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Snow Day

Published December 18, 2008 at 5:00 AM PST

Tricia Wachtendorf,Assoc Dir of the Disaster Research Ctr, U of Delaware

Maj William Raihl, The Salvation Army

Michael Boyd, Aviation