Dang. That’s all I can say and I’m from W. MI where lake effect snow happens on and off all winter. But this…this! This is a lot of frickin’ snow. I hope it fills their dwindling reservoirs and natural basins that have been running dry these last several years. The slow melt might take time and create more headaches and even danger for residents in the short run, but it seems it might also create a sustainable watershed they seem to be in need of due to years of climate change. It could end up being a glass half full kinda thing but obviously not at the moment. That dog Fischer looks a lot like my dog.
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Up north, everything south of Fresno is SoCal
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But that was northern California and this is southern. Different typical weather patterns. I’ve been in Tahoe in winter, to ski, and in LA, also in winter, and no comparison. Of course these are the mountains east of LA, but relatively close, an hour’s drive or so I believe, maybe slightly longer. We expect wildfires there, not blizzards.
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Canadians are laughing at all of us.
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As are Buffaloans
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Well, can confirm the Québécois are definitely having a bit of a chuckle right now, but to be fair we were down in St-Albans, Vermont this week, and they were having a bit of a giggle about it, as well… 
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Heh, I’m sure. I grew up in NYC where we typically get a fair amount of snow each winter (almost none this year, extremely rare), so I’m a bit like that too. But, if you’re not ready for certain kinds of weather, like we are with hurricanes and tornadoes, it can be pretty devastating. Btw how do you pronounce the first letter of the alphabet, ey? 
…and note how the power is still on. Take note, Texans. It can be done.
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Mammoth is not southern California; it’s central California, east slope of the Sierra Nevada. Closer to Donner Pass than to LA. Besides, it’s not latitude that matters so much, it’s elevation. You do realize that San Gorgonio, visible from LA on a clear winter day, is 11,00 feet, don’t you?
I used to live in LA and fish near Mammoth, so I’m pretty attuned to CA weather patterns myself.
That hurt. You took it someplace personal.
Besides, if anything will survive an apocalypse here, it will be Whataburger.
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Having spent time in Texas, I’d bet on Sonic.
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I can’t do a california accent, so you’ll have to infer it: “That’s not snow, this is a snowfall.” I am told this is US Highway 50 on the way to Tahoe.
ETA: debunked, not california
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Hell they keep closing Sonics. Just how much time did you spend in Texas. Whataburger or DQ would be the candidates.
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Japan
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
https://us.jnto.go.jp/ski/archives/126/index.html
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Can’t argue with that, though I originally saw it in a news article sent me. Though I’ll note that for japan the bus is on the wrong side of the road. But I did kind of wonder what the fuck pedestrians were doing on “route 50”.
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Actually, pretty much anywhere I go I’m told I “sound funny”. I was born in California, spent my teens and early 20s in Australia and the rest of the time alternating between CA and Quebec. By my mid-twenties I was told I sounded “Irish?”, because I’d picked up a bit of the Aussie lilt, but still had the American “ARR” (as opposed to the Aussie “AHHH”) for the letter ‘R’ sound. Since then I think I drifted back to a more “Murriken” accent, but my vocabulary (and sometimes spelling) is sort of all over the map, and I think it leaves people a little confused.
So, no “Canadian, eh!?!” but lots of “boots, bonnets & barbies”, rather than “trunks, hoods & BBQs”, many of which work fine with both anglo canadians and people from France until I throw in a few “joual” Quebecois terms - the Canadians are polite about it, but done right it can bring a Frenchman to tears! 
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I recalled the image from some time ago. So went hunting.
Personally, spending anytime wandering about a narrow, man made ravine of 60 foot plus snow doesn’t seem prudent to me. But that is just me.
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I meant mammoth is northern CA. It may be central to you but no one I know divides the state into north, central and south. It’s either north or south. I mean it’s north of SF, and EVERYONE considers SF to be northern CA. And it’s not the highest peaks near LA that are getting the snow, but much lower elevations. That’s almost unheard of. Why are we nit-picking? You like to argue for the sake of arguing? Do it with someone else.
I’ll spot you 10 loonies for some decent poutine, but you can keep your Montreal bagels and Molson.
Isn’t that what you Québecois blokes have for brekkie? 
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Molson? Nah, that’s more for “les têtes carrées” (“Square Heads”, a slang term for anglos). I used to enjoy Sleemans (now bought out by Japanese brewers Sapporo which for some reason now makes it hard to find in my neck of the woods) and more recently Newcastle Brown Ale (which I think actually started out in Britain but is now brewed in the US for the North America market).
Quebec does have some great beers, with even better names - e.g. “La Fin du Monde” and “Maudit” (“The End of the World” and “Damn!”) but there’s also a whole boatload of jazzed up IPAs, with all sorts of flavours added - my son and his crowd love them, but me it’s mostly a Newcastle or a glass of really cheap Pinot Grigio… 
And not a big fan of bagels at the best of times, but Montreal pastries are just superb… 
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