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Storm brings Tahoe trouble Bill Rozak Tahoe Daily Tribune The winter storm pounding the Lake Tahoe Basin with rain and snow closed ski resorts and brought down another structure due to the heavy snow load. Heavenly and Kirkwood mountain resorts, Palisades Tahoe, Sierra-at-Tahoe and Northstar California announced they would be closed Friday. “Both the city of South Lake Tahoe and El Dorado County have declared a state of emergency and we want to do our part and support our community during this emergency situation,” Heavenly officials state in a social media post. “We expect major challenges as a result of inbound precipitation, both at our resort and across the Tahoe region, so
we are making this decision proactively out of an abundance of caution for our employees and guests.” Heavenly officials add that resort management would be assessing conditions day-to-day and expect recovery from the storm to “take a bit of time.” Conditions reported from Heavenly included rain up to 8,500 feet and ridgeline winds that hit 139 mph. Home and business owners scrambled Thursday to remove as much snow from roofs as possible before the multi-day atmospheric river arrived. With roofs collapsing across the county due to heavy snow load, South Lake Tahoe saw another
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Sierra-at-Tahoe shut down operations Friday with high winds, rain and snow causing safety concerns.
n See storms, page A6
Snow angel
State prepares for flooding Odin Rasco Staff writer
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With a series of atmospheric river storms hitting the region, California’s Department of Water Resources began preparing for flooding last week. Climatologists have raised concerns that warmer rain may fall onto the state’s snowpack, melting it away and causing significant flood conditions as a result. “DWR’s flood operations center is activated, and we are monitoring forecasts and runoff conditions closely,” DWR Director Karla Nemeth said in a press briefing Thursday. “All efforts are being made to manage water supply and flood control during these storms.” Projections show that 11 waterways were expected to exceed flood levels, with an additional 23 anticipated to reach the flood monitoring stage, according to Jeremy Arrich, manager of DWR’s Division of Flood Management. In anticipation of significant runoff heading into the valley, an emergency order was issued from California State Parks Wednesday night closing Lake Natoma until further notice. Folsom Lake had already been inundated with rain Wednesday, leading to an increase in the amount of water released from its dam. The dam’s outflow on Thursday rose to 8,352 cubic feet per second, about double what the daily outflow average has been for the past month, according to DWR data. Water managers said dam releases could increase even more if needed. Michael Anderson, climatologist for the state, indicated that there could be a total of four storms due to the atmospheric river. Despite significant rainfall and a snowpack nearing historic highs, reservoirs are struggling to reach storage highs, with many anticipated to lose water over the next week in order to avoid exacerbating flood conditions.
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Alena Sumner met her Pollock Pines neighbor Chet Moore for the first time last week when he came riding down Sly Park Road in his tractor to help her clear snow from her driveway.
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ollock Pines resident Alena Sumner was trying to remove snow berms blocking her driveway Thursday when she was visited by a man she is calling “my angel.”
Her neighbor Chet Moore arrived riding his bright red tractor and offered to help, clearing the way for Sumner who has had to deal with all the snow removal herself this winter since her husband is recovering after breaking five ribs. Sumner noted
the Good Samaritan, who she had never met before, refused to take any money to fuel up his Mahindra backhoe. The Sly Park Road resident said, “I am so happy that we live in a neighborhood with great people.”
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