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Part of Mount Baker road won't be opened (50 feet snow -- Global Warming HA)
The Seattle Times ^ | June 30, 2011 | Seattle Times Staff

Posted on 07/01/2011 5:22:59 PM PDT by steve86

Snow 50 feet deep still buries the road to Artist Point at Mount Baker and that will keep the upper portion of the road closed all summer.

"We found snow 50-plus feet deep near the upper parking lot," said Theo Donk, state Department of Transportation (WSDOT) supervisor, who made a trek to Artist Point on Wednesday. "This is the deepest snow I've seen since the world-record year 1999, when the highway didn't open for the summer."

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: artistpoint; globalcooling; mountbaker; washington
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Mt. Baker, Washington State

1 posted on 07/01/2011 5:23:02 PM PDT by steve86
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To: steve86

Not sure the problem will go away next winter!


2 posted on 07/01/2011 5:24:53 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
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To: steve86

That’s a lot of snow ....


3 posted on 07/01/2011 5:27:39 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: steve86

DOT workers who went to the area Wednesday, June 29, to measure snow depth found the parking lot at Artist Point under 30 feet of snow. Nearby areas were as deep as 55 feet.

Read more: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/06/30/2083115/artist-point-parking-lot-wont.html#ixzz1Qu01llXj


4 posted on 07/01/2011 5:28:50 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Ken522

95 feet is the record one-season snowfall (measured within Mt. Baker Ski Area).


5 posted on 07/01/2011 5:29:50 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
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To: steve86

That snow would have lasted till about 8:30 this morning in Charlotte.


6 posted on 07/01/2011 5:32:19 PM PDT by gitmo (Hatred of those who think differently is the left's unifying principle.-Ralph Peters NY Post)
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To: steve86

I believe Mt. Baker is the only developed downhill ski area in Washington where I haven’t skied. Tried once, but it was pouring buckets of rain (not unusual by any means).


7 posted on 07/01/2011 5:32:24 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
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To: steelyourfaith

Brrr!


8 posted on 07/01/2011 5:32:42 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
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To: tet68

Good article. That “Artist Point” has an elevation of only 5,000 ft which isn’t very high by Cascade Volcano standards. Baker itself tops out at 10,778 ft according to wikipedia. I know they used to ride snowmobiles to the summit. The first earthquake I ever felt was in Bellingham (3.1).


9 posted on 07/01/2011 5:37:20 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
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To: steve86

Theo Donk?


10 posted on 07/01/2011 5:40:09 PM PDT by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
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Right around Memorial Day, I saw a report that the Wyoming Tetons had a 600 inch base on the ground (50 feet) that was the heaviest accumulation there since 1939. All of those storms that brought flooding to the Mid West dumped record snowfalls on the Olympics, Cascades, Rockies, Tetons, and every other major mountain range in most of the Northwest...

We’re just coming off of flood stage on the Columbia river here, but the water is still very high...


11 posted on 07/01/2011 5:40:56 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Your what hurts??)
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To: Fractal Trader; Nipfan; carolinablonde; marvlus; DollyCali; markomalley; Bockscar; Thunder90; ...
Thanx for the ping Fractal Trader !

 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

12 posted on 07/01/2011 5:44:44 PM PDT by steelyourfaith (If it's "green" ... it's crap !!!)
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To: Bean Counter

Here in the Tri-Cities the river seems to be down a couple feet but I noticed they haven’t opened the kids’ swim areas for the Fourth (way too much current).


13 posted on 07/01/2011 5:46:21 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
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To: paddles

He’s on Facebook along with a couple other Theo Donks.


14 posted on 07/01/2011 5:47:18 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
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I’m sure he’s a great guy, I just can’t say the name enough times to satisfy myself.


15 posted on 07/01/2011 5:54:16 PM PDT by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
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To: paddles; Allegra

LOL! That’s the first thing I thought...Theo Donk must’ve caught hell growing up...I’m still giggling!


16 posted on 07/01/2011 5:54:35 PM PDT by wazoo1031
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To: steve86
I moved to the Gulf Coast 5 years ago.

For the last 5 years the NWS has said the “the hurricane season will be above normal activity this year”.

They were correct one out of the five years.

20% accuracy? really?

De-fund the NWS, CPB, and NPR.

17 posted on 07/01/2011 5:57:03 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President. One Big Ass Mistake America!)
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To: Bean Counter
Right around Memorial Day, I saw a report that the Wyoming Tetons had a 600 inch base on the ground (50 feet) that was the heaviest accumulation there since 1939. All of those storms that brought flooding to the Mid West dumped record snowfalls on the Olympics, Cascades, Rockies, Tetons, and every other major mountain range in most of the Northwest.

And there is still 55 feet of snow on Mammoth Mountain in the High Sierra of California.

18 posted on 07/01/2011 5:57:47 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
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To: steve86

Bonneville Power has been playing merry hell down here with all of the wind turbines. When the river is running high, they cannot dump water, and when a big storm blows in with lots of rain and high wind, Bonneville has been forced to switch the wind turbines off so they don’t fry the transmission lines. Way too much uncontrolled excess power with no place to go is a big problem right now....


19 posted on 07/01/2011 5:57:49 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Your what hurts??)
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To: steve86

Looks like another example of how the Iceland volcano eruption of 2010 caused a lot of snowfall during the 2010-11 winter season in the northern hemisphere.


20 posted on 07/01/2011 6:03:55 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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