Quote from Don Bright:
Yeah, no snow last year, some good rain last couple of days... we'll see.
Don
"Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!"
Dec. 23, 2010
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Avalanche fears prompt call for Mount Charleston evacuation
Avalanche fears cause Mount Charleston evacuation
By MIKE BLASKY and JAMES HAUG
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Avalanche anxiety prompted a call for a voluntary evacuation of the Echo Canyon area [where Don Bright, from time to time, has continued to search for strayed traders from the BT fold nearly a decade ago] of Mount Charleston [west of the Las Vegas Valley] on Thursday, where an estimated 80 to 90 inches of snow had accumulated at elevations of 8,000 feet.
Authorities were worried the snow would slide as temperatures warmed during the day. Efforts by police and rescue volunteers to contact residents were complicated by banks of snow that isolated homes and buried vehicles.
Rescue crews equipped with tracking beacons trekked to 45 homes to make sure "everybody had the opportunity" to leave their ski lodge-style homes on neighborhood streets named after the likes of Jack Frost and Kris Kringle, Las Vegas police Sgt. Eric Fricker said.
One resident was found trying to dig his way out of his garage. Rescue volunteers outfitted several residents with snowshoes so they could hike to Kyle Canyon Road. One resident declined assistance and wanted to stay.
Most residents, however, had already left because their homes had lost power. Because police had blocked the intersection of Kyle Canyon Road, or state Route 157, and Echo Road,...
http://www.lvrj.com/news/some-mount-charleston-residents-are-asked-to-evacuate-112386169.html
(Many thanks to the Las Vegas Review Journal; also a great way to keep up with Vegas shenanigans, er, activities throughout the year.)
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