RichVR
5221
Good god that’s a lot of snow. What a pain.
We hit 62 on Thursday. High in the low 20’s today.
I hate March, it’s such a tease.
It looks wonderful, you are so blessed! ;)
Yeah, I don’t mind a late season snowfall myself, when I know it’s not going to stick around forever. Prettier than rain, certainly.
Vesper
5226
Final count here was 30". Already melting today, though.
Alstein
5227
Storm prediction center put out their highest risk for severe weather (this usually happens once or twice a year on average) today for Northern Mississippi.
Raleigh area looks like it could be put in a moderate or more risk for tomorrow. (doubt we get a high)
Nesrie
5228
So my county has declared drought status this year. Our water levels are extremely low this year. While my friends and neighbors celebrate the return of the sun, I sit her in dread kind of amazed at how little water we’ve had and just… well I kind of feel sick. I think we’re about to hit another scorching summer, and there really has been much of a change to suggest we’ll weather any better than we did last year.
It’s been declared early to get resources ready for farmers and conversation efforts, and I don’t believe Oregon state has approved it yet, but the county east of us also declared.
I haven’t left the house is outside of lite shopping and gas for a year. Still haven’t settled from the sudden emergency situation from last fire season. I don’t know how I am going to weather another disaster other than screaming at my friends who keep whining about not having sun in the fall and celebrating what I feel is our oncoming doom.
CraigM
5229
I thought I heard yesterday that the state declaration had been approved. Granted I was listening to NPR in the car so maybe misunderstood.
Nesrie
5230
Brown declared for Klamath recently. I haven’t seen that statement for Jackson county. They are considered part of Southern Oregon too.
CraigM
5231
Ah ok, yeah I missed the full details because, well, driving. If they did Klamath I’d anticipate others coming too.
Oregon snowpack is that bad? Washington snowpack exceeded the 10 year average. Looking like 125-150% of normal.
Nesrie
5233
I am not sure about the snow pack levels but this is… horrible:
Earlier this week, Emigrant Lake stood at 21% full, Hyatt Lake was 14% full and Howard Prairie Lake was only 8% full, according to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Summer isn’t even here, and it sounds like Emigrant lake is just going to be a mud puddle.
CraigM
5234
The north cascades were normal as far as I could tell, definitely more snow than last winter.
But something like 80% of the state is in drought conditions. It’s basically just Portland metro and the coast that are not.
Don’t bode well for fires this year
Make sure your insurance REALLY covers you.
Nesrie
5237
Lumber prices supposedly went up x4 in the last year and everything else just keeps climbing. Even for those of us who keep checking and check, it’s really hard to keep up. I have been taking more pics of rooms and stuff to make claims easier… it’s all so depression.
Nesrie
5239
Our map actually doesn’t look so terrible, aside from you know last year also being bad
But during really bad years Emigrant has been essentially unusable for recreation at the height of part of summer not before. Shasta, though CA, is also a good indication of how bad it’s going to be.
It’s not unheard of for mid-April around here, but it is still surprising to wake up to a winter wonderland.
