Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Re: [Geology2] Big Rock Rolls Toward LACMA



It is headed to the Los Angles County Museum of Art and will be used as part of a landscape sculpture sort of thing that will have it appearing as if it is hovering if I heard it correctly.

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Rick Bates <HappyMoosePhoto@gmail.com> wrote:
 

El Capitan and Half Dome are bigger rocks (monolith) but (thankfully) they're being left alone.  I don't get this either and the article didn't state the WHY the moving is occurring.  Did someone want to put in a new pool or something?  ;o)

 

Rick

 


From: Kim Noyes

 

It's monstrous size!

 

On Wed, Feb 29, Lem Alfa wrote:

 

why is the rock special? 



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RE: [Geology2] Big Rock Rolls Toward LACMA



El Capitan and Half Dome are bigger rocks (monolith) but (thankfully) they’re being left alone.  I don’t get this either and the article didn’t state the WHY the moving is occurring.  Did someone want to put in a new pool or something?  ;o)

 

Rick

 


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It's monstrous size!

 

On Wed, Feb 29, Lem Alfa wrote:

 

why is the rock special? 



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[californiadisasters] Next-Gen Weather Satellites to Improve Tornado Warnings



Next-Gen Weather Satellites to Improve Tornado Warnings

Feb 29, 2012: When you read the following paragraph, consider the following: Tornado season hasn't even started yet. On Jan. 22 and 23, 2012, more than 37 tornadoes struck the southern USA. Ten of them tore across the Lower Mississippi Valley into Alabama. Worst hit were St. Clair and Jefferson County, Ala., where 2 people were killed, about 100 others injured, and at least $30 million in damage was done. It was a chilling reminder of the April 2011 onslaught of deadly tornadoes that took a staggering toll across southern and Midwestern states.

In southern parts of the USA, tornado season tends to peak in springtime. Yet January 2012 produced 73 winter tornadoes -- third most of any January in recorded history. Most of them struck southern states. And since over a quarter of the incredible 1,688 twisters confirmed across the US in 2011 occurred in the four-state region of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee, residents there are becoming ever more wary of darkening skies.

"Even with our advances in science and communications, we can still be surprised by the deadliest storms," says NOAA scientist Steve Goodman. "But NOAA is working with NASA and university researchers to give more lead time in tornado warnings."

Southern tornadoes are especially insidious and challenging to track. The hilly, forested terrain in southern states makes an approaching twister harder to spot than in the flat Midwest. In the south you might not see the first evidence of an approaching tornado until it's almost in your back yard.

An Alabama resident describes the scene just before one of the April 2011 twisters struck near his home: "Suddenly, all the trees in my back yard corkscrewed violently, in unison, toward the northwest." Moments later, the storm was there.

Rain wrapped tornadoes are especially hard to see, as are night-time tornadoes. And records indicate that southern tornadoes often strike at night.

To reduce the surprise, NOAA and NASA2 are developing the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R, or "GOES-R series," with the first expected to launch in late 2015. These next-generation weather satellites bristle with state-of-the-art instruments for improved scouting of these killer storms, even at night.

Tornadoes are, by their very nature, difficult to pin down. The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on GOES-R will improve meteorologists' ability to assess conditions that spawn twisters. Compared to current GOES imagers, the ABI provides twice the spatial resolution, three times as many channels of information, and more than five times the update rate.

"ABI will give us a much clearer picture of the clouds – where and how tall they are, how much and what kind of moisture they hold, and how they are moving and intensifying," says NOAA research meteorologist Tim Schmit.

Most importantly, ABI can better detect the super-cold "overshooting tops" that mean severe weather is imminent. "Overshooting tops portend huge energy inside the cloud – it takes tremendous energy and upward velocity to poke through the lid of the tropopause," explains Schmit.

"During episodes of severe weather, ABI can show conditions every 30 to 60 seconds. The system in use now only shows them every 7.5 minutes. And in normal mode, ABI will send readings over the continental U.S. every 5 minutes as opposed to every 15-30 minutes."

Lightning is another key to tornadoes.

