WELL, THE DROUGHT’S OVER FOR NOW: California’s snowpack is among the deepest ever. Now get ready for the perilous ‘big melt.’
I got caught during a roadtrip in a big melt after New Year’s 1996-97. A five-plus hour drive from Arcata to Reno ended up taking two-and-a-half days, thanks to a detour as far south as Fresno (from Redding) to avoid the floods.