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Hell Hath No Fury

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1. I cannot believe the snow situation up in the Sierras --

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 07:42 PM

Jan 2012

My Mom has lived there 20 years and we have never seen anything like it -- to be dry for Thanksgiving AND Xmas -- just crazy. Beyond the ecological implications, it is also killing a town that never recovered from the Angora Fire and is reeling from the housing crash. Poor Tahoe is dying.

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Sierra Nevada snow survey finds 0.14", lowest ever recorded [View all] Newsjock Jan 2012 OP

I cannot believe the snow situation up in the Sierras -- Hell Hath No Fury Jan 2012 #1

ya...sad FirstLight Jan 2012 #8

Last year was crazy snow wise -- Hell Hath No Fury Jan 2012 #9

This is really scary. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #2

Floods are scary too. hunter Jan 2012 #4

If you live on a flood plain, and many people do, then that is scary too... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #6

Here's what's insane. Blacksheep214 Jan 2012 #3

Back in the day, there was plenty of water. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #5

Broad brush? Blacksheep214 Jan 2012 #7

Drought spread far and wide across North America in 2011. It looks like... SpiralHawk Jan 2012 #10

Though the sierras did fine last year (winter 2010/11) bhikkhu Jan 2012 #12

� snow on the ground here about 40 miles south of Chicago today NNN0LHI Jan 2012 #11