How much snow do you have

[F4?]

Klink you do get fog.

Low elevation means more oxegen.

Look at Mungie!

[Brad Young]

January 15, 2023:

CHP just messaged:"Send every tow truck we have." Classic.

There's a 20 to 30 car pile-up near the end of the double lanes above Long Barn. No doubt caused by some BAP assuming that four wheel drive makes them bullet proof (hint - it doesn't).

[NOAL]

There's a Young's Towing?

[Brad Young]

There's a Young's Towing?

Yeah, probably, somewhere.

But not in this situation. Just internal messaging posted on a "local events" website.

[NOAL]

20-30 cars.  Wow.  Maybe a visibility thing.

[Brad Young]

I doubt it was visibility.

Word from locals is that it was started by a Prius driver driving without chains above chain line.

I have absolutely no problem with the Prius and no problem with Prius drivers (although I doubt that I'd purposely drive one in the snow!!).

But people who know nothing about driving in slick conditions come up here, get lazy, and think that they can "get away with" skirting the rules. And yes, even locals do it sometimes too. And it usually works out. Until it doesn't.

Know any climbers like that?

[F4?]

HA, HA!

A Prius, of all things! Push it over the side!!!

How much snow you got Brad???

I was hoping this thread would get updated.

[Brad Young]

Not that much snow. The storm in early December dropped eight inches and that stayed for two weeks (it was cold then!).

Lately it's been mostly rain until the end of each cycle. Then, as is common, it gets a little colder and turns to snow. So there was no snow here at the house when we went to bed last night and five inches when we woke up. It's stayed snowy this time though and we should get another foot in the next 24 hours.

[F4?]

Hope the snow stays.

I need to drag my crew up there…

Pinnacles will need to drain.

[Brad Young]

Well fucking, fucking A.

What a small town.

So damn much snow and a berm four feet high at the top of the driveway (we live on a county-plowed road - but when it plows, the plow creates a berm on the side of the road and, therefore, across the top of our driveway). I've been putting off snowblowing (and hand digging the berm - the action of the plow creates chunks and the berm usually takes some hand shoveling at least).

Loud sounds out front make me think the snow plow is coming by again and so I go look. And it's some guy in a four wheel drive, chain equipped truck, plowing our driveway! What the hell?

So I go out to thank him and offer some cash. But first I ask him why he's done our driveway? It turns out that he's supposed to have done the address that ends in 90, not 60. I offer him the dough in thanks anyway and he adamantly refuses. And then we spend 10 minutes talking about our community and all the many people we know in common (but isn't that last part mandatory in places so small)?

Thanks Rick, what a nice gift on a very snowy day.

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 Does your house have a name? Like “See More Thigh Lodge”

[Brad Young]

 Does your house have a name? Like “See More Thigh Lodge”

Nothing so banal as that. But, every once in a while at the height of the season, Vicki will answer a call: "Climbing Central."

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 Yesterday i was quite astounded to hear Gino(not a climber) say that he needed to get a pair of those 'OP' shorts. He knew not a thing about you, Brad. I, of course, had to ask him why he would want a pair and his answer was "i want to wear them in public to embarrass my kids, with that 1 inch inseam".

 The context was the weather this year and the possibility of somebody having overdone a rain dance. One of his 4 kids was present.

[Brad Young]

Well this coming storm may dump enough snow to set a record at our house. A few times over the 30 years we’ve lived there we’ve had four feet of snow on the ground and on the roof. Right now we’ve got two feet and the National Weather Service predicts another four or five feet by Wednesday night.

It’s enough to get me thinking about what snow loads our roof is rated for.

Luckily Caleb (the young Sonora climber, not the one who lives near Pinnacles) will be able to get up there and shovel off the roof for us tomorrow.

And yes “get up there,” not up here. Vicki and I just finished getting everything down to low elevation and are headed for the desert. Starting with Josh tomorrow.

[JC w KC redux]

^^^
Not to take anything away from Mud's birthday celebration but...

Here's a few shots Caleb sent Brad while working on the roof shoveling task (Brad asked me to share).
I'm still sitting and watching the rain here at home while Brad is abusing his body in JTree.
It looks like the pile of snow Caleb shoveled off allowed him and his dog Opal to walk right up.

View down the front porch





View along the garage door





Opal on the roof above the massive pile (that should keep beer cold for a while)

[mungeclimber]

https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/eueJo0jcQ52t9vSjITaJ1g.faqU5LjkoMxLloAVAEb3HA

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 How much snow do you still have?

 Rachel's snow people from the uncommon snowfall we had.

[Brad Young]

^^^

She's good. That bears a striking resemblance to you!

[clink]

 Okay. HHow much snow remains at your house?

[Brad Young]

None that is still where it fell. Several two to five foot high mounds where it was blown and/or shoveled into piles.

New dog Digby loves peeing on the snow. Not sure what she's going to do when it's all gone