"Studies show that sudden changes in the total lightning correlate with [the onset of] tornadoes," says Goodman.

Detecting lightning is a new specialty of GOES-R.

"GOES-R's Geostationary Lightning Mapper, or GLM, will see all the lightning: cloud-to-ground, cloud-to-cloud, and inside each cloud. And since this is the first time we'll have lightning detection from geostationary orbit, it means GOES-R will constantly monitor and map the lightning across the western hemisphere."

The GLM is expected to give 7 more minutes of lead time in tornado warnings. Average lead time now is 13 minutes.

"With GOES-R you'll have upwards of 20 minutes to get to a safe haven."

That sure beats standing in your back yard, in the dark, waiting for the trees to twist.

Source: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/29feb_tornadosurprise/

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Re: [Geology2] Big Rock Rolls Toward LACMA



It's monstrous size!

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Lem Alfa <lemalfa@ymail.com> wrote:
 

why is the rock special? 


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Dikirim: Rabu, 29 Februari 2012 13:05
Judul: [Geology2] Big Rock Rolls Toward LACMA

 

The boulder will travel 11 days to make the commute

By Stephanie Elam and Bill French - KNBC-TV Los Angeles 
|  Tuesday, Feb 28, 2012  |  Updated 7:06 PM PST
People spent part of their Tuesday staring at a giant rock in Riverside. This was a special rock. It weighs about 340 tons, is shrink-wrapped and ready for the trip of a lifetime.  
"This thing is so phenomenal," said truck-driver Steve Davenport. "I had to stop."
The rock will be transported on a specially-built platform to its new home -- in a museum. The journey was set to begin Tuesday night.
It's only about 100 miles from Riverside to LACMA, but this giant boulder can't be moved through the carpool lane.
When it finally arrives, it will take its place in LACMA's new "Levitated Mass" exhibit.
"With a truck this big you even have to create your own parking spots," said Mark Voss, the Director of Engineering at Emmert International, which took on the huge transportation project.
The transporter is about two stories tall and so wide it would take up about three lanes on the freeway. That's why the contingent will move on surface streets, instead. No other traffic will be allowed nearby.
"The plan is the utilities go out in front of us and as we are moving," said Voss, who planned the transport. "They'll be up ahead of us moving the power lines and utilities out of our way."
The transporter will pass through 22 cities and is expected to arrive at LACMA on the morning of March 10.
"I'm not interested in the rock; I'm interested in the trailer," said Georgia Elkins. "I couldn't figure out how they were going to set it on anything and not have it fall through."
Davenport was curious about the same thing, because he drives an 18 wheeler.
"There are 204 tires," he said. "Three trucks. Not one. Three trucks. One in front and two in back pushing this load. It's incredible."
Source: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Big-Rock-Rolls-Toward-LACMA-140804033.html?_osource=Newsletter-Daily

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why is the rock special? 


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Dikirim: Rabu, 29 Februari 2012 13:05
Judul: [Geology2] Big Rock Rolls Toward LACMA

 

The boulder will travel 11 days to make the commute

By Stephanie Elam and Bill French - KNBC-TV Los Angeles 
|  Tuesday, Feb 28, 2012  |  Updated 7:06 PM PST
People spent part of their Tuesday staring at a giant rock in Riverside. This was a special rock. It weighs about 340 tons, is shrink-wrapped and ready for the trip of a lifetime.  
"This thing is so phenomenal," said truck-driver Steve Davenport. "I had to stop."
The rock will be transported on a specially-built platform to its new home -- in a museum. The journey was set to begin Tuesday night.
It's only about 100 miles from Riverside to LACMA, but this giant boulder can't be moved through the carpool lane.
When it finally arrives, it will take its place in LACMA's new "Levitated Mass" exhibit.
"With a truck this big you even have to create your own parking spots," said Mark Voss, the Director of Engineering at Emmert International, which took on the huge transportation project.
The transporter is about two stories tall and so wide it would take up about three lanes on the freeway. That's why the contingent will move on surface streets, instead. No other traffic will be allowed nearby.
"The plan is the utilities go out in front of us and as we are moving," said Voss, who planned the transport. "They'll be up ahead of us moving the power lines and utilities out of our way."
The transporter will pass through 22 cities and is expected to arrive at LACMA on the morning of March 10.
"I'm not interested in the rock; I'm interested in the trailer," said Georgia Elkins. "I couldn't figure out how they were going to set it on anything and not have it fall through."
Davenport was curious about the same thing, because he drives an 18 wheeler.
"There are 204 tires," he said. "Three trucks. Not one. Three trucks. One in front and two in back pushing this load. It's incredible."
Source: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Big-Rock-Rolls-Toward-LACMA-140804033.html?_osource=Newsletter-Daily

