April 15, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Daily News "Not a choice between the two"
William L. Robinson:
"However, you seem to have missed the real point of the resolution. It is a proposal to let the people of Colorado decide, not the environmental lobby at the capital. That would be government by the people, a notion which I think we all cherish. And if the resolution passed, and if the voters approved it, then the answer to the question of whether it would divert funds from existing lottery proceeds or add to them would be answered — by the free market choice of those who purchase tickets. That is another principle we cherish; a free market economy.
So why would the commissioners write the legislators urging them to kill this referendum? Is it perchance because they fear the people might decide that meeting the crushing needs of our returning veterans is worth some minimal risk to well funded environmental interests?
As an aside, let me add that at the first hearing on the resolution last week, it was sad to see the acrimony between the environmental and education lobby on one side and the veterans, who use, enjoy and value those institutions, but desperately seek some way to help their fellow returning veterans...."
(Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"However, you seem to have missed the real point of the resolution. It is a proposal to let the people of Colorado decide, not the environmental lobby at the capital. That would be government by the people, a notion which I think we all cherish. And if the resolution passed, and if the voters approved it, then the answer to the question of whether it would divert funds from existing lottery proceeds or add to them would be answered — by the free market choice of those who purchase tickets. That is another principle we cherish; a free market economy.
So why would the commissioners write the legislators urging them to kill this referendum? Is it perchance because they fear the people might decide that meeting the crushing needs of our returning veterans is worth some minimal risk to well funded environmental interests?
As an aside, let me add that at the first hearing on the resolution last week, it was sad to see the acrimony between the environmental and education lobby on one side and the veterans, who use, enjoy and value those institutions, but desperately seek some way to help their fellow returning veterans...."
(Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
SandBoxBlogs: Durango Herald "Taliban attack Pakistan prison, free 380 prisoners"
How can this be?
Our thoughts are with and our hearts go out to 380 American military families who have each lost a soldier to the Taliban. For every single one of these prisoners of war that have escaped in Pakistan, an American lost their life.
How can this be? And again, Pakistani government.
Thank you so much for your service and generosity in letting that soldier go.
ISHTIAQ MAHSUD:
"They were carrying modern and heavy weapons," said Zahid Khan. "They fired rockets."
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
Our thoughts are with and our hearts go out to 380 American military families who have each lost a soldier to the Taliban. For every single one of these prisoners of war that have escaped in Pakistan, an American lost their life.
How can this be? And again, Pakistani government.
Thank you so much for your service and generosity in letting that soldier go.
ISHTIAQ MAHSUD:
"They were carrying modern and heavy weapons," said Zahid Khan. "They fired rockets."
Once inside the building, the attackers headed straight to the area of the prison where death-row prisoners were being kept, he said. They fought with guards for around two hours, setting part of the prison on fire before freeing the 380 inmates, including at least 20 "very dangerous Taliban militants," said Shafique...."
(Read more? Click title)
SandBoxBlogs: Pueblo Chieftain "Man arrested with 3 1/2 kilos of coke "
(See related to post comment story here)
Gosh...wonder which source access he uses. A Mexican drug cartel or Hezbollah? Or (shudders...gasps...dare she say it?) Americans?
"A man was arrested Friday in possession of 3 1/2 kilograms of cocaine, police said.
Louis P. Figueroa, 32, was arrested after trying to hide from police on a roof in the 2200 block of East Evans Avenue.
The cocaine Figueroa reportedly had is worth more than $663,000, an affidavit by narcotic Detective Mark Bravo said.
Police on Friday had been surveilling Figueroa's home, located in the 2100 block of Wyoming Avenue, when they saw him leave with a brown duffle bag.
The affidavit said narcotic detectives were walking up to talk to him when he fled in a car, nearly hitting Detective John Guerrero, who responded by firing a shot at the car.
Patrol officers soon located Figueroa on Evans Avenue hiding on a roof.
Two houses down, police located the brown bag, which contained the bricks of coke.
The affidavit said police found $9,000 in cash in Figueroa's car and a 20-ton hydraulic press in his basement that is believed to be used in packaging kilos of cocaine.
