Living in 55ft of Sierra Snow: Livestock & Mental Health Challenges
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- Опубліковано 21 лис 2024
- In this video, we explore the effects of record snowfall in the Sierra and how people are adapting to living in over 55 feet of snow. We take a closer look at the unique challenges faced by those with livestock, such as donkeys, and the importance of keeping snow off roofs to prevent collapse. While the snow is good news for California's drought, some are already expressing concerns about the excess. Additionally, we delve into the mental health impacts of repeated storms and how individuals are staying positive in the face of these challenges. Don't miss this fascinating glimpse into life in a winter wonderland!
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That snow will last all summer!
Great video Jonathan! Keep it coming. I prayed for a lot of rain and/or snow this year and obviously my prayers have been answered! I have friends up in that area and all over California. It's great to see what is really going on. You have captured it with this video.
Un Sub'd due to your 55 foot 🐂💩 Claim
Nice brake for the "climate change" narrative. Thanks
I wish I could send hey up there
I was born and raised in the Netherlands, we have snow......lol...a couple of inches at a time. The country would grind to a halt with anything over a few feet. It's amazing to see what's going on there. Thank you for documenting it.
Thank you for watching and your perspective!
Lekker
The high Sierra in California always gets a lot of snow in the winter. Nine meters is not uncommon.
I live in the US state of Mississippi . Our entire state shuts down with just an inch of snow . Just the anticipation of snow closes most things . This amount would be apocalyptic to us
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I live in Truckee and do snow removal on rooftops, this season has been so next level!
You may have job security every winter with the lower activity of the sun, currently, the earth is cooling.
Rad
Should have seen it when I was a kid in 1980
Thank you for your service
Earth is entering a mini ice age.
Greetings from Michigan hang in there hopefully your property and sanity stays together thanks for uploading
Great vids. Living in paradise at 6000 feet for 40 years and no shovel, snow blower, four months of food, water, wood, generator, gas, you get that care free life style.
Some say the run off from those mountains will be legendary.
Depends on if rain is involved I think
Thanks for this great video! It was cool seeing them cutting off chunks of snow with that old (found) saw... it surely served it's pupose! The lady that said her friend in Truckee was sick of the snow: Is it still snowing there, and are they expecting MORE more of it? Prayers for the people, and for the wild animals who've been forced out of the high country into mountain neighborhoods!💜💛💜
I live in Truckee and have been in the area since 1998. We have had some big winters but this is extraordinary. One of the differences I have noticed is the colder temps and the frequency of the storms. Normally we will get a high pressure and temps in the 40s or even 50s when the snow would settle but that really hasn’t happened for more than a couple days. I am grateful for the water. It is going to be an amazing spring for waterfalls and wild flowers!
I am hearing that a lot…not having the blue bird skies as often bc it’s just been storm after storm. Hopefully it all melts at a reasonable pace so you can enjoy the green and all the flowers :)
@@JonathanPetramala We have new neighbors who bought as 2nd homeowners. Self-admitted snow newbies, they asked my husband if they could put "snowmelt" on the 10 feet of snow on their deck to help speed things up. 🤣Five of my neighbor's houses now have for sale signs. These types of winters always weed people out. After the COVID rush to move here, it isn't a bad thing. Really enjoyed the video! Going to share it with family and friends who don't live in the area, as it really captures what winter has been like this year. Thank you!
@@lizzyschenk8878 wow, i can imagine people realize it’s not all fun and games lol. I didn’t even think about how many might want to move after this year!
Appreciate you watching and sharing. Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey Jonathan, Please keep doing what you’re doing as the in-depth coverage, both visually and narratively, is so top notch. Thank You!
I appreciate it! I am planning on it! Thanks for the kind words
No drought anymore in California for now!!! That is the positive. I pray it does not melt too fast!
♡ ☆ ♡ Prayers for all in the Sierras...WE had 3' a couple weeks ago, two town trucks broke down, & then the crew couldn't get a handle on the wet heavy snow. Some didn't get plowed out for a few days, some lost power...& all that was nothing compared to this crazy scene !! Hope this means no forest fires this year !! ♡ ☆ ♡
Wonderful documentary. Brave people and animals.
