but it's almost April when we're
normally done talking about sno.
But as you know,
this has been a record season ad
winter is not through with us just yet.
As you can see, we have some snw
coming down on us and Dutch fla.
This is really picked up within
the last 15 minutes or so.
It's adding to what's
already on the ground here,
creating some slick conditions with a
few more inches of this on the way today.
Ohh, it's absolutely terrible,
this much in the year to still be doing this.
I mean normally at this time
we're hanging out and walking
around the hills and enjoying
the nice green and it's yeah,
we're still in winter.
Spring has not sprung
in the Sierra as snowy weather rages on.
I live here in Dutch flat.
I think we've had.
Almost two weeks where the freey
has been completely closed,
so it's been terrible.
Every day it's.
You're wondering if you're
going to make it to work.
Every day I get up driving to wk
down the freeway and you think you're
going to die and something like that.
And coming home is crazy.
Even worse,
because you're going uphill.
This area getting pounded with
winter storm after winter storm,
leaving behind several feet of w
and dangerous driving condition,
something truck driver Robert
Briggs knows first hand.
I hate it. It sucks. It's.
The snow should be over with already.
I'm tired of it.
I think we've got plenty of snow
we should be able to drop by no.
Several more inches of snow expd
Wednesday in Dutch flats and anr
foot over the Sierra passes adding to
what's already been a record snowpack
and travelers are urged to brave
the conditions prepared or not t
all. You've got to be really careful.
If your car is not up to par,
you don't survive.
Have a shovel? Have gloves.
You know, have your code,
have everything ready,
because the odds are you
going off the freeway.
No one's going to rescue you.
Preparation really is key as yoe
making your way up and over the mountain.
Let's take another live look at the freeway.
You're looking at Interstate 80 eastbound,
just at the Dutch flat exit.
As you can see,
cars are moving slowly in both directions
and just reopened to passenger traffic.
A couple hours ago, a semi is still moving,
but when you go down the hill at Applegate,
it is being held to large trucks and semis.
They're being turned around as well at the
Nevada state line over the Sierra passes.
Chain controls are in effect anI
want to show you just the condis
that we're seeing here in Dutch flat.
We see some beautiful powdery sw
and at first lands, but check out what
happens when it starts freezing over.
We run into some slush, some ic.
We've already seen a lot of tru,
a slipping and sliding, a lot of those
semis staging here at gas stati.
Like this one, not taking any
chances because as you all know,
Walt, conditions here can change
fast and quickly turn treachero.
You can see one of these semis crawling here,
but it's not easy and conditions
are worsening by the hour.
Walt,
you know what's amazing, Bridge?
And you've been up there
pretty much this whole time.
90 days ago, people were just
praying for precipitation,
be it rain or snow.
And now 90 days after that,
people are saying they are.
Absolutely sick of it.
You drive to work, you might di.
I mean, you're up there.
I mean, people are like over this, right?
There are snowed out.
Yeah, that is a saying. The fat,
the winter fatigue you feel when you talk
to people up here is really pre.
But you can't forget, Walt,
if you compare where we were at last year,
when we're in a really thick drought,
we're in a much better situation
in terms of our snowpack,
our fire seasons going to be ded
because of all this precipitati.
So there's a lot of good things happening,
but you can't lose sight of juse
inconvenience and just the cold, frigid cold.
People want spring.
So maybe I'll come soon.
We'll see.
Yeah, we can't judge the folks
who live up in the high country
because they definitely are ove.
But we did pray for rain and
and and obviously somebody was
listening and has delivered.
So that's been good,
but there is the fatigue.
Alright, Bridget Biolo who's upt
basically her Bureau up there along 90.
Thank you, Bridget.