I was just checking to see what the conditions were around Donner Pass, which Kaitlin, Torben, and the pups drove through Tuesday. This is a tweet from Caltrans District 3:
Icon overload! When our http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov traffic map looks like this, it’s a clear red flag that Sierra travel is not advisable today. We’ve had to hold traffic on Interstate 80 and Highway 267 and Highway 89 around Emerald Bay is CLOSED again due to unsafe conditions.
This chart gives the meanings of the icons:
I had been watching conditions there and was relieved when they were through that region. The storm hadn’t hit yet.
I do love the internet. I don’t worry much at all, but I do love to gather data and see what’s going on. Hurray for curiosity. It keeps my mind well-exercised and me mentally healthy…and endlessly entertained.
December 23, 2021
I freely admit to being a worrier. it’s something in my nature I continually work on. I KNOW it’s pointless!
is that the same Donner Pass where the people were stranded in the 1800’s?
it’s famous for being a brutal stretch of pathway. whether a modern road or the way the early settlers had to travel!
I’m so glad your family got through it when they did! xo
Yes, that’s where the famous Donner party ran into trouble. Traveling in winter is always dicey, especially up there.
great to know that they “Missed” the weather in the Pass. Pass(es) in NZ are notorious for bad weather…especially in the Southern Alps
From East to West coasts have Arthurs Pass – the train does across via the pass. Most of the other passes are often closed due to weather.
One spring Andy and I were driving home through Yosemite Park (same mountain range) and couldn’t leave the way we wanted. We could have made it in our four-wheel drive car but they made us go miles out of our way because we didn’t have chains. It made sense. I wasn’t worried about Kaitlin, Torben, and the pups being in any danger, but it could have meant huge delays.
I totally agree! I hope you have a wonderufl Christmas weekend!
Thank you, you too!
Yes, there’s a mass of intriguing information on the internet. I like the sites that show every plane in the air, where they started from and their destination. There’s a hell of a lot of planes up there!
I know. Air travel is going great guns.
Oh wow, so glad they got through there before all of that hit.
Me too! This is a picture from a Caltrans video taken Thursday.
wow, i am so thankful they made is through that pass in front of the closing. i like to read things like this to. my mind will light on something and to the computer I go…
See the photo in my response to Ann above. What a mess. But what a great resource the internet is.
I am so glad they missed all that!
Me too!
What a relief! Like Sandra, I had to consult Google re. the Donner Pass. I love snow and ice, but it’s been so many years I dare not attempt to drive in it again.
I’m with you. Snow is great on the tops of mountains, but not down here where I drive. 🙂
I’m glad they made it through. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Merry Christmas to you and yours, too!
I’m glad they are safe.
My sister in Vermont messaged me that she was leaving work and that there was snow and icy roads. I made her promise me that she’d message me when she finally got home. She just did a few minutes ago and I was worried until she did. I agree! Thank god for the Internet and cell phones!
I’m glad she made it home safely!