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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/13/2023 11:39 AM
Updated by: thepinetree on 03/13/2023 11:39 AM
Expires: 01/01/2028 12:00 AM
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Yosemite to Remain Closed Through March 16 & Possibly Longer
Yosemite, CA...Yosemite National Park will remain closed through Thursday, March 16—possibly longer. A partial reopening on March 17 is a best-case scenario. Another storm system is forecast starting today, with additional storms forecast next week, all of which could result in further impacts to the park. Conditions will be evaluated on a daily basis and the park will provide an update late next week. As park crews continue snow removal operations and flood preparation, employee safety remains the top priority.
We have received significant snowfall over the last several weeks. National Park Service and partner crews are working hard to reopen as soon as it is safe.
Some tasks park crews are focused on right now:
-Plowing roads to two full lanes wide.
-Plowing parking lots and pullouts. Many parking lots are still under up to six feet of snow.
-Evaluating snow loading on trees near roads and facilities (which could cause trees to fall in popular areas).
-Locating and digging out hundreds of fire hydrants and propane tanks.
-Damage assessments on park buildings (mostly damage to chimneys and roof vents from snow sliding off roofs).
-Removing snow from rooftops to prevent structure collapse and danger to bystanders from snow sliding off roofs.
-Various other facilities and vehicles need to be dug out, repaired, and/or resupplied.
-Contingency planning for flood impacts.
This video shows the Curry Village area on March 6 and 7, 2023.
[Video description (no audio):
1. Front-end loader expands plowed area surrounded by several feet of snow. Tops of tent cabins barely visible in background due to deep snow.
2. Grader scrapes ice off the plowed parking lot.
3. Loader dumps snow in a pile of snow.
4. View from passenger seat inside a car driving on a road plowed one lane wide with several feet of snow on both sides of the road. Half Dome visible above the road.
5. Curry Village front office with a few feet of snow on the roof and with a path through snow that is several feet deep. Glacier Point Apron in background.
6. A person walking on a plowed path with snow up to their shoulders; "The Deck" is visible in the background.
7. A wood cabin with several feet of snow on the slanted roof, surrounded by snow up to the bottom of the windows. It is snowing.
8. View from passenger seat inside a car driving on a road plowed one lane wide with several feet of snow on both sides of the road. Yosemite Falls is briefly visible in the background.
9. Close-up and distant shot of a brown road sign for the visitor center buried almost to the top in snow.]
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Posted on: 2023-03-13 19:05:23
By: Anonymous
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Oh no! Poor flatlanders!! What will we ever do without them??
Be a lot happier that’s for sure!!
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Posted on: 2023-03-14 07:29:31
By: Anonymous
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Keeps the tour buses out that are full of Asians that like to push you around if you get too close, have their finger on the I-phone, or selfie sticks, this isn’t Hong Kong, expell all Chinese students fro our taxpayer funded universities, all they do is get educated here and go back to the mother country and give XI all the tech knowledge that they stole. We are the stupidest country in the World for allowing this to go on!
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Posted on: 2023-03-14 08:45:25
By: Anonymous
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^Correct!! And you are a shining example of the result of your last sentence.^
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Posted on: 2023-03-14 08:46:06
By: Anonymous
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Wi To Loe!!
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Posted on: 2023-03-14 09:37:05
By: Anonymous
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They (Chinese and all other foreigners) have to pay a lot more for that education than we do (added fees for non-resident, non-us citizen, etc.) and they pay for it too. Unlike those in this country that get government loans for their education and then never pay back the loan and expect our government to forgive their loan.
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Posted on: 2023-03-14 18:27:00
By: Anonymous
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I take it you didn’t go to school….. ever.
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