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[Volcano_Vista_HS] State Basketball Tournament ONLINE at Proview Networks



You can have ONLINE access to all 84 games of the 2012 state basketball tournament for just $10 by going to: http://www.proviewnetworks.com/ 

Subscribers get unlimited access to all live and  archived content for 30 days (you may view old games in other sports too!).

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[Volcano_Vista_HS] Girls and Boys Basketball State Tournament Game Info



We are excited for the success of our girls and boys basketball teams this year!

The #3 seeded Volcano Vista Girls Basketball Team will take on #14 Valley in the first round of the state tournament. The game will be played at Volcano Vista Friday, March 2nd at 5 PM. To view the Class 5A Girls Bracket, go to:

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The #7 seeded Volcano Vista Boys Basketball Team will take on #10 Valley in the first round of the state tournament. The game will be played at Volcano Vista Saturday, March 3rd at 7 PM. To view the Class 5A  Boys Bracket, go to:

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We hope to get lots of fans out to the game to cheer them on to victory!

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[Volcano_Vista_HS] REPORT CARDS coming home today with students



Your child should have received their report card today. Ask them to see it :)

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[californiadisasters] North Ops News & Notes Update (2/29/12-AM)



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02/29/2012

For a map of the latest Northern California 24-hour precipitation totals, visit the National Weather Services' Mesonet Observation page http://goo.gl/uDXvT
Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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[californiadisasters] Re: Admin Read: On This Date In CA WX History



Additional Note: this is the first leap year this column has existed during and today is the first leap day to occur since the advent of this column. I regret to say I have no data for this date so today will be the first date this column has not appeared, even belatedly, since its advent.

Kim

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com> wrote:
I continue to update this featured column so that newer weather events right up through 2011 get added to it as they appear in my sources. Those changes are not limited to just newer ones but in some cases older events become known to me and I add them.

My sources are the NWS San Diego, Hanford, and Reno as well as an occasional contribution from the Redding Record Searchlight as well as the 1998 KCOY-TV Weather Almanac compiled by Jack Church. My only source that continues to be updated is NWS San Diego which maintains their "This Day In History" weather event column. NWS Hanford and Reno have discontinued their equivalents of that column while the Redding newspaper I rarely glance at and the KCOY weather almanac has nothing to offer later than 1997,  of course.

I am open to any suggestions for other sources as NorCal is underrepresented in this column as are other areas of California. In particular, if any of you know of any access I might have to historic weather event data that is not overly-data heavy but more brief and focusing on essential details and human societal impacts.

Kim Patrick Noyes
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

[californiadisasters] LAFD's 9-1-1 Dispatch Center Made Historical Move



Los Angeles Fire Department's (LAFD) dispatch center, known for it's motto, "It all starts here", made a historic move today. During the early morning hours of February 28, 2012, 9-1-1 call taking and resource dispatching moved locations from the Operations Control Division (OCD) at City Hall East to the new Metropolitan Fire Communications (MFC) facility at 500 E. Temple Street.

Now that the the transition to MFC is complete, OCD has become the Department's back-up dispatching facility and the radio call sign "OCD" is no longer operative. At one in the morning, the strategically planned five hour radio transfer was made. Now, all inbound and outbound radio transmissions will use the call sign, "Metro." No other changes to radio terminology, resource dispatch algorithms, or operations will occur.