Thank you for watching!
I'm so glad I just found your channel. That's incredible how much snow they have. I pray everyone is staying safe. I'm sure there are some sad stories out there this winter
Thanks for watching, hope you will sub and follow for more!
I was in Mammoth in ‘82 when it snowed for 11 days. The mountain and town were closed and we got cabin fever so there were many trips to Goats bar. 🍺
When the skies cleared we had to walk down the snow pack to enter the second story of Mid Chalet, and they ran cats under the lift lines so your skis won’t touch the snow.
I also remember Cal Trans cleared the outside lane on Main Street by running a blower truck tandem to a dump truck, because the sides of the road were piled so high they couldn’t stack it higher.
We skied until the Fourth of July, which was uncommon back then. There was no mountain biking or summer tourism, so the awesome snowpack was good for the local economy.
Sounds epic
the professor: I lived on Donner summit in 82. We had the same. 25 feet of snow on the 4th of July that year. I was so sick of snow that year, you could not of paid me to summer ski. I avoided the local bar. Most of the locals were suffering from cabin fever and too many nights at the bar. Small town drama just waiting for a victim. LOL. If you watch the clip of the couple in their home. Look at the table in the back ground. It is filled with liquor bottles. They were ready!
I was working at North Star that year. Had to ride a 20 minute ski lift to get to work.
Wow, do you think the ski season will be extended that long this year??
@@AN-jw2oe Depends on how fast the snow melts.
It’s hard to imagine that much snow. It’s unbelievable. I would have to leave to warmer climes. God bless those folks. Cheers!
I wish I could help in anyway but I’m up here in Washington. I understand how hard living in snow conditions due to lived in Illinois near Chicago and we always help neighbors and people stuck in snow too. The roofs and animals are so important to take care of. Please everyone take care and be careful too.
New subscriber, happy I found your channel. And feeling a little guilty for whining about the snow we've gotten here in Southwest Colorado. Nothing that compares to this!
I appreciate you following along! Yes they have had quite a winter in California
Thanks for the videos! I'm glad you mentioned previous floods including the great flood of 1862. Its been said the Native Americans warned them not to build there around Sacramento because it floods. There is a reason for this and its called orographic lift. As moisture laden air moves in from the pacific it goes up and over the Sierra. As the air rises it cools and allows to condense into rain/snow which falls on the windward side. The more moisture laden the air, the more rain/snow you'll get. Its also the reason why the Central Valley once had the largest lake west of the great lakes and a good portion of the valley floor was marshland. If they didn't build all the dams and levees we might be looking at another great flood. As it is many areas of the Central Valley are already flooding.
I am waiting for an Ark Flood event. We are overdue for it.
I live at Provo Utah, this last storm has put us at an all-time record fall, having said that our snow is not that deep although all skiing has been shut down
It's been a long time since the mountain has had this much snow. There have been drought conditions for so long we forgot what snow conditions really are. The lift snow level is mind blowing! I had so much fun as a kid in the snow years ago.
Kids are loving it and so are the skiers…when they can get there lol
This is dangerous for kids because they aren’t watching for air pockets.
14:17 Get your thumb out of that sheave please. That makes me real nervous when I see it. Like you’ve never worked around machinery before.
That's my dream life. My own flakturm in the Sierra's. With all my supplies and my dogs, you can bring that snow. It would just give me joy! That's beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
I watched this video five days after it was posted. At 1:43 he mentions it being the third snowiest year on record. At the Central Sierra Snow Lab it is now the second snowiest year on record.
My dad survived blizzard of 77 in upstate NY. I survived 93. This is totally relatable. California better get used to it's new seasons, sadly it's going to get worse for everyone. Be safe and weather aware.
