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96870
From: Lake Almanor,CA, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Hell and high water
URL: https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/conus_band.php?sat=G18&band=GEOCOLOR&length=12
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96888
From: Kat, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Hell and high water
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I’m pretty happy ‘bout being in the upper foothills! We had tons of snow but we also sit at about 2500-2800 ft. No flooding here. 8 miles down the hill they have pastures that have standing water tho’. |
96889
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Hell and high water
URL: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/03/17/snow-California-resort-ski-lift/8861679062504/
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Yup, same here..at 4300 feet and okay (no flooding) while areas in or near the central valley floor below us are having flooding issues. You see some of the photos in the central sierras? 50 feet of snow and snow lifts buried! For all those who prayed for rain/snow for California..thank you, and you can stop now. We're good! lol. |
96897
From: Jeff/Lake Almanor,CA, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Hell and high water
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Thats pretty wild... Typically the resorts would not let that happen, they would keep adequate clearance under the lift at all times for new heavy snowfalls, with their snowcats. However, while working at Mt. Waterman ski lift in 1979, I have a story for you. Everyone had to first travel up chair #1 to get up to the warming hut, rental shop, restrooms, etc. There is no utility power up there, so it has to be generated, with limited use. So the chairlifts ran on large diesel motors. Normally your drive motor, electric or diesel would be on top of the hill, and pull the load up. But since it was diesel powered and you had no other way to get to the top, the employees had to ride up first, to open up. After a real heavy snow storm, once the motor was warned up, you had to be very careful to gently and cautiously, watching the cables are moving freely before locking in the clutch, since you can't see any damage to the lift. Ice or snow can derail the cable from the sheaves. There are trip switches on every set of tower sheaves and bull wheels. So anyway, this one morning after a killer snow storm, we got the lift moving fine, no signs of trouble. So off we go up the hill freezing and just starting to get light out. We start to see where the bull wheels station on top was supposed to be, and just saw the chairs going in, and coming out of snow, only in the shape of the hanging chairs. No extra room for a person. We knew we had to jump off before going in and around the bull wheel, that would be disastrous for us and the lift. Since the snow was not that far down, we were ok, but had to get out of the way so the next chair of people could jump down. We made it, but took a few hours to clear the snow before allowing the customers to head up. |
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96898
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Hell and high water
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yikes..all the things regular customers probably don't consider in keeping a lift running. |
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