In addition, LAFD's Public Service Office (PSO) made the same geographical migration. Matt Spence, Brian Humphrey, and Erik Scott sincerely appreciate the patience of all during this exciting and elaborate transition, as they have had decreased availability at times. As for members of the media, the phone number for the PSO EPI-Center will remain the same, for the time being. We and look forward to better serving you from our new location.

Construction of the Metro Fire Communications facility which includes Fire Station 4 and the City's Emergency Operations Center, began on January 19, 2006 as part of Prop "F" funding. Although the 120,000 square foot facility has been up and running for the past couple of years, the Metro Fire Communications sophisticated 9-1-1 telephone and dispatch equipment installation was just recently completed. 

The move to the new Metro Fire Communications facility involves many City agencies, Vendors, and private contractors. Planning for the actual transition from City Hall East to the MFC has been in the works for the last several months, which includes the training of dispatchers and staff for familiarization of new state of the art equipment. As of February 29, 2012, the Coldwater back-up dispatch center will no longer be operational. The Department appreciates your interest and cooperation in this historic move.

Some have said that the common ending radio transmission, "OCD Clear", now takes on a new meaning.







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[Geology2] Big Rock Rolls Toward LACMA



The boulder will travel 11 days to make the commute

By Stephanie Elam and Bill French - KNBC-TV Los Angeles 
|  Tuesday, Feb 28, 2012  |  Updated 7:06 PM PST
People spent part of their Tuesday staring at a giant rock in Riverside. This was a special rock. It weighs about 340 tons, is shrink-wrapped and ready for the trip of a lifetime.  

"This thing is so phenomenal," said truck-driver Steve Davenport. "I had to stop."

The rock will be transported on a specially-built platform to its new home -- in a museum. The journey was set to begin Tuesday night.

It's only about 100 miles from Riverside to LACMA, but this giant boulder can't be moved through the carpool lane.

When it finally arrives, it will take its place in LACMA's new "Levitated Mass" exhibit.

"With a truck this big you even have to create your own parking spots," said Mark Voss, the Director of Engineering at Emmert International, which took on the huge transportation project.

The transporter is about two stories tall and so wide it would take up about three lanes on the freeway. That's why the contingent will move on surface streets, instead. No other traffic will be allowed nearby.

"The plan is the utilities go out in front of us and as we are moving," said Voss, who planned the transport. "They'll be up ahead of us moving the power lines and utilities out of our way."

The transporter will pass through 22 cities and is expected to arrive at LACMA on the morning of March 10.

"I'm not interested in the rock; I'm interested in the trailer," said Georgia Elkins. "I couldn't figure out how they were going to set it on anything and not have it fall through."

Davenport was curious about the same thing, because he drives an 18 wheeler.

"There are 204 tires," he said. "Three trucks. Not one. Three trucks. One in front and two in back pushing this load. It's incredible."

Source: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Big-Rock-Rolls-Toward-LACMA-140804033.html?_osource=Newsletter-Daily

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[californiadisasters] Admin Read: On This Date In CA WX History



I continue to update this featured column so that newer weather events right up through 2011 get added to it as they appear in my sources. Those changes are not limited to just newer ones but in some cases older events become known to me and I add them.

My sources are the NWS San Diego, Hanford, and Reno as well as an occasional contribution from the Redding Record Searchlight as well as the 1998 KCOY-TV Weather Almanac compiled by Jack Church. My only source that continues to be updated is NWS San Diego which maintains their "This Day In History" weather event column. NWS Hanford and Reno have discontinued their equivalents of that column while the Redding newspaper I rarely glance at and the KCOY weather almanac has nothing to offer later than 1997,  of course.

I am open to any suggestions for other sources as NorCal is underrepresented in this column as are other areas of California. In particular, if any of you know of any access I might have to historic weather event data that is not overly-data heavy but more brief and focusing on essential details and human societal impacts.

