[pct-l] Tahoe conditions

[Stephen Adams]

Looks like the storm broke up early down here in So Cal.  It rained a bit this mid-day, and the wind blew twenty for an hour, then picked up to 30mph, and then just petered out and it cleared up.  I thought we were going to get hammered.  Maybe next week?    
On Jan 18, 2010, at 8:19 PM, Tortoise wrote:

> Here in Crescent City, CA  the wind is howling and the rain comes down 
> in spurts.  We are in the midst of a big storm patch per the NOAA radar 
> images.  For Deems over in the moutains looks like he is getting lots of 
> rain or snow there too.
> 
> This one came in to late for me to go out and try my tents. But there 
> are more on the way.
> 
> Tortoise
> 
> Because truth matters"
> 
> 
> 
> Tortoise wrote:
>> Up here in Crescent City, 20 miles south of Oregon and on the coast; 
>> we've had intermittent rain squalls with lots of wind. Had some wind 
>> last night. Seems to me most of the weather action is going south of us.
>> 
>> This noon I was out doing errands and got caught in a squall.
>> 
>> Time I got home and had lunch, the squall was past. I'm hoping to take 
>> out my two backpacking tents, a Tarptent Contrail and a Stephenson 
>> Warmlite 2RS and put them up in the wind and rain, get inside, and see 
>> how well they do. Would like to give each a good test.
>> 
>> Tortoise
>> 
>> Because truth matters"
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com wrote:
>> 
>>> Oh, and by the way it started dumping this morning and we can only see about a quarter-mile!
>>> 
>>> So far, only a couple of inches.
>>> 
>>> For all of you in SoCal, we hope that the mudslides and flooding aren't too bad...
>>> 
>>> How is it up in Lassen or the PNW??
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Mtnned
>>> Mountain Education
>>> South Lake Tahoe, Ca
>>> 
>>> 
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