Glad to see the Donners monument. What was great 😮😮😮
One of my older rancher friends told me about Operation Haylift... January 24, 1949: In Operation Haylift, hundreds of tons of hay and other feed were loaded into C-82 Flying Boxcars at airports in Fallon and Minden, Nevada. Once filled, the giant transport planes were flown to operational headquarters based in Ely, a small Nevada hamlet near the Utah border. Since most of the stranded livestock were in eastern Nevada, particularly White Pine, Nye, and Lincoln counties, Ely was the best staging area. Businesses in Ely were kept busy as news reporters from around the country swarmed into the town’s restaurants, bars, hotels and two brothels. (Tahoe Daily Tribune - Jan 30, 2009)
The last part about reporters swarming bars and brothels checks out
My grandparents lived in Reno all my life and I remember they use to say it’s snowing but 80 is an all weather highway so we will make it. They always got stuck somewhere when they shut the road down and this is the first year without them both so I can picture them calling like the old times to let us know they got stuck Truckee again!
Amazing .
Saw a eight millimeter film of Yellowstone park .it was in the 1950 s with snow like this .
Thank you for the video .
Stay safe .
If you ever find the snow train newsreel from 1952 that was stranded in the snow, it’s a great watch. The woman who is in the beginning of my video in the house I had to climb a ladder to visit…her father was a doctor and skiied to help the people stranded. Neat tie to history.
@@JonathanPetramala thank you
There's a long history of extreme everything including snow in the Sierras. Unfortunately, recent newcomers to the Sierras are finding out. As for me, After working in the High Sierra for many years I chose to return to urban life on the Valley Floor or urban city. I was okay with that..and still okay. Albeit urban life has it's own challenge with masses of humanity.
At least it’s not LA and that traffic…oof
amazing!!! they give 10 seconds to this topic on the nightly news. To the people who live in the snow zone, hang in there!!! Good luck to you and the animals.
It’s why I hope there is a place for more content like this and you guys keep watching. Thanks!
Wow! What I like is that you added the history, rather than contributed to the mania about climate change, you let us know that this is normal! I also had fun listening to the people you interviewed, and the lady who said, focus on one good thing about the day! Thank you!
Appreciate the kind words. Thanks for watching!
@@JonathanPetramala You are welcome.🌹
I live in upstate NY and getting 5 ft of snow is regular but it melts to A foot then 2…3…4 feet fall and so on so forth but monster winters aren’t shocking. But I will even admit this is a lot to deal with and hope most made it out this season and get prepared for tough winters ahead. Stay Strong
Nice coverage! Excellent animal footage! Dogs and Donkeys!!
Thank you for watching and letting me know!
Poor donkey they need a stable , that’s miserable conditions.
Great video! People forget that normal weather includes extremes. My grandma lived to the age of 102 and was married to a geologist - she laughed when she first heard about the modern-day "weather angst"... she knew from experience and from sediment patterns that weather and climate have repeating patterns longer than a human lifespan...
She should have learned what geologists and meteorologists also learned: the massive production/release of greenhouse effect gasses is what triggers these climate extremes. Humans are accelerating that change in the climate, though increased volcanic activity can have the same effect. The most scary issue is the melting of the ice caps AND the permafrost - all that water and buried/sequestered methane are a ticking time bomb for climate change.
@@CP-mb7ly the Colorado river dried up over 1,000 years ago before the industrial revolution. It returned. Now its going away again.
Ice Ages kill 90% of all land animals.
Ice ages happen at around 275ppm CO2. Mushrooms grow 2m in diameter, trees 100m tall, and lizard chickens grow 5-20m tall. If the CO2 content ranges between 2,000-8,800ppm.
Live in CO now for many years but started skiing at 3 years old in Mammoth. Those were the days. No lines, barely any people. The McCoy's still owned the mountain. Learned to ski from a rope tow. I remember the 82 storm also. Those were the days!
I don't know how long and where in CO you have lived but this is what we experienced here.
I lived in CO since 1969 along the front range, Loveland, Longmont, Greeley and we used to get more snow here and 2-3, 1 foot plus blizzards a year. And real big blizzards 2'+ of snow at least every 2-3 years.
I live in Greeley for almost 30 years now and we haven't had more then 4 big huge blizzards in all that time. And 3 of them where in the first 15 years here.
Everyone who has lived here for more then 20 years says that CO receives way less snow and rain then it used to. Started in the mid 1990s and got worse in the 2000s. Years of record heat in summer and record warm in winter............well, this year was surprising with the -25 below in Dec and about 2 more really cold snaps. But normally no/less snow and too warm.
I was born in Lancaster. CA myself. We left in 1969.
