by Deb Murphy | Apr 5, 2023 | General Misc. Stories
Eastern Sierra “rain season” Tops Out at 68.9-inches, a New Record The East Side’s rain season officially ended April 1. With any luck, the rain gods will adhere to that date and skulk away until autumn. What the season left was a new record of 68.9-inches of...
by Deb Murphy | Mar 21, 2023 | Inyo County, LADWP, Mono County, Public Service Announcement, Snow, Water
Precipitation Numbers Set a New Record—62-inches of Water Content And the winner of the water content contest is 2023 at a stupendous 62-inches, beating out the previous “wettest year,” 2016-17 by nearly a foot. To put that in perspective, we all know grown adults...
by Deb Murphy | Mar 16, 2023 | Flooding, News Releases, Rain, Snow, Storm Damage, Weather
Eastern Sierra Precipitation Is, Literally, Off the Charts Rain and snow numbers in the Eastern Sierra have now officially broken previous records with 57.8 inches of water content, 275-percent of normal to date, surpassing the previous wettest year, 2016-17. Once...
by Deb Murphy | Mar 8, 2023 | Board of Supervisors, Governor's Office, Mono County, News Releases, Public Safety, Snow, Storm Damage, Town of Mammoth Lakes, Weather
Mono County, Mammoth Lakes Declare Emergency Mono County has literally been divided in half with transportation between points north of Lee Vining and points south nearly impossible. The Town of Mammoth Lakes is running out of places to put snow. The National Weather...
by Deb Murphy | Mar 5, 2023 | Bishop Volunteer Fire Department (BVFD), City of Bishop, Inyo County, News Releases, Public Health, Public Safety
With an April 22 deadline to fill the Emergency Medical Service need in the north end of Inyo County, the governing bodies from the Bishop City Council and Rural Fire Protection District held a joint meeting Wednesday to update residents covered by both...