Blizzard coming to Mammoth Lakes, CA

Blizzard Coming to Mammoth Lakes!!


There is much anticipation in town today following yesterday's announcement of a blizzard warning coming for tomorrow, Friday, January 4th. Locals are getting reverse-911 calls from the Mono County Office of Emergency Services warning that travel is not recommended, we should all have provisions to last us 72 hours, there may be power outages, and to stay tuned to the radio for weather updates.


Upon this news spreading, everyone flocked to our only grocery store, Vons. My wife went last night at 7:30pm and saw lines to the back of the store. I just went at 10:15am this morning to take these pictures:


[Bread aisle at Vons]


[Water aisle]



But good news, Vons is being re-stocked as I write this and folks are adjusting travel plans accordingly. We are preparing for cell phones and internet to be down. If you need to reach me regarding real estate, try my or my partner's email and phone (click here for the Contact Us page of our website), but if you don't get through, just wait until the storm passes on Saturday midday. Let's hope no one gets hurt and that our mountains get the 5-10 feet of snow that is predicted! Good luck to SoCal as well, with the flooding predicted and the burn areas getting soaked.


Taken from the NOAA.gov website just now, "Blizzard warning from 4 AM Friday to 10 AM Saturday...A major winter storm developing in the Pacific will reach the Sierra and western Nevada on Friday. Cold air from a low pressure system in the Gulf of Alaska will combine with a plume of subtropical moisture [the famed pineapple connection!] to produce very large snow accumulations between Friday morning and Saturday morning in the Sierra...Winds will increase to 80 to 100 MPH with gusts near 145 mph"


Those of you who own property here but who are out of town, make sure to ask your property managers to pull in any furniture from your deck/balcony. If your roof does not shed snow easily, ask your property manager if it needs to be shoveled after the storm. Be prepared for large snowdrifts to accumulate on the leeward side of buildings (usually the northeast corner, since the winds prevail from the southwest).