Snow is over 20 ft. deep on Donner Summit this year.....which is the mountain pass between Sacramento, Calif. and Reno Nevada. ALL Interstate 80 traffic has to pass over Donner Summit going East. It's about 30 miles from where we live in the foothills....and we seldom get snow here. Donner is both beautiful and treacherous to pass over in the winter and nothing but gorgeous in the Summer as you drop down over the other side looking down on Donner Lake heading towards Tahoe. The State ( Cal Trans ) keeps Interstate 80 open almost year round daily in all kinds of weather. The only thing that really shuts it down is heavy traffic from skiers ...or Reno gamblers, wrecks and high winds. When the wind blows visibility is ZERO in snow. When it shuts down.......all the trucks and traffic is held at Applegate area....which is about six miles from us and where Sharon Allbright lives. <G> California is a State of every kind of weather imaginable.......from the intense heat of Death Valley to the incredible snow depths on Donner Summit and the Lake Tahoe region to the coastal weather the entire length of the State...from North Coast high winds and storms to balmy Southern California sandy beaches....and of course fog. You can never say California didn't get ANY kind of weather because we have it all on any given week. <G> Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.Marhaven.com ----- Original Message ----- From: ELG440@xxxxxxx To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 10:08 PMSubject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] SNOW Scharo777@xxxxxxx writes: It is a good thing California did NOT get a big snow. One word.... Big Bear. Well, I guess two words. Evan L. Ginsburg ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================