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Thread: Central California
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01-26-2021, 10:20 PM #1326
so I got a gig as an unpaid intern for Snowbrains
now you kooks can heckle me in public - I humbly present my first couple of short articles - stay tuned for moar
https://snowbrains.com/mono-winds-da...odge-ridge-ca/
https://snowbrains.com/blizzard-warn...ough-jan-29th/I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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01-27-2021, 09:20 PM #1327
BV closed tomorrow
they can’t handle the snowI didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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01-27-2021, 10:00 PM #1328
Is DR still planning on the grand re opening?
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01-27-2021, 10:03 PM #1329
yup
I’m planning to hike early and be at the top before everyone else.I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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01-27-2021, 10:20 PM #1330
The area that I shoveled out around my rig before dinner, at Bear, has at least two feet on it now.
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01-27-2021, 11:33 PM #1331
what are you gonna do tomorrow?
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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01-27-2021, 11:43 PM #1332Registered User
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Great write-up on the Dodge Ridge wind event. Wild. It's awesome to have these events documented. Were many of the downed trees otherwise healthy or mostly beetle+drought kill?
One suggestion as you write is to take extra care with word choice, especially when describing extreme or notable events. 'Unprecedented' is a very strong term and can get you into some trouble unless you do a lot of extra work, whereas 'rare' is much less likely to do so. Not that anyone is really checking, but just a comment from my perspective as one who writes about a lot of weather and climate extremes. For example, other extreme evil east/Mono wind events occurred at Kirkwood last year (the still-questionable 209 mph reading, but based on impacts it was certainly roaring) and the November 2011 blow-down in Mono County where the Mammoth anemometer pinned at it's max of 185 mph for quite some time. Most certainly rare for the central Sierra Nevada, but I'd argue not unprecedented for the region.
Enjoy the pow down there!
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01-28-2021, 12:29 AM #1333
A lot of shoveling. And exit stage left, if the road is open. 4 Never closes, right?
I have gotten too old for this level of storm. 10 years ago, in the Woods RV lot, this would’ve simply been fun. But my Bella can’t bounce thru the snow the same, either. Carrying a 70 lb dog, in the dark, thru snow drifts, trying to find a spot where she will pee: priceless. Probably have to leave her home for any other Big storm trips. She will not like that. She loves snow.
Although I am probably done with Big storm trips, too. Start passing on the atmospheric rivers.
Getting old sucks.
I am very thankful that Bear has allowed me to stay here, parked in one spot. I have not given up hope that KW again has a RV Pass...
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01-28-2021, 01:27 AM #1334
Central California
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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01-28-2021, 01:30 AM #1335
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01-28-2021, 01:38 AM #1336I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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01-28-2021, 10:10 AM #1337
4-5’ drifts around the rig.
The guy in the van next-door had to have help getting out as it was up to the middle of his door window.
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01-28-2021, 11:19 AM #1338
108 is a fucking disaster
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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01-28-2021, 04:21 PM #1339
I liked your write-up Mike!
I think I'll head up tomorrow. Think I'll avoid 4. How much of a shit show is 108?
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01-28-2021, 05:22 PM #1340
almost lost a good friend to snow immersion today
he was under the snow 10-12 minutes - no pulse or respirations when patrol got him out - got him back with CPR - alive - having seizures when he went in the back of the ambulance
fuckI didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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01-28-2021, 05:23 PM #1341
108 was as bad as I’ve ever seen it
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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01-28-2021, 05:24 PM #1342
oof. Nice save.
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01-28-2021, 05:55 PM #1343
It’s handy to have a ski patroller around. I’m glad you were there.
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01-28-2021, 05:56 PM #1344
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01-28-2021, 06:22 PM #1345
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01-28-2021, 06:24 PM #1346
while I was skiing solo where nobody knew where I was a friend almost died right under the main chair in front of everyone
fuck
I’m a messI didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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01-28-2021, 09:14 PM #1347
When I was in Boy Scouts, we did an annual trip up to some cabins around there. The kids that could afford it skied at Dodge, I couldn’t afford, so we did he sled hill at Strawberry iirc. Never skied it once I started sadly.
Sounds like tomorrow will be amazeballs.
Edit: sorry to hear about your friend. Hope for a full and rapid recovery. A lot of snow is fun, but dangerous for sure.
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01-28-2021, 10:41 PM #1348
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01-28-2021, 10:51 PM #1349
fuck you
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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01-29-2021, 01:26 PM #1350
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