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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 18, 2017 - 02:09pm PT
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Went for a hike today. This creek is normally bone dry...
The Sierra Madre Crankloon PD thought it was unsafe to hike today...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 18, 2017 - 02:54pm PT
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Heck, Reilly, anybody could have put up yellow hazard tape and copied out some bogus trail closure order.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Feb 18, 2017 - 03:52pm PT
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Reilly, you do realize it was raining when you ventured onto the dirt trail right?
It is careless people like you who cause emergency responders to put themselves in harms way.
You create a tax burden for us all, you are an enemy of America.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 18, 2017 - 04:03pm PT
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But, Mouse, that in itself would be a crime, n'est ce pas?
Nut, actually, it didn't start raining until we were a mile up the trail
so we just pretended we were back in Washington on a typical day there.
I figure the SMPD has it in for me cause I rebuffed the SM SAR's recruitment
efforts BITD. I told 'em I would join but I don't do practices and I don't
search. Actually, the SMPD had their knickers all bunched up today - they
wrote two tickets to people who parked without turning their wheels towards
the curb. How chicken sh!t is that? It made a little sense 30 years ago
when people drove sticks but how is an automatic gonna jump out of gear with
the engine off? CHICKEN SH!T CRANKLOONS!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Feb 18, 2017 - 04:06pm PT
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What the f*#k is a presumably sane person from the PNW doing in a shithole like LA?
Just kidding...the PNW has it's issues too..." try the Rockies.
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missjr
Trad climber
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Feb 18, 2017 - 05:04pm PT
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I'm not sure Bad that theres a total of 70 roofs, however theres certainly are many homes in distress as well as new collapses occurring every week as the snow piles grow. Just today another complex was evacuated and 8 families had to leave their home. With no rentals on the market hardly, the Red Cross shelter is all they have at this point.
I've lived here a long time and haven't had to work so hard to keep my home intact from the damaging weight of snow. We have a few homes on my street that are red tagged and yellow tagged and just spotted another home today in the neighborhood that needs to be reported. Many homes are second homes and thus are not being shoveled due to owners not truly understanding or knowing the true situation here in Mammoth. Looking ahead, we have another 3-4ft coming at us Monday, after being dumped on again yesterday and last night. Spring and Summer could only come sooner, however flooding here will be the next hurdle to overcome.
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missjr
Trad climber
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Feb 18, 2017 - 05:06pm PT
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Also, I might add almost everyday there are new propane leaks occurring due to the excess weight on the lines....shoveling propane tanks, hydrants, etc is another chore, besides shoveling roofs since they aren't shedding since the snow is above the eaves at this point.
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John M
climber
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Feb 18, 2017 - 05:10pm PT
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How about posting some pictures of all the snow. I miss mammoth, but maybe not that much snow. hahaha.. The last time I skied there the condo we were staying in had snow above the second floor.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 18, 2017 - 05:11pm PT
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hey there say, missjr... oh my!
as to this:
. Looking ahead, we have another 3-4ft coming at us Monday, after being dumped on again yesterday and last night. Spring and Summer could only come sooner, however flooding here will be the next hurdle to overcome.
whewww... worse yet?--the propane tank thing, sounds awful :O
hopes and prayers for all concerned...
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missjr
Trad climber
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Feb 18, 2017 - 05:26pm PT
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[photoid=490448]
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missjr
Trad climber
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Feb 18, 2017 - 05:29pm PT
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[photoid=490450]
Heres a couple more photos of the homestead about a month ago. It has since snowed a lot more. Basically we are buried.
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missjr
Trad climber
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Feb 18, 2017 - 05:33pm PT
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Only other comment is that we have had a reported 470inches fallen up to now. The base at the top is at 350 inches, after settling/wind/etc. We have had higher snow totals in the past, as recent as 2010-2011. However, this winter is different in that we are far ahead of all years past of their total snow amounts in the month of February.
