[SBE] Dry Snow

[Kent Winrich]

I tried to get up to Mt Charleston, NV after NAB.  Less than 45 minute out
of Las Vegas (where it was in the 90s that week) there was plenty of snow to
be had:
http://picasaweb.google.com/kwinrich/MtCharlestonNevada

Sure seemed like there was enough snow to ski!

I am thinking next NAB I am bringing the skis!

Kent

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Adrienne Abbott <weathertop at charter.net>
wrote:


> Those so-called "experts" tell us that in spite of all the storms we've

> had

> this year, the snow pack is "below average" for water content and we will

> need to "conserve" water this summer! McClellan Peak, east of Carson City,

> at about 7200 feet, is finally accessible although a trip to the top is

> guaranteed to send you running to the dentist for new fillings. Slide

> Mountain, south of Reno, is still a cat-ride. I found snow patches on the

> way up to Mt. Potosi west of Las Vegas last week. The ski resorts are

> closing, not because they're out of snow, but because the skiers' knees

> have

> given out and they are now playing golf and tennis. What I want to know

> is...are the Global Warming alarmists going to tell us that all our

> conservation efforts have finally paid off and that's why we're going to

> have ten years of cooler weather, or are they going to blame that on CO2

> too! BTW, Dave the Vikings ran their Escalades on salmon oil, the

> Norwegian

> version of bio-fuel! Now, if I could just find some for my Dodge diesel.

> Oh,

> wait--the salmon season has been cancelled!

> Adrienne

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of k7cr

> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 12:24 PM

> To: sbe member discussion mail list

> Subject: [SBE] Global Warming

>

> Let me tell you this .....

>

> Our main transmitter plant is at West Tiger Mt, about 18 miles east of

> Seattle at 3000 feet AMSL.   In the 21 years that I have been going to

> this

> site, this winter has been the longest I have been unable to drive to the

> site using a chained up 4x4 and the latest I have been unable to get to

> the

> site without the use of a snow-cat (was finally able to get in just this

> last Tuesday for the first time this year with my PU).   While mounting

> those big truck chains on the pickup I keep having images of Al Gore !

>  The

> snowpack in the Cascade range is about 150% of normal.

>

> Clay Freinwald

>

>

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