Late season storms can be hard hitters.
I remember the east coast March 1993 “superstorm” blizzard like it was yesterday.
So do I. I was 13 at the time.
...... Yup ...... The so called .... "March Miracle" .... that destroyed a lot of property and peoples American Dreams ....... But the California Water Tables were happy LOL ....
The first week of March isn't "late season" for the Sierra.
March of ‘93 storm was a doozy. My wife and I lived in southern New Jersey. We are from SE Texas. Hell of of a storm. Like a hurricane with snow. Power was out, Delaware river froze over, airports and rail stopped. But we grew up in hurricane country so we were ok. Had oil lamps, battery powered radio, cooked on a cast iron wood stove and kept warm.
I had never seen so much snow. Moved to Alabama the next year. Enough of that.