The snow hasn't let up really and therefore the snowpack hasn't had much of a chance to "settle." Previous winters would have a big dump and then it would be sunny for a couple weeks. We haven't had much more than a four day window in between storms, Therefore, we have literally run out of room for snow storage and it is being trucked out.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Feb 18, 2017 - 06:22pm PT
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some places in LA measured 4 inches yesterday, and a few 5"
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monolith
climber
state of being
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Feb 18, 2017 - 10:01pm PT
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I-5 & CA 20 in Williams, Colusa County CA today
Storms Sunday, Monday will make flooding even worse.
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F
climber
away from the ground
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Feb 18, 2017 - 10:35pm PT
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Well at least you have a great opportunity for mountaineering training out your front door, missjr. Ski for 6-8 hours. Shovel 3-5. Repeat.
Snow past my eaves here for a while now too. We got 70" this last week. We had an inch or two of rain midweek that created some un-shovel able conditions. Finally broke down and had a buddy swing by with his loader to d ouche out around the house. Casualties during snow removal this year are 2 pvc shovels, multiple welding reinforcements to the Xxl push scoop, one broken window (cornice fall from roof rolling back towards house) and 3 bottles of ibuprofen.
It's nice to have a real winter.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 19, 2017 - 07:53am PT
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I'm hoping all this shoveling will help with my climbing somehow!
There's always a silver lining to any cloud.
The prodigious shoveling I put in during an otherwise misspent yute in Chicago made me
the peerless snow cave digger I became during my misspent years in Seattle.
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DM88T
climber
Dave Tully SanDimas,California
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Feb 19, 2017 - 09:12am PT
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see Echo Ridge in both images
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 19, 2017 - 08:49pm PT
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High risk of flooding in Northern California as waterways reach their limits
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-flood-risk-20170219-story.html
On Sunday, the weather service warned that the San Joaquin River at Vernalis “has reached danger stage. Greater risk for levee problems.” Sandbagging operations were underway there as the storm approached.
Officials also said several other waterways were at major risk of flooding including the Yolo Bypass, Clear Lake, and the Sacramento, Cosumnes, Mokelumne, Merced and Tuolumne rivers.
On Saturday, water stood a foot high in Maxwell, a small rural town in Northern California’s Colusa County. Crews had to evacuate 100 people, some by boat, about 2 a.m. because of flooding.
Maxwell is about 50 miles from Oroville, which for the last week has been the scene of a national drama and an ongoing discussion on supertopo and the mule died several days ago on that one.
:0)
Area just north of Maxwell west of I-5.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 20, 2017 - 03:36pm PT
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hey there say...
how are folks in northfork...
just saw this, it is 2 hours old:
NORTH FORK — Once again, residents of the low-lying areas of North Fork are being told to be prepared to evacuate if conditions warrant.
There has been an increased discharge of water from Bass Lake. With this information, the Sheriff’s Office is issuing a Pre-Evacuation Advisory for the following areas:
FROM MADERA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
FACEBOOK PAGE:
Madera County Sheriff's Office
2 hrs ·
There has been an increased discharge of water from Bass Lake. With this information, the Sheriff’s Office is issuing a Pre-Evacuation Advisory for the following areas:
-Road 222 between Railroad Grade Road and Road 200
-Road 226 between Keller Road and Road 222
-Manzanita Lake Drive
-Old Central Camp Road between Road 222 and ½ of a mile west of Road 274
-Road 225 between Road 222 and Road 274
-Road 228
-Wah-up Way
-Kunigib Way
-Amber Lane
-Weatherly Lane
-Willow Creek Drive
-Church Street
Please be aware of rising water levels and evaluate your conditions. If you feel the need to evacuate, please do so. Residents in these area should be prepared to immediately evacuate at a moments notice should conditions deteriorate. Please have personal affects packed and be ready for the evacuation order.
http://sierranewsonline.com/pre-evacuation-advisory-issued-for-areas-of-north-fork/
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