I don't get it. I live in the foothills of the Sierras, near Lake Tahoe. In the past 48 hours we have had over 4 feet of snow on the two major interstates; US50 and US80. Both have remained open other than for a couple hours at a time to clear all the snow. We are talking elevation changes of over 7,000' to get over these summits. How is it that California, for crissakes, can keep their roads open and the folks back East are in a disaster when they get more than a few inches??
Yesterday I drove to a ski resort that was on wind hold, whiteout conditions, but the highways still chugging along. Finally got to ski though!
Yes, that's ice on the beard;
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