by
RobRoy
To: BigBobber
With that great a volume of material covering the road, is there certainty that no vehicles have been trapped in there?
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posted on
06/02/2006 12:10:48 PM PDT
by
HKMk23
(We keep you alive to serve this ship. Row well, and live.)
To: NormsRevenge
Not the first time this has happened.
January 1997
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posted on
06/02/2006 12:11:21 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: AnAmericanMother
there was one in 98 and 2000 as well
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posted on
06/02/2006 12:12:57 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: BigBobber
I was trying to find some postable pics,
KTVU.com has some to look at but we can't post stuff from ibsys.com
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posted on
06/02/2006 12:13:29 PM PDT
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NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - "The Road to Peace in the Middle East runs thru Damascus.")
To: NormsRevenge
Boulder makes Yosemite roadless...Liberals cheer!
To: bigfootbob
To: AnAmericanMother
Thanks for the pic and reminder.
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posted on
06/02/2006 12:20:22 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - "The Road to Peace in the Middle East runs thru Damascus.")
To: NormsRevenge
Unstable geology and roads don't mix . . .
. . . and that part of the world could hardly be LESS stable.
( . . . we live on solid granite, but even here there were effects felt from the New Madrid Quake . . . )
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posted on
06/02/2006 12:21:35 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: NormsRevenge
F&^%$#g global warming...
To: NormsRevenge
preventing crews from removing an estimated 250-300 tons of debrisA slide L600' x W600' x D300' weights a lot more than 250-300 tons.
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posted on
06/02/2006 12:27:52 PM PDT
by
fso301
To: mylife
That sucks for all the park employees who live in El Portal. It's a long drive the other way around to get to work.
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posted on
06/02/2006 12:29:04 PM PDT
by
Rev DMV
To: fso301
No kidding.
More like 250-300 thousand tons
Or 250-300 million pounds.
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posted on
06/02/2006 12:30:47 PM PDT
by
calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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