Those Donkeys are so cute!!! ❤🧡💛💚💙
Funny how they line up in order
Another awesome video Johnathan! You’re doing an awesome job documenting and showing the rest of us what’s going on! 🤙
I appreciate that! More to come…because it seems the storms never want to stop!
Great video that shares what’s going on up there in the land of knotty pine. Love to the all the animals. Thank you for the Donner Party story as well. Nature has plenty of adventure for us….it takes a lifetime to understand and appreciate it.
Glad you enjoyed it, hope you keep enjoying the channel!
You can't fool Mother Nature. This is restoring the water and nature
I would be so scared of my roof caving in I'M not sure I could sleep at night.
It’s hard to keep up with. A second full time job
Well said.
What is really scary is when you are sound asleep and the 10 foot thick slab of snow slides off the roof. Feels like a train drove under the cabin.
Backpacking season this summer in the sierra's should be spectacular. The scenery should be off the charts beautiful this year.
Definitely!
Awesome video and footage! We got a lot of these storms a day later here in AZ. Amazing winter here as well. Flagstaff which sits at 7,000 ft broke several records for snowfall this winter season.
It really has been a great year for Arizona…the desert is super lush
Great job interacting with residents.
Thank you, I love telling stories and they were kind enough to share some with me
I find that seeing the power lines and fuel tanks totally buried just looks so dangerous!
Something to consider for sure
Wow my parents lived in Soda Springs and Truckee for a few years in the 70s. I don’t think they ever saw snow like this.
I'm happy that I'm just looking at it.
Burros tend to be very aggressive and effective against all predator threats, exceptionally smart, great pets and companions and will never founder in abundance like horses will.
Like to know the details of that cougar attack, I take it the cat got schooled but that's a little scary.
I once saw an article about a rancher on his horse with mule in tow. He had a rifle but before he could use it on a Cougar the mule had grasped the lion's tail with his teeth and swung it around, bouncing it on the ground until the threat was low enough to stomp it to death. Horse just whinnied and watched.
Brandon and Jonathan, the dynamic extreme weather duo.
Very kind! We compliment each other well we believe
That's because they are at an elevation of 6,768 and the Donner Pass is only 7,056 feet, so they are in the thick of it. I used to ski at Sugar Bowl just east of where this video was taken at Soda Springs and that was in the early seventies. We didn't sky Soda Springs because the hill back then was too small and they had very limited tows and chairs. I also skied at Heaven Valley and Squa valley. I believe the 8th winter Olympics were held at Squaw Valley, which our whole family went to.
I was a caretaker at a small ski lodge in 82 here in Soda Springs. This man lived in the cabin between where I lived and the main road. 82 was the same year they had the massive avalanche at Alpine meadows. Most of the guest trips planned for the lodge canceled due to high snow loads. I spent most of the winter alone with my dog, just watching it snow. We had a fuel delivery in march. The propane guy spent 6 or 7 hours digging down to the top of the tank. I was stunned when he went head 1st with the hose down the hole he dug. It was at least 25 down. Very tough young man. He said we were nearly out on a 800 gallon tank. If we had run out we would have lost all the plumbing. It was a 3 story lodge that could house 90 people, dorm style. When I moved out that year on the 4th of July. We still had 25 feet of snow.
Sounds like you were in the Shining
@@JonathanPetramala No ghosts or murdering. Just me the dog and bottomless snow. LOL. I think any spirits there were driven away by my insanely loud 70's and 80's rock outs.
@@johnkilty1419 haha had to ask
Wow! Way to go propane guy! Now that's one tough and brave man! ❤👍👏👏👏
Fantastic journalism. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
You guys need those big snow-sled style roof shovels they use in the snowiest parts of Japan. I've also seen ropes put over the roof to saw down through the snow and pull it off. It's tough to keep up when the snow won't stop, but you can't wait until it gets ten feet deep on your roof before trying to shovel it off. Steeply-pitched, metal roofs are best, too. The snow slides off easier and the roof shape is structurally strong.
If you cant move the snow, you cant move the snow....you need somewhere to put it.
