A powerful blizzard that a meteorologist termed 'as bad as it gets' howled in the Sierra Nevada mountains, forcing ski resorts to shut down and leaving tens of thousands of homes without power.
BROOKE HESS AND KEN RITTERA powerful blizzard that a meteorologist termed "as bad as it gets" howled in the Sierra Nevada mountains, forcing ski resorts to shut down and leaving tens of thousands of homes without power.A powerful blizzard that a meteorologist termed "as bad as it gets" howled in the Sierra Nevada mountains, closing a long stretch of Interstate 80 in Northern California, forcing ski resorts to shut down, and leaving tens of thousands of homes without power.
"I've been in Truckee 44 years. This is a pretty good storm," Frankland said. "It's not record-breaking by any means, but it's a good storm." Thomas Petkanas, a bartender at Alibi Ale Works in Incline Village, Nevada, said about 3 feet of snow had fallen by midday Saturday. He said patrons shook off snow as they arrived at the Lake Tahoe brewpub and restaurant.
California authorities on Friday shut down 100 miles of I-80, the main route between Reno and Sacramento, due to "spin outs, high winds, and low visibility." There was no estimate when the freeway would reopen from the California-Nevada border west of Reno to near Emigrant Gap, California.
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