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Date: February 02, 2024 at 16:27:10
From: georg, [DNS_Address]
Subject: the storm that hit the west coast in 1962 |
URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Day_storm_of_1962 |
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the storm front began knocking trees down on the campus
in Corvallis and up on the coast range mountains weather
domes and such began flying away ... Marys Peak and
Mount Hebo were among those hit with extremely high
winds ... centuries old noble fir were broken off and
sent flying ... this was a "hundred year storm"
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Date: February 02, 2024 at 19:48:55
From: Chuckles, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: the storm that hit the west coast in 1962 |
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Blew alot of trees down in Northern
California also. When backpacking
during Christmas for two weeks in
the high country above Yosemite
Valley back in the late 80s, the
winds started picking up out of the
east, and knew that this was brewing
into a Mono wind storm. Me and my
backpacking buddy knew we had to get
to the top of Cloud's Rest quickly
where we knew the trees were much
tougher up that high compared to the
larger taller trees further down,
and that we would be safe there. We
got into my super strong four season
tent which I still have today that
can handle over 100 mph winds. In
the morning after the mono winds
dissipated, every tree held up up on
the peak where we were shelter. We
made our decent down the mountain to
where the bigger and taller trees
grew, and sure enough just like we
thought, many many big trees blew
over. Yosemite Valley was closed
with many trees blown over down
there also. Fortunately during the
Christmas holiday, not many people
go backpacking during that time, and
why we used to go during that time
basically to to have the backcountry
to ourselves.
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