Figueroa was being held in Pueblo County jail without bail pending a court appearance."
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
Gosh...wonder which source access he uses. A Mexican drug cartel or Hezbollah? Or (shudders...gasps...dare she say it?) Americans?
"A man was arrested Friday in possession of 3 1/2 kilograms of cocaine, police said.
Louis P. Figueroa, 32, was arrested after trying to hide from police on a roof in the 2200 block of East Evans Avenue.
The cocaine Figueroa reportedly had is worth more than $663,000, an affidavit by narcotic Detective Mark Bravo said.
Police on Friday had been surveilling Figueroa's home, located in the 2100 block of Wyoming Avenue, when they saw him leave with a brown duffle bag.
The affidavit said narcotic detectives were walking up to talk to him when he fled in a car, nearly hitting Detective John Guerrero, who responded by firing a shot at the car.
Patrol officers soon located Figueroa on Evans Avenue hiding on a roof.
Two houses down, police located the brown bag, which contained the bricks of coke.
The affidavit said police found $9,000 in cash in Figueroa's car and a 20-ton hydraulic press in his basement that is believed to be used in packaging kilos of cocaine.
Figueroa was being held in Pueblo County jail without bail pending a court appearance."
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
SandBoxBlogs: Summit Daily News "Tamara Drangstveit and Rob Murphy: Why support our local working families?"
It looks like the big dust-up over in Summit County regarding living wage, affordable housing (and all related issues) and struggling working families has finally come to a peak.
So, let's gather up a few links out of the past few weeks of dozens of links available, and toss some of it up.
First, let's deal with reality for the little guy:
Tamara Drangstveit and Rob Murphy:
"...The Colorado Self-Sufficiency Standard is a tool for understanding the economic challenges of low- and moderate-income families. This county-by-county measure describes a “self-sufficiency wage,” or amount that a family must earn to avoid relying on public or private assistance, for a variety of family types. In Summit County, for example, a single parent with an infant must earn $23.24 per hour full-time, or a little over $49,000 per year. A couple with an infant and preschooler must earn $18.21 per hour per adult, or $76,939 annually. The standard only looks at the basic needs of families; housing, food, child care, health care and transportation.
The standard indicates a large gap between “poverty” and “self-sufficiency” in Summit County. The 2012 Federal Poverty Level for the first family is $18,920, and for the second family $28,820. While there are families in Summit who earn at or below federal poverty level, there are far more who earn above it, but still fail to meet the Self-Sufficiency Standard.
So how do these standards compare to the realities of the local workforce? In 2010, nearly 50 percent of jobs in Summit were in the accommodation/food service industry, with an average annual wage of $23,348. This level of income does lend itself to self-sufficiency.
Housing and child care costs are typically the largest pieces of a family's budget. The challenge of affording housing and child care costs is faced not only by lower-earning families, but middle-income parents as well. This includes long-time locals who alternate between different types of seasonal work, those who work multiple part-time jobs to try and make ends meet, and those who work year-round, full-time and still struggle to keep up.
Child care is near the top the of expense list. The Self-Sufficiency Standard's estimated monthly child care cost for the single parent with an infant is $838, and for couple with an infant and preschooler, $2,034 (note the child care expense for the second family far exceeds even a typical rent payment for a 2-bedroom apartment). When combined with a budget where at least 30 percent, and sometimes more than 50 percent is allocated for rent, there's not much left at the end of the month for other basic needs like food, transportation, and health care." (Read more? Click title)
Now, let's hear only exactly what he said from the guy who lit the fuse that set off the big dust-up, Frank Kent of Breckenridge:
"First, a warm welcome to the new Breckenridge Town Council members. Second, lets get to work! Here is some advice for the entire council:
1) Now is the right time to establish new and better priorities for our town. Focus on restoring basic services. Cut out the social welfare programs. (Granted..he might should have put quotation marks around the buzz kill words of 'social welfare')
2) Stop the imaginative and illogical rationalizations that attempt to justify wasteful spending on child care and affordable housing; Mayor Warner being the worst offender. Describing local government waste as “just another town amenity” is dumb. No one I know thinks spending on things that serve the entire community like fire/police protection, public works, open space, rec center or the golf course is the same as making transfer payments to a select few. There is no comparison. I suggest you start here: Cut out all funding for spending that benefits less than 15 percent of Breckenridge residents. Then, improve funding for basic services that serve the entire town and its visitors.