When I was a kid in the early 60's, we went camping in Yosemite Valley. It started snowing and after a day or so my dad decided we had better get out while we still could. As we left the area the snow was probably 10-15 feet over the roadway.
Retired and so thankful we live in SoCAL and don't have to shovel. Lived in MI 22 years so we know how to shovel snow.
Great video. Thank you. My friends in Minnesota are whining about the 8' of snow they received this winter:)
I will never be the same judging snow
Outstanding production! Glad these regions are getting a good accumulation for the reservoirs in need.
Thank you very much!
@@JonathanPetramala absolutely welcome! Have a great weekend!
@@donaldpate1863 you too!
I'm from the northern Midwest and we try to get the snow off of our roofs before it piles up beyond two feet-ish. I get that the Sierras are now blocked off to access from professional snow removers, but there are tricks that can be used in the interim. We previously lived in a 3.25-storey house that included a pitched attic roof. We'd get (throw or feed from an attic window) a very thick rope over the roof and guide it along the rooftop from the ground to break up the snow. We would physically go up on the one-storey garage to shovel it. Staying on top of accumulation, even in constant snow, helps avoid on roof/gutter damage, leaks, ice dams, and collapses.
Great story about the people that are living there.
Xcellent tube! Appreciate your time, efforts and production value, not to mention the risks to document, well done Jonathon, Thank You!!
Thank you for taking the time to let me know! Glad you enjoyed it and hope you’ll stay tuned for more :)
Amazing & Shocking My Goodness!
I know, right?
I grew up in Truckee and remember well the winter if 1982. I moved out after and I’ll never live in that craziness again. Thanks
That was a crazy winter
Wow, thanks! Live at 9,000 ft Colorado and yes still snowing but not like that.
Sierra is a little different than our Rockies lol
@@JonathanPetramala never been there.
What a great bunch of women. Love their can do mindset.
A lot of American women are like that.👍
Nice, informative,and entertaining. Thank everyone for sharing too.
Glad you enjoyed it!
That's absolutely mind boggling .
Just subscribed, keep this kind of content coming!
I appreciate it! You will see all types of storytelling surrounding the weather and the impacts
Thank you so much for the hard working ~❤
That’s incredible. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
I caretaked at the Alpineer Club below the gondola to Sugar Bowl in 1982. It took me a week to dig out the entrance.
I've been stranded on I-80 near Donner Pass for hours during an early snowfall one year. Was also my first time to use snow chains once the freeway was reopened....so many memories in that one trip.
Memories or nightmares lol
Good job guys!
Circa 1982, we skied Purgatory for 9 days straight. It snowed over a foot every night.
I was in Estes Park when it snowed 4-5 ft in late April in one day so 55ft for a season is pretty deep. I remember the 49's and 50's having a lot more snow.
I think it's beautiful. You guys may have a big mud month.
What the hell is a big mud mouth
We need a Lulu the Donkey channel!!! :) Best of luck to everyone dealing with this winter.
She is the boss lady
Fantastic reporting ! Well done!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Crazy I thought Vermont was bad that’s crazy snow!
Dude I hat to say it but I believe the worst is yet to come. Wht is expected when all of this starts to melt and God forbid it gets real hot warm and melts quickly. I am praying for yall
It’s definitely a concern
This will be a great relief from the drought ,thankfully,..but we must remember that all weather events are repeatable in the future..
Great point…something definitely needed to keep in mind in places especially like the Gulf Coast
I HATE snow and winter, but that girl/woman with the donkeys could easily get me to move over from europe...i would even live in a snowcabin if she wanted me to! OMG she was extremely adorable ❤
ohhh btw; great video...thx for posting 👍
2017 was a high snow year and the fires were terrible that summer. Praying for the opposite this year.
I'm in Anchorage, and we had a couple of storms this year. Maybe 2 or 3 feet, then a foot, then nothing, then another foot and a half...but god. We just got 4 inches two days ago in April. My first full year in 2012, we had like a foot in May, that turned out to be the biggest yearly snowfall ever, 2011-2012. But that. Holy crap.
I live on the Nevada side of the Sierra Nevada mountains, I haven’t sent that much snow on the mountains since I was a kid.
It’s been crazy to see on the Nevada side too
Excellent reporting!
