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🦅 🪿RKeller Photography🏳️‍🌈<p>Light tunneling and squiggles.</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/PhotoHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhotoHour</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/abstract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abstract</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/AbstractPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbstractPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/night" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>night</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/nightphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nightphotography</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/street" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>street</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/interstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interstate</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/I80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>I80</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/icm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>LIVE: Storm chaser captures jaw-dropping footage of wedge tornado crossing I-80 in Nebraska</p><p>Tornadoes and damaging thunderstorms blasting across the central United States, and will continue to threaten lives and property in more than a dozen states through the weekend.</p><p>Updated Apr. 26, 2024 5:55 PM EDT</p><p><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/live-news/live-storm-chaser-captures-jaw-dropping-footage-of-wedge-tornado-crossing-i-80-in-nebraska/1644457" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">accuweather.com/en/severe-weat</span><span class="invisible">her/live-news/live-storm-chaser-captures-jaw-dropping-footage-of-wedge-tornado-crossing-i-80-in-nebraska/1644457</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tornadoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tornadoes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nebraska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nebraska</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/I80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>I80</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Jonathan Petramala (at 7:46pm)</p><p>"UPDATE: Hundreds of cars stranded on I-80 near the Donner Summit…blizzard winds and heaviest snow of the storm starting. It’s a race to see if they can clear the interstate before cars get too buried."</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/DonnerSummit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonnerSummit</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/I80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>I80</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/blizzard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blizzard</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/CAwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAwx</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Blockbuster <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CaliforniaStorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaliforniaStorm</span></a> to deliver crushing blow of 10 feet of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/blizzard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blizzard</span></a> conditions</p><p>By Mary Gilbert and Elliana Hebert, CNN<br>February 29, 2024</p><p>"An extremely-dangerous winter storm has arrived in California and will unload feet of snow, powerful winds and rare blizzard conditions in the mountains through the weekend.</p><p>"The storm will bury California under its biggest snowfall of the year, posing a significant danger to travelers – but provide a huge boost for the state’s water supply and tourism.</p><p>"'There are only so many ways that we can say it will be treacherous to be traveling on the roads or even exiting your home during this [storm],' the National Weather Service [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NWS</span></a>] office in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenoNevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenoNevada</span></a>, warned Wednesday. '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Whiteout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whiteout</span></a> conditions are very disorienting, so this is not the time to gamble with you or your family’s lives.'</p><p>"Snow began to fall in the Pacific Northwest late Wednesday and spread into California’s Northern Coast Range, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KlamathMountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KlamathMountains</span></a> and the Sierra Nevada early Thursday. As snow continues to spread across California, so will strong winds and blizzard conditions.</p><p>"Snowfall rates are expected to reach extreme levels of 3 to 5 inches an hour from Friday through Saturday – especially along the Sierra Nevada.</p><p>"The prolonged extreme snowfall means 6 to 10 feet of snow could bury parts of the Sierra in just a matter of two to three days.</p><p>"The most extreme conditions will unfold at the highest elevations, with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindGusts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindGusts</span></a> in excess of 100 mph expected on the highest peaks of the Sierra in addition to feet of snow. Winds are expected to blow so hard that it may be difficult to measure snow accurately with the potential for huge snow drifts.</p><p>"Heavy snow and roaring winds are expected to combine to produce rare and long-lasting blizzard conditions for much of the Sierra and parts of the northern ranges. Visibility could plummet to near-zero, meaning it’s impossible to see farther than a few feet – or at all – in the most intense blizzards.</p><p>"Given these conditions, there is a 'high chance of substantial, long-lasting disruptions to daily life in the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada Friday through Saturday,' the Weather Prediction Center warned.</p><p>"Unlike other storms this winter, snow will fall well below pass levels for all impacted ranges. Close to a foot of snow is expected through the weekend for areas as low as 5,000 feet. Several inches are also possible for even lower elevations, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenoNevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenoNevada</span></a>. Wind gusts of up to 60 mph will be blowing through the lower elevations alongside snow.</p><p>"The intense conditions at lower elevations increase the risk of danger on the road.</p><p>"Travel will be 'extremely dangerous to impossible' across the Sierra through the weekend, the weather service warned. Parts of major roadways like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/I80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>I80</span></a> could be shut down for long stretches. "</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/29/weather/california-storm-snow-blizzard-climate?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2024/02/29/weather/cal</span><span class="invisible">ifornia-storm-snow-blizzard-climate?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WinterStorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WinterStorm</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthwestUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthwestUS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>View of Donner Pass Rd. exit. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Tahoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tahoe</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/I80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>I80</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/CAwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAwx</span></a></p>
Frank Inserra 🙌<p>Driving West from DC to Denver last September, with Pretzel (depicted) and Pam on I-80 in Nebraska. <a href="https://mastaudon.org/tags/Dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dogs</span></a> <a href="https://mastaudon.org/tags/i80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>i80</span></a> <a href="https://mastaudon.org/tags/Nebraska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nebraska</span></a> <a href="https://mastaudon.org/tags/GoldenRetriever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenRetriever</span></a></p>
KE0FFT<p>For updates on continuing <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a> / emergency response / road closure situations happening in <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> - I suggest following MsMerope <a href="https://sfba.social/@MsMerope" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sfba.social/@MsMerope</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> &amp; karen <a href="https://mstdn.social/@geekaren" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mstdn.social/@geekaren</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> - if you find good sources of info - please add in the comments. My daughter &amp; many friends live in Cali, so a good list is good prep for me. Thanks! <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/wx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wx</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/SacWx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacWx</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/CAwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAwx</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/NVwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NVwx</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/CA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/NV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/I80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>I80</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Colfax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colfax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/SouthLakeTahoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthLakeTahoe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/rain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/CalTrans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CalTrans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/LArain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LArain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/ScannerTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScannerTraffic</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Somebody crashed and trapped in their vehicle, but they haven't yet been able to reach the vehicle, which is now covered with snow <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/DonnerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonnerPass</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/I80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>I80</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Blizzard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blizzard</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>You can *BARELY* make out the cars stuck at I80/Castle Peak in the Caltrans CCTV. There are a lot of them <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Blizzard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blizzard</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/DonnerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonnerPass</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/CAwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAwx</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Tahoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tahoe</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/I80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>I80</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Storm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Storm</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>New Year Blizzard disaster brewing at <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/DonnerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonnerPass</span></a> - entire Greyhound bus stuck, 2 year old and family stuck in the snowstorm, vehicle stuck on railroad tracks... you name it. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/CAwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAwx</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Tahoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tahoe</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/I80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>I80</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Blizzard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blizzard</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snow</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Add "Stranded on the I-80 in a Blizzard" to what you do not want to be doing on New Year's <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/blizzard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blizzard</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/I80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>I80</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/DonnerParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonnerParty</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/DonnerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonnerPass</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Fine, I'll add a bot for Caltrans District 3. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/DonnerSummit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonnerSummit</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/I80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>I80</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/closure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>closure</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Hwy50" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hwy50</span></a></p>
Michael Rawdon<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://sfba.social/@seb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>seb</span></a></span> I didn’t know it ended in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a>, I thought it continued into <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NewYorkCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkCity</span></a>! <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/I80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>I80</span></a></p>
junwin<p>winter fields<br>fields in iowa close to the mississippi taken from the road I80 during winter<br> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/canon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canon</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/eosr5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eosr5</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/fog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fog</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rural</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/field" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>field</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/grass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grass</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/genre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genre</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscape</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/I80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>I80</span></a></p>