by Sandy | Jan 2, 2013 | Truckee River California, Truckee River Nevada
The word is cold. We just haven’t managed to get out of this cold snap. I really don’t think we’ve made it out of the 20’s for nearly two weeks here in the Hirsch. -10 here at my house this morning. Usually it would be warmer down on...
by Sandy | Dec 30, 2012 | Truckee River California, Truckee River Nevada
Winter has reared it’s ugly head. Thank God we haven’t been skunked. Some photos from the last few days on the Truckee River.
by Sandy | Dec 27, 2012 | Truckee River California, Truckee River Nevada
Man, we got a shit ton of snow this last week here in Truckee. 3-4 feet in the Hirsch. We sit at 5,550 feet on the East side of Truckee, so that is a lot of snow for us. On top they got over 6-7 feet. That’s really great news for next years water situation. If...
by Sandy | Dec 14, 2012 | Truckee River California, Truckee River Nevada
Winter is upon us. Snow is the forecast for the next few weeks and it is cold out. Hirschdale shouldn’t venture far out of the 30’s for daytime highs at least for the next month, or so. At night we will be well below zero at times. Whatever, fish still...
by Sandy | Dec 5, 2012 | Truckee River California, Truckee River Nevada
Situation averted. Flood stage never happened. The monsoons came and went. If we’d had more snow up top and it had rained like it did, things would be different. I know a lot of water pushed up through town, but for Hirschdale and below, 2000 cfs is nothing. That...
by Sandy | Nov 28, 2012 | Truckee River California, Truckee River Nevada
It’s going to get wet. We have some strong Pacific storms that are hitting Nor Cal starting today into the weekend. Snow levels will be high which means rain for anything under around 7500-8500 feet. With all this rain the Truckee River should be pumping by this...
