California needs this so hope it can go back to its' hay days

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..regards to snow pack in the Sierra:

"8 feet of snow possible in mountains as powerful storm lashes California with rain, wind, snow"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/14/powerful-storm-lashes-california-rain-wind-snow/8895250002/


Here are the photos I took in late spring during one of California's wettest years and as you can see the valley was dry as I made my way up the hills but once I passed Ebbetts Pass, the snow pack was pretty impressive and rock solid even in June:

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One of the down side is many folks in the Bay Area go up the hills to places like Tahoe and Yosemite and continue to drive the way they drive in their home area then ended up getting hurt because driving in snow is a lot different than on dry roads. CHP sends out a PSA every Winter but some don't listen. Even with 4x4 and snow tires, I could pretty much take my Taco anywhere without chain, common sense should still be practice. All these cars on the side of the road are waiting to get chains installed so they can continue:

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And yes, common sense plays even more of a role when the sun goes down:

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Good news for California:

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Due to the severe drought, keep on packin..Sierra :

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It’s been nice, my lawns have been green and lush without the use of irrigation. Hills on the east have turned from yellow to green.

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Took these on 580 a while back and those California cows looked happy:

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This is good news, sure some may complain and want the rain and snow to go away but this is good:

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Lake Tahoe shatters December snowfall record: See the photos

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The main roads are closed for a reason:

Hundreds of drivers get stuck in the snowy Sierra Nevada after trying to bypass closed highways

Despite warnings to avoid travel after a massive snowstorm that started Christmas weekend closed major highways, thousands of people insisted on trying to drive into or out of the socked-in Sierra Nevada. 

Some needed to get home. Some wanted to visit family. Some just wanted to play in the snow.

Some were led astray by poor judgement. Many were led astray by Google Maps, which offered alternate driving routes that sent drivers to snowy dead ends.

Northern California Highway Patrol reported a serious problem on Quincy-La Porte Road, which locals know closes each winter and becomes a haven for snowmobilers.

But Google Maps doesn’t.

When Interstate 80 closed, Google Maps offered up Quincy-La Porte Road as an alternate route. Hundreds of drivers tried that route.

“It shows on the map it will go through, but there’s always a gate closed in the winter,” said California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Danielson, who works out of the Yuba-Sutter office.

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Hoping to see something like this in May in regards to Sierra snowpack:

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 :

SLO County mostly out of severe drought as lake levels keep rising

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That's too bad if it happens again  :

California faces another year of drought and elevated wildfire risk due to climate change, expert says

SAN FRANCISCO — For the nation’s most populous state, drought and extreme wildfires remain in the forecast.

Like much of the West, California endured extreme drought conditions and another grueling fire season in 2021. The rainy season, however, got off to a promising start, with above-normal precipitation in October and December. But hopes of an end to the drought gripping most of the Western U.S., which scientists have linked to climate change, quickly evaporated as record dry conditions took hold in California in January and February.

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Spring is almost here so good thing for that snow pack from the storm a couple of months ago but still not enough 

In Midst of Drought, California Water Officials Plan to Crack Down and Increase Water Conservation

California's urban water users and farmers who rely on supplies from state reservoirs will get less than planned this year as fears of a third consecutive dry year become reality, state officials announced Friday.