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[pct-l] Snow Melt



Thought this might be interesting.


Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-LASSEN- 
EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES- MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON 
COUNTIES-MONO-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA- WESTERN 
NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- 1242 AM PDT SAT MAY 21 2005
... ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK WILL INCREASE 
SNOW MELT RUNOFF AND CREATE COLD AND SWIFT FLOWS ON STREAMS AND RIVERS 
THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA...

VERY WARM TEMPERATURES THROUGH NEXT WEEK WILL INCREASE SNOW MELT FROM THE 
MOUNTAIN SNOW PACK. CURRENT HIGH WATER STAGES ON MOST RIVERS AND STREAMS 
WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING IS 
POSSIBLE LATER THIS WEEKEND.

DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND 80S THIS WEEKEND WILL INCREASE 
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS. THE FLOWS IN THE RIVERS ARE 
STRONG... SWIFT AND COLD WHICH CAN CAUSE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. 
IT ONLY TAKES SIX INCHES OF FAST FLOWING WATER TO SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.

HYPOTHERMIA IS ANOTHER DANGER IN COLD WATER AND CAN SET IN QUICKLY AS THE 
BODY'S TEMPERATURE DROPS TO DANGEROUS LEVELS. WARNING SIGNS FOR HYPOTHERMIA 
INCLUDE UNCONTROLLABLE SHIVERING... MEMORY LOSS... DISORIENTATION... 
INCOHERENCE... SLURRED SPEECH... DROWSINESS AND APPARENT EXHAUSTION. 
HYPOTHERMIA CAN BE FATAL.

REMEMBER THE DANGERS AND USE CAUTION IF YOU GO IN OR NEAR THE WATER. MONITOR 
CHILDREN VERY CLOSELY AS HYPOTHERMIA WOULD AFFECT THEM MORE QUICKLY... AND 
ARE MORE EASILY SWEPT OFF THEIR FEET IN THE FAST MOVING WATER....


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