3) Start making decisions based on real and current data. There are tons of existing deed-restricted houses for sale. Building more hurts our community. Likewise, local daycare centers are at less than 70 percent capacity with 66 percent of children enrolled not even living in Breckenridge. Common sense dictates spending in these areas should be zero in the current environment. Just keep an eye on the facts and adjust in the future if things change.
Many of us are counting on the new council to set a new direction. With corrected priorities we can all be optimistic about maintaining our town's character while achieving sensible economic development."
(Read the original letter? Click the link to Frank's name)
Now, let's toss up a few 'interpretations' of what Frank said. Click the links to read:
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20120408/LETTER/120409849/1025&parentprofile=1058
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20120411/LETTER/120419997/1025&parentprofile=1058
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20120414/LETTER/120419923/1025&parentprofile=1058
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20120414/LETTER/120419926/1025&parentprofile=1058
To read the shameless exploiting by the Summit Daily with subsequent articles, etc. after Frank's letter came out; just surf what is usually a pretty balanced newspaper that is usually respectable in its presentations. Just click here to get to the current day front page.
Here's what 'SandBox Nanny' hears Frank 'just sayin':
1. He's obviously been around the area for awhile and understands that the real problem with "affordable housing" and "employee housing" is a developer taking advantage problem ultimately. Not the folks in the houses themselves. Notice his reference to the major gut of open deed restricted housing in Breckenridge. (whisper...whisper...sounds like Pitkin, Garfield and Eagle counties, doesn't it?...whisper...whisper...)
2. He's paying for that child care and wants the rules enforced. The rules are you have to live in Breckenridge. He's not saying chuck the kiddos and parents out in the cold, bitter winter with no place to go. Just make the ones that do not live in Breck stay in their own towns with that supplied child care. (whisper....whisper....sort of sounds like our illegal foreign nationals and unsecured borders problem, doesn't it...whisper...whisper...and again... like Pitkin, Garfield and Eagle counties...whisper...whisper...)
3. On child care, he's also saying that he understands the issue. Adjust in the future when there are changes. Adapt, be flexible and go for win-win. (whisper...whisper...gosh...maybe he's hinting at government and the parents using child care sit down and really look for solutions...whisper...whisper....)
Now, go back up and re-read Tamara and Rob's reality check for the folks. How does anyone know that Frank Kent isn't one of those falling in self-sufficiency brackets? If he isn't, betcha he knows what the reality of those brackets are. It shows in his informed content of his letter.
Where does the real fix on all things 'deed-restricted' lie?
Could it possibly be in the cleaning up of the soft corruption in the development, building and planning and cronyism within local governments? Just imagine a world where no one was milking easy access in order to get a big personal pay day on a build at the same time they eventually hold the nest egg of getting that deed restricted housing 'back' when it starts to fall apart or renters/owners have personal issues while keeping up with the ridiculous rules that treat them as....well...basically chattel.
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
So, let's gather up a few links out of the past few weeks of dozens of links available, and toss some of it up.
First, let's deal with reality for the little guy:
Tamara Drangstveit and Rob Murphy:
"...The Colorado Self-Sufficiency Standard is a tool for understanding the economic challenges of low- and moderate-income families. This county-by-county measure describes a “self-sufficiency wage,” or amount that a family must earn to avoid relying on public or private assistance, for a variety of family types. In Summit County, for example, a single parent with an infant must earn $23.24 per hour full-time, or a little over $49,000 per year. A couple with an infant and preschooler must earn $18.21 per hour per adult, or $76,939 annually. The standard only looks at the basic needs of families; housing, food, child care, health care and transportation.
