HOLY CRAP !!! - There Are Road Closures All Over California Right Now

[GGoss]

Was using Google Maps to research something, and noticed all sorts of different highways have been closed.

There's a fucking Avalanche Warning for the EASTERN Sierra's ???

Link to tweet

Scroll through this to see all the different CAlTrans Districts and their warnings: https://twitter.com/CaltransHQ

[GGoss]

1. More Here (Updates):

Link: https://www.kcra.com/article/california-atmospheric-river-sacramento-rain-winds-sierra-snow-radar-traffic-power-outages/43298188

[haele]

2. Sending best of luck wishes to DU'er First light...

After the damage the snow did early last week.

Haele

[GGoss]

4. Yes... Has Anyone Heard From First Light Recently ???

[MissB]

6. They have a go fund me in the lounge

Posted the other day. Their house is yellow tagged

[GGoss]

7. Thanks...

The tagging sucks...

[GGoss]

8. Could You Give Me A Link, Couldn't Find It

Thx

[Trailrider1951]

16. Her go-fund-me link is right here

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181785030

Thank you if you can help.

[GGoss]

17. Will Do, Thank You !!!

[2naSalit]

5. I'm with uou on that!

[BlackSkimmer]

3. Copying something I have seen on DU for years:

Why would anyone live in that place?

Usually here they're talking about the south lol...as the west coast slowly collapses into the sea.

[Hortensis]

11. :) Speaking of "why would' and the south,

you may remember that after Hurricane Irma hit north Georgia there were road closures everywhere here too, from flooding and debris flows, mountainside collapses, downed trees by the many thousands. Definitely a whole-region HOLY CRAP! event.

[BlackSkimmer]

13. I wrote that poorly obviously.

I've been through hurricanes and all kinds of crap in the south.

I just was commenting that no one ever slams those who live in CA, but anyone who lives in the south, on a barrier island, GA, NC, Florida, etc is always judged.

But somehow, CA, the state of mudslides, earthquakes, wildfires, torrential rains, atmospheric rivers....is never on the DU list of "you should not live there."

You do not have to tell me how bad it can get in a storm. Nope. been there

Sorry, I just find it funny.

[Hortensis]

14. Oh, I was actually sympathizing with supposed problems

associated these days especially with the south -- and we have THAT one too!

Agree, funny, but you're so right. When we lived in California, most criticism was of the supposed horrors we strangely chose to subject ourselves to, earthquakes, real estate prices, "soulless" Los Angeles (even though a world-class city), but not free-flowing bigotry against Californians themselves.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. Funny Story About That

My first business trip ever was a nearly 8 week adventure starting up a new hydrogenation reactor design in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
It was a cold winter, even for them. The highest daytime temperature we experienced was -27°C, or 15 below Fahrenheit. There were nights (and by night, I mean 6pm) where is was -45 to -50 below, in Fahrenheit. (At those temps, they're close to the same).
We'd get to the sight at 7:15 in the morning and the sun wouldn't come up for 2 hours. Then pitch dark at 5pm
Everybody had block hearers & parking lots all had plug in stations.
More than once, I asked myself "Why do people live here?" Difference is, I guess, I still wonder that.
We get cold in the winter in Chicago, but that was ridiculous!

[cally]

9. Thanks for links

I just checked and the road I was going to take is closed. I think I will wait for awhile before leaving. It’s very windy and rainy here.

[GGoss]

10. Glad They Were Useful... It's Amazing... I Was Googling Hwy 70 And The Feather River, And...

It was closed. I zoom out and I see the same closed road graphic all over the state.

North coast, South coast, foothills, mountains, valley, Bay Area, LA...

Used to live there, have family and friends there, glad I'm in the Land of Enchantment right now.

[rollin74]

12. there was an avalanche that closed Mt. Rose Hwy between Reno and Lake Tahoe

a few days ago

and yes,
all of the Lake Tahoe area is under avalanche warning right now
[link:http://www.sierraavalanchecenter.org|

[tinrobot]

15. With even more on the way.

The snow will continue on/off for the next 10 days, at least.