I appreciate it! Hope you keep watching :)
My family and I moved up to Truckee California in 1978 from Long Beach.
I was 8.
For the next 4 years, I saw more snow than I ever want to see ever again in my life.
Between 1978 and 1982, Tahoe Donner, the mountain that we lived on got anywhere from 25 to 30 feet of snow. The top of Boreal - Soda Springs/Donner Pass got 40 feet.
We needed at least 15 cords of wood to burn through a winter, and about 6 of those cords being a hard wood for burning over night.
There were times when the power would go out for days on end. One of those times over
Christmas of 1980, we lost power and we're stuck in the house for 10 days.
(Can you imagine not being to own a rifle to hunt with in this situation, huh Joe Biden?
Families would starve and get eaten by wildlife).
We cooked our food on our wood stove and huddled around it playing board games and stuff to pass the time when we weren't shoveling snow. It gets so deep at some point where you can't throw the shovel full over the berm so you end up making a snow path to the hose or cabin. Of course the houses are set back in the trees, so you got twice as much shoveling to do.
At one point, I remember getting to where the road supposed to be, just to turn around to a fresh 3... 4 feet of snow that fell while I was working.
If you don't know how to survive in the mountains, don't move there. It's a whole nother world.
Wow, what a childhood memory! It for sure is a different world up there!
No one wants to take away your hunting rifle, Sir.
@@1ACL I beg to differ. That Illuminati Trojan Horse will usher in WWIII. Mark my words.
All these shootings are done by MK Ultra/CIA sleeper cells for the purposes of disarming America and implementing this country into the NWO.
From burning down our food processing plants, to not enough water for crops, ship cargo units not being able to drop their cargo, to train derailments, to killing millions of chickens and China's swine flu disease, Pharmaceutical drugs in fish from our rivers and lakes, high mercury content in tuna, and other ocean fish, brain worms in hogs, bear and moose, it's all coming to an end.
Damn right I'll be armed. 🚫🐍
No one has said a thing about abolishing hunting guns, ever. I was in a 2 week power outage when I lived above Paradise... used wood, had gas, had food and water saved, and read books.
I just went up into the Wasatch and the snow was about 3x my height (I’m 6’1). Alta, UT has recorded over 750” this season and counting as I type this. Base is over 200”.
Thank you for the video .
Thank you for watching!
Incredible!
How cute are the donkeys?! I think a donkey is my spirit animal
Epic. I love the Sierra. Donkeys 😍
I CAN NOT IMAGINE!
Your on the map now 🗺 buddy
Keep up the great work
Thank you, nice to see people enjoying the content.
Great video🏆
Thank you! 😃
@@JonathanPetramala Thanks for showing us some of what's happening.
I'm sure this will put a dent in the wildlife there. Prayers! When this stuff starts melting it's going to be a big mess.
Where I live, we get anywhere from 6' to 8' of snow over the winter, but this is a holy f### situation!!!
It can be overwhelming
Up in the Wasatch we are at over 700” on march 24th 2023. It’s nuts our base is at over 175”. It’s nuts we are on track for the most snow ever.
The A-frame house looks like a scene from a fairytale. That IS crazy snow!
Stay tuned bc I found a neighborhood even more buried!
My grandparents have a cabin up on Bloods Ridge in Bear Valley(where some of this video is at). One year there was 20 feet of snow and the cabin door was totally covered with snow. We had to walk off the deck to get out 😂. I can’t even imagine what the cabin looks like right now. My family visited early this winter but haven’t gone up again since the major storms hit. Also makes me wonder what the conditions are out past where the I80 isn’t plowed anymore.
Well done!
So glad I moved out of there. Poor people. Great story
Thank you for watching! Hope you’ll come back for more
No complains from many out here in the foothills.
Here in Charleston South Carolina, United States of America, it is actually a very nice day, I am hoping that you folks will be able to get some ways out of there, get some grub. 😊
Hello, that is very beautiful up there you guys are having all that snow. If we had anything like that down here in Charleston South Carolina, oh my gosh you think you guys are paralyzed we would be more than paralyzed down here. If we get an ice storm were paralyzed. We have nothing down here to remove ice sleet snow none of that stuff.