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   March 12, 2023 - San Bernadino Snowfall   
      
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      A series of storms struck California between mid-February and early   
      March, 2023, leaving parts of the state, including the San Bernadino   
      Mountains, buried under feet of snow. San Bernadino County issued its   
      first-ever Blizzard Warning on February 23. By March 6, media reported   
      100-150 inches (8-12 feet) of fresh snow in parts of the San Bernadino   
      Mountains, with additional snow falling since that date. Big Bear City   
      reported a record one-week total of 80 inches (6.6 feet) of new snow.   
      
      The immense snowfall left many mountain communities stranded. County   
      government worked to clear winding, narrow mountain roads that afford   
      little opportunity to place snow elsewhere and local residents dug   
      themselves and their neighbors out by hand or with private plows, as   
      best as they could, with some still digging through record-breaking   
      snowfall.   
      
      San Bernadino County is one of 13 in the state under declarations of   
      emergency, which allow extra funding and permits extra assistance to   
      try to assist the snow-bound towns. While the County is offering to   
      provide medicines, food, firewood, and water to residents all for free,   
      it can still be challenging to reach distribution points – or for   
      county vehicles to reach some towns. Local resources have also been   
      stressed by the storm. For example, the roof of the local grocery store   
      in Crestline caved in under the weight of the snow.   
      
      On March 10, the County reported that 100 percent of county-maintained   
      roads had been serviced and were “passable”, with the definition that   
      “passable” means less than 8 inches of snow remaining on the roads.   
      Many mountain roads are not maintained by the county, and residents who   
      are unprepared for extreme snows may not be able to drive on roads with   
      8 inches of snow.   
      
      Storms are expected to continue to strike San Bernadino County in the   
      next few days, but the forecast is primarily for rain. Rainfall on snow   
      can cause rapid melting, and increases the risk of mudslides and   
      flooding.   
      
      The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s   
      Terra satellite acquired a false-color image of snow atop Southern   
      California’s San Bernadino Mountains on March 9. In this type of image,   
      snow looks bright blue, vegetation appears green, open land is tan, and   
      deep water, such as the Pacific Ocean (west) and the Salton Sea (inland   
      in the south) looks deep inky blue. The brick red area just south of   
      center is the burn scar left by at least one of the fires that raged   
      over Southern California in the last several years.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 3/9/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (252.7 KB),  500m (565.2 KB),  250m (1.2 MB)   
      Bands Used: 7,2,1   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-03-12   
       
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