Kim Patrick Noyes
Paso Robles, CA

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[californiadisasters] North Ops News & Notes Update (2/28/12-8AM)



Date
Time
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02/28/2012
0800
The National Weather Service is forecasting a much-needed winter storm for most of the GACC starting tonight. Low-elevation rain and high winds are expected thoughout most of Northern California, and snow levels as low as 2000' with significant accumulations above 3000' are expected in many areas. Today's Weather Story: Sacramento WFO; Eureka WFO; Medford WFO; Reno WFO; Monterey WFO.
02/28/2012
0630
CA-LNU-Soda: 200 acres, 100% contained as of Saturday 2/25.
02/24/2012
1145
CA-LNU-Soda: 200 acres, 50% contained. Cal Fire Incident webpage http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_current Twitter - @CAL_FIRE
02/24/2012
0715
CA-LNU-Soda: 60 acres, 50% containment. Good progress made overnight.
02/24/2012
0700
CA-LNU-Soda: As of 2200 last night, the Soda Fire was 40 acres with 50% containment.
02/23/2012
1730
CA-LNU-Soda: 35 acres of brush, 35% contained. Located NE of the city of Napa in Soda Canyon.
Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (2/28/12-7:30AM)



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Time

News and Notes

02/28

0730

California Snow Report

http://www.onthesnow.com/california/skireport.html

Preliminary rainfall storm total summary

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sgx/display_product.php?sid=SGX&pil=RRM

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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[Geology2] Mail removes scaremongering article about volcano--LMAO!



Tuesday, 28 February 201

Mail removes scaremongering article about volcano

At the start of the year, the Mail turned its attention to the Laacher See volcano in Germany and asked, in a scaremongering headline:

IS A SUPER-VOLCANO JUST 390 MILES FROM LONDON READY TO BLOW?

As ever when a question is asked in a headline, the answer appears to be no.

Erik Klemetti, an assistant professor of Geosciences at Denison University, wrote a response for Wired in which he described the Mail's story as 'tremendously terrible'. He pointed out: 

The article in the Daily Mail is about as substance free as you can produce – it starts off with the usual doom claptrap: "a sleeping super-volcano in Germany is showing worrying signs of waking up." Now, you have to look carefully for what their supposed signs are – all two of them.

1. "This monster erupts every 10 to 12,000 years and last went off 12,900 years ago, so it could blow at any time." No source for this recurrence interval and we all know that using poorly constrained recurrence intervals like we have at Laacher See is no way to say a volcano is (ugh) "due for an eruption".

2. "Volcanologists believe that the Laacher See volcano is still active as carbon dioxide is bubbling up to the lake's surface, which indicates that the magma chamber below is 'degassing'." Which, of course, Laacher See has been doing for centuries. There are stories of monks dying from asphyxiation due to carbon dioxide hundreds of years ago. I personally saw carbon dioxide bubbling when I was at the Laacher See 5 years ago.

He added:

This is the volcanic equivalent of the Daily Mail going out and saying "Massive hurricane to hit London?" because they looked out the window and saw a cloud. Irresponsible, lazy journalism at its finest.

Sarah Simpson, writing for Discovery News, said the Mail's:

sensational assertion is based on nothing more than a sparse smattering of old facts that sound tantalizingly apocalyptic when you string them together. Read the full story, and you'll find no mention of new science, no expert named...

The Daily Mail story, in stark contrast, is a catchy idea whipped out of thin air.

But Erik says we should be prepared for more such articles as it is 'clearly pandering to the 2012 Apocalypse crowd'.

A complaint was made to the PCC about the Mail's article:

The complainant considered the assertion that the volcano was about to erupt had not been supported by sufficient evidence or expert opinions.

And a few days ago, the PCC published the result:

The complaint was resolved when the PCC negotiated the removal of the article.

So the Mail has deleted the article, apparently without explanation.

http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/2012/02/mail-removes-scaremongering-article.html
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[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (February 28)



2006: "Warm" winter storm kept snow levels above 8,500 feet but brought heavy winter rains to the Sierra below this level from the 27th through the 28th.
Rainfall totals included 6.82" at Lodgepole, 4.39" at Grant Grove, 3.80" at Huntington Lake, and 3.00" at Shaver Lake.
SNOTEL sites in the high Sierra estimated between 20 and 36 inches of snow generally, though 50" was reported by Upper Burnt Corral.

2001: A storm brought 32 inches of snow to Mountain High ski area (San Gabriel Mnts.).

1997: A funnel cloud was observed in Kearny Mesa - San Diego.

1996: A storm that started on 2.25 and ended on this day produced 0.5 to 1.5 inches of rainfall in coastal areas.
Snowfall of ten inches was recorded at Idyllwild, two inches in Yucaipa and even a dusting in Hemet and Corona.
One to two feet of snow fell in the higher mountains and up to six inches fell in the high desert.

1991: An F1 tornado touched down near Goshen (Tulare Co.).

1991: A series of storms that started on 2.27 and ended on 3.1 produced three to six inches of rainfall at lower elevations, with 11 to 14 inches of precipitation in the mountains. 4.45 inches of precipitation fell on this day in Idyllwild, the greatest daily amount on record for February.
2.42 inches fell in Borrego Springs, the greatest daily amount on record for February and the third greatest daily amount on record.
4.80 inches fell at Palomar Mountain, 4 inches at Julian, 3.80 inches at Mt. Laguna, 2.28 inches at San Diego, 1.79 inches in La Mesa, and 0.95 inch in Chula Vista.
1.18 inches of rain fell in San Diego during a 24 hour period ending this day.
Two died and six were injured. Hazards included urban flooding, mudslides, and road washouts.
Flood waters were five feet deep at Desert Hot Springs.
Two to three feet of snow were dumped on the Big Bear area and up to two feet fell elsewhere in the mountains.
Highways were closed.
A tornado hit Tustin on this day and a waterspout was observed off La Jolla.
Boats were torn from moorings at Harbor Island in San Diego Bay, and extensive roof damage was done at the San Diego Convention Center.

1988: Two F0 tornadoes were reported by a pilot 45 miles north of Gerlach, NV.

1983: Heavy rain that started on 2.24 and ended on this day brought extensive street flooding.
Damage was done to 30 cars and an apartment building in Anaheim.

1974: High winds damaged over a dozen mobile homes in the Reno and Carson City, NV areas.
Wind gusts to 105 mph were reported at the Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, with gusts to 100 mph at the Stead airport.

1964: Fresno recorded its' 16th day with a low temperature at or below freezing, a record for the month of February.

1962: It was -10° in Big Bear Lake and 28 in San Luis Obispo, both the lowest temperature on record for February.

1951: It was 4° in Idyllwild, the lowest temperature on record for February.

1944: 30.0 inches of snow fell at Tahoe City.

1938: Storms of tropical origin that started on 2.27 ended on 3.4.
One was killed by lightning in Corona.
11.06 inches of rain fell at LA.
More than 30 inches fell at several mountain stations of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains (32.2 inches at 8,300 feet elev.).
More than 22 inches fell in the Santa Ana River headwaters.
Considerable snow was melted, adding to the runoff.
This led to unprecedented flood control efforts, including a network of dams and canals and concrete channels.
For the storm 210 were reported dead or missing in flooding across Southern California, 45 in Orange County, of which 43 perished in Mexican-American Atwood from an eight-foot wall of water.
Hundreds were injured.
The Santa Ana River flooded, inundating nearly all of northern Orange County.
Catastrophic damage hit more than 1,500 residences.
400 cabins and buildings were washed away in and around San Antonio Canyon.
The Whitewater River flooded, isolating Palm Springs.

1914: Mojave reached 90 degrees for a high, warmest ever in February.

1911: Mojave received 3.0" of snow; Fresno had a trace.

1893: Bakersfield recorded its' 12th day this month with a low of freezing or below, a record for the month of February.

1884: The wettest February in San Diego history ended with 9.05 inches.
It is the third wettest month on record (wettest: 9.26 inches in 12.1921).
The 1883-84 season ended as the wettest in San Diego history with 25.97 inches.

Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego

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