The standard indicates a large gap between “poverty” and “self-sufficiency” in Summit County. The 2012 Federal Poverty Level for the first family is $18,920, and for the second family $28,820. While there are families in Summit who earn at or below federal poverty level, there are far more who earn above it, but still fail to meet the Self-Sufficiency Standard.
So how do these standards compare to the realities of the local workforce? In 2010, nearly 50 percent of jobs in Summit were in the accommodation/food service industry, with an average annual wage of $23,348. This level of income does lend itself to self-sufficiency.
Housing and child care costs are typically the largest pieces of a family's budget. The challenge of affording housing and child care costs is faced not only by lower-earning families, but middle-income parents as well. This includes long-time locals who alternate between different types of seasonal work, those who work multiple part-time jobs to try and make ends meet, and those who work year-round, full-time and still struggle to keep up.
Child care is near the top the of expense list. The Self-Sufficiency Standard's estimated monthly child care cost for the single parent with an infant is $838, and for couple with an infant and preschooler, $2,034 (note the child care expense for the second family far exceeds even a typical rent payment for a 2-bedroom apartment). When combined with a budget where at least 30 percent, and sometimes more than 50 percent is allocated for rent, there's not much left at the end of the month for other basic needs like food, transportation, and health care." (Read more? Click title)
Now, let's hear only exactly what he said from the guy who lit the fuse that set off the big dust-up, Frank Kent of Breckenridge:
"First, a warm welcome to the new Breckenridge Town Council members. Second, lets get to work! Here is some advice for the entire council:
1) Now is the right time to establish new and better priorities for our town. Focus on restoring basic services. Cut out the social welfare programs. (Granted..he might should have put quotation marks around the buzz kill words of 'social welfare')
2) Stop the imaginative and illogical rationalizations that attempt to justify wasteful spending on child care and affordable housing; Mayor Warner being the worst offender. Describing local government waste as “just another town amenity” is dumb. No one I know thinks spending on things that serve the entire community like fire/police protection, public works, open space, rec center or the golf course is the same as making transfer payments to a select few. There is no comparison. I suggest you start here: Cut out all funding for spending that benefits less than 15 percent of Breckenridge residents. Then, improve funding for basic services that serve the entire town and its visitors.
3) Start making decisions based on real and current data. There are tons of existing deed-restricted houses for sale. Building more hurts our community. Likewise, local daycare centers are at less than 70 percent capacity with 66 percent of children enrolled not even living in Breckenridge. Common sense dictates spending in these areas should be zero in the current environment. Just keep an eye on the facts and adjust in the future if things change.
Many of us are counting on the new council to set a new direction. With corrected priorities we can all be optimistic about maintaining our town's character while achieving sensible economic development."
(Read the original letter? Click the link to Frank's name)
Now, let's toss up a few 'interpretations' of what Frank said. Click the links to read:
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20120408/LETTER/120409849/1025&parentprofile=1058
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20120411/LETTER/120419997/1025&parentprofile=1058
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20120414/LETTER/120419923/1025&parentprofile=1058
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20120414/LETTER/120419926/1025&parentprofile=1058
To read the shameless exploiting by the Summit Daily with subsequent articles, etc. after Frank's letter came out; just surf what is usually a pretty balanced newspaper that is usually respectable in its presentations. Just click here to get to the current day front page.
Here's what 'SandBox Nanny' hears Frank 'just sayin':
1. He's obviously been around the area for awhile and understands that the real problem with "affordable housing" and "employee housing" is a developer taking advantage problem ultimately. Not the folks in the houses themselves. Notice his reference to the major gut of open deed restricted housing in Breckenridge. (whisper...whisper...sounds like Pitkin, Garfield and Eagle counties, doesn't it?...whisper...whisper...)
2. He's paying for that child care and wants the rules enforced. The rules are you have to live in Breckenridge. He's not saying chuck the kiddos and parents out in the cold, bitter winter with no place to go. Just make the ones that do not live in Breck stay in their own towns with that supplied child care. (whisper....whisper....sort of sounds like our illegal foreign nationals and unsecured borders problem, doesn't it...whisper...whisper...and again... like Pitkin, Garfield and Eagle counties...whisper...whisper...)
3. On child care, he's also saying that he understands the issue. Adjust in the future when there are changes. Adapt, be flexible and go for win-win. (whisper...whisper...gosh...maybe he's hinting at government and the parents using child care sit down and really look for solutions...whisper...whisper....)
Now, go back up and re-read Tamara and Rob's reality check for the folks. How does anyone know that Frank Kent isn't one of those falling in self-sufficiency brackets? If he isn't, betcha he knows what the reality of those brackets are. It shows in his informed content of his letter.
Where does the real fix on all things 'deed-restricted' lie?
Could it possibly be in the cleaning up of the soft corruption in the development, building and planning and cronyism within local governments? Just imagine a world where no one was milking easy access in order to get a big personal pay day on a build at the same time they eventually hold the nest egg of getting that deed restricted housing 'back' when it starts to fall apart or renters/owners have personal issues while keeping up with the ridiculous rules that treat them as....well...basically chattel.
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Times "A whole new animal enters valley transit scene"
And....(drum roll, please)....all these bells and whistles and new busses that will still be running up and down the valley from Rifle to Aspen with partial loads 'round the clock'..........only cost us........$46 million bucks!!!!
Yowza! Such a deal.
Do you think that the entire 'RFTA on Steroids' campaign was boondoggled by local governments because they 'somehow' got the idea that if folks could ride faster to Aspen it would all pay for itself with a gazillion new riders? Remember those voting breakdowns now when 'voters passed' those bonds. All those special interests beating the drum and the minority isolated pockets who support them barely, barely got the thing passed. With a lot of unhappy folks just saying NO. Come to think of it, they never mentioned all the forcing of imminent domain and the little technicality that they had no real plan in place for the actual infrastructure before they put in on the ballot, did they? Remember now, fares are yet to be determined and the travel time is still just a guesstimate.
Oh, sure...there's always money for RFTA.
Scott Condon:
"The goal will be for VelociRFTA buses to make the trip between Aspen and Glenwood Springs in one hour...."
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
Yowza! Such a deal.
Do you think that the entire 'RFTA on Steroids' campaign was boondoggled by local governments because they 'somehow' got the idea that if folks could ride faster to Aspen it would all pay for itself with a gazillion new riders? Remember those voting breakdowns now when 'voters passed' those bonds. All those special interests beating the drum and the minority isolated pockets who support them barely, barely got the thing passed. With a lot of unhappy folks just saying NO. Come to think of it, they never mentioned all the forcing of imminent domain and the little technicality that they had no real plan in place for the actual infrastructure before they put in on the ballot, did they? Remember now, fares are yet to be determined and the travel time is still just a guesstimate.
Oh, sure...there's always money for RFTA.
Scott Condon:
"The goal will be for VelociRFTA buses to make the trip between Aspen and Glenwood Springs in one hour...."
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Times "A year without purpose"
Max Vadnais:
"ASPEN — As an avid backcountry skier, this season has obviously been a conundrum of hope without results. After spending last year in the Wasatch range over in Utah and having 700-plus inches of snowfall and a perfect stability of snowpack all year, this season has been one of just training, but for what?
Of course there are many uphill competitions to take part in here in the Roaring Fork Valley, but like many others I enjoy the adventure of being out beyond the resorts and in the middle of exotic terrain that gets the heartbeat pounding and adrenaline flowing. So, where do we stand this year?
With the avalanche danger being the highest in 30 years here in Colorado, the simple answer is: We are at a monumental, if not total, loss. The more complex answer, however, is that this is a year to expand the horizon of what and where we ski....." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"ASPEN — As an avid backcountry skier, this season has obviously been a conundrum of hope without results. After spending last year in the Wasatch range over in Utah and having 700-plus inches of snowfall and a perfect stability of snowpack all year, this season has been one of just training, but for what?
Of course there are many uphill competitions to take part in here in the Roaring Fork Valley, but like many others I enjoy the adventure of being out beyond the resorts and in the middle of exotic terrain that gets the heartbeat pounding and adrenaline flowing. So, where do we stand this year?
With the avalanche danger being the highest in 30 years here in Colorado, the simple answer is: We are at a monumental, if not total, loss. The more complex answer, however, is that this is a year to expand the horizon of what and where we ski....." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Times "On the fly: What a difference"
Kirk Webb:
"BASALT — What a difference a year can make. Last year at this time we still had huge amounts of snow in the high country followed by one of largest runoffs on record. Fishing was challenging to say the least. Even the normally tame waters of the Fryingpan River were in excess of 800 cubic feet per second. Flows on the Roaring Fork River were so high and discolored that fly fishing outfitters and guide services were not able to do a commercial float trip until the middle of July.
Fast forward to the present and you'll find below-average snowpack and low water flows. Currently the Fryingpan River is flowing around 60 cfs and the Roaring Fork River is still clear and running at lower-than-normal flows. So what does all of this mean for fly anglers?..." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"BASALT — What a difference a year can make. Last year at this time we still had huge amounts of snow in the high country followed by one of largest runoffs on record. Fishing was challenging to say the least. Even the normally tame waters of the Fryingpan River were in excess of 800 cubic feet per second. Flows on the Roaring Fork River were so high and discolored that fly fishing outfitters and guide services were not able to do a commercial float trip until the middle of July.
Fast forward to the present and you'll find below-average snowpack and low water flows. Currently the Fryingpan River is flowing around 60 cfs and the Roaring Fork River is still clear and running at lower-than-normal flows. So what does all of this mean for fly anglers?..." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
SandBoxBlogs: Summit County Citizens Voice "Colorado: A little snow history"
Bob Berwyn:
"SUMMIT COUNTY — Each year’s weather triggers discussions about past seasons, and without having exact statistics at hand, it’s easy to get mixed up about snowfall records or dry spells. Last year, for example, during the big La Niña snows, there was a lot of talk about the “snowiest winter ever” and a lot of hype. More on the ENSO cycle here.
It was a big year, for sure, and the snow fell late into the spring, but detailed month-to-month comparisons from previous seasons showed that it wasn’t quite the snowiest year ever, though some specific locations did set snowfall records, for example at A-Basin, which reported record April totals. Which brings up another point: Snowfall totals can vary greatly across just very short distances, based on local topography and other factors.
Similarly, this winter has already earned a reputation as the driest on record, and that’s not quite true, either, although it came pretty close. And again, some specific locations did report record low snowfall, so I suppose it depends in part on how and where you measure...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"SUMMIT COUNTY — Each year’s weather triggers discussions about past seasons, and without having exact statistics at hand, it’s easy to get mixed up about snowfall records or dry spells. Last year, for example, during the big La Niña snows, there was a lot of talk about the “snowiest winter ever” and a lot of hype. More on the ENSO cycle here.
It was a big year, for sure, and the snow fell late into the spring, but detailed month-to-month comparisons from previous seasons showed that it wasn’t quite the snowiest year ever, though some specific locations did set snowfall records, for example at A-Basin, which reported record April totals. Which brings up another point: Snowfall totals can vary greatly across just very short distances, based on local topography and other factors.
Similarly, this winter has already earned a reputation as the driest on record, and that’s not quite true, either, although it came pretty close. And again, some specific locations did report record low snowfall, so I suppose it depends in part on how and where you measure...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
SandBoxBlogs: Summit County Citizens Voice "Morning photo: Sunny start, snowy evening"
All credit: Bob Berwyn
"SUMMIT COUNTY — The sun peaked through early morning Saturday, but it was already apparent that a storm was starting to move in, with winds gradually shifting from a warm southwesterly flow, to west, to northwest, the favored direction for snowfall in the north-central mountains. Here’s how it looked around the reservoir at dawn, and then late in the afternoon, when the snow began to fly." (See more? Click title)
"SUMMIT COUNTY — The sun peaked through early morning Saturday, but it was already apparent that a storm was starting to move in, with winds gradually shifting from a warm southwesterly flow, to west, to northwest, the favored direction for snowfall in the north-central mountains. Here’s how it looked around the reservoir at dawn, and then late in the afternoon, when the snow began to fly." (See more? Click title)
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