Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, I just commented to a friend off-list that at least it is not January 1952 and I am not on board the Streamliner City Of San Francisco being hauled by Southern Pacific's Alco locomotives over Donner Pass, only to be blocked by a monster avalanche and then locked in there for three days by the great grandma of all Sierra blizzards. Highway US 40 was also locked down for two days; it took a full day before rescue crews could even reach the train and a Southern Pacific crane operator was killed when the rail-based crane he was operating to remove snow teetered and fell, crushing him. THAT was a snowfall. Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] You Call that SNOW!?!? >> 6-8" more white sh-t fell on Saratoga Springs last night and it is still >> dropping; > > Just remember that in the Sierra Nevada snowfall is measured in feet. The > inches are insignificant once you have 10' on the ground. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >