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earthwalker
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posted March 05, 2019 03:35 AM
valanche buries stretch of Highway 21 under 40 feet of snow
by CBS 2 News Staff
An avalanche has buried a section of Highway 21 under 40 feet of snow near the Grandjean area. It's about a quarter of a mile long. (Courtesy ITD)
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LOWMAN, Idaho (CBS 2) —
You're not getting to Stanley via Highway 21 anytime soon.
An avalanche has buried a section of Highway 21 under 40 feet of snow near the Grandjean area. It's about a quarter of a mile long.
State road crews say the highway will be closed until further notice. Slides in this area are not uncommon -- and it has the nickname of "Avalanche Alley."
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Paul Melching
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posted March 05, 2019 11:07 AM
What a complete mess I can only imagine, thank goodness the road was closed and nobody is under that !
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Leonard
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posted March 05, 2019 12:18 PM
Good thing I checked in here! I was damned near out the door, headed to Stanley via 21! Thanks for the heads up!
Question: Let's say I am under 20 feet of avalanche, between lowman and stanley; is that stuff hermetically sealed and I will suffocate before freezing to death? What else, maybe the roof collapses and crushes me? Fuck that, I'm staying clear of that Intermountain region for the rest of the winter!
Good hunting. El Bee
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earthwalker
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posted March 05, 2019 02:50 PM
As soon as the avalanche center put up cautions about avalanches they throw the arms down on avalanche alley one on top of Banner summit and one at he bottom by Grandjean turn off.
They did put in a couple of survival cabins in the alley.
LB, don't think you'd make it. They move very slow in getting it out of the way. You'd probably be upside down in Canyon Creek along side the road and no one would find you until June.
It just save us about a 5-6 hours drive. Coming out by the weekend and taking the long way down. I just hate having to drive through Boise to get to the other place. Plus we have to turn heat on then crawl underneath to turn water on and so forth. It's just a very long day by the time we get it all done.
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TRnCO
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posted March 08, 2019 12:14 PM
not to be out done on the avalanches, I-70 through the mountains of Colo. has been closed on and off 4 times just this week, due to avalanches. Only one of the 4 was man made, and instead of having the highway closed for 4 hours like they estimated, it was closed all day to get all the snow off the highway.
Of the other 3 natural avalanches, 2 of them buried vehicles although no one was injured.
Hard to complain about all the snow, but I'll bet there's a few people in the mtns. of Colo. that are about sick and tired of the snow. State wide we are sitting at about 130% of avg.
Won't go thirsty in Colo. this year, and lake Powell might actually see levels rise this spring and summer, for a change.
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earthwalker
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posted March 09, 2019 06:11 AM
Watched a ITD video on Avalanche Alley. They've been digging since March 1 and have cleared 5 miles so far. Sounds like maybe the whole 11 mile stretch might be solid snow from avalanches. May not be open until April now.
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Paul Melching
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posted March 10, 2019 12:34 AM
Post ta snow Wed. Thur. here. com on spring !!!!!!
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earthwalker
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posted March 18, 2019 05:40 PM
Avalanche alley is now open.
Back up country for a week.
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Paul Melching
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posted March 19, 2019 08:09 AM
We have had days in the 60's and nights in the 40's
may get a little rain next week but I think spring is here ! Hooray !
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Cdog911
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posted March 19, 2019 09:22 AM
Actually uncovered the garden plot yesterday, tilled it to break it up then tilled in a layer of leaves and compost. Saw a dandelion. Temps are seasonal in the fifties, lows near freezing. Going to grow more tobacco this year, except I will be starting it this time indoors. Last year's tobacco is cured and stored safely away. Gathering materials to build a curing cabinet so I can cure all that I have and smoke some to see if I die.
Anyone here grown tobacco before?
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Paul Melching
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posted March 20, 2019 04:16 AM
When I was in Calif. (oh shudder to think) there was a wild tobacco that was quite common deadly poisonous ! Nicotiana Glauca ! If I remember correctly .
Edited becuz I cant spell (if)
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Leonard
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posted March 20, 2019 08:02 AM
That's pretty cool, Lance! Growing your own tobacco. I heard "Hemp" grows wild, in Kansas? Wasn't Dorothy from Kansas?
Good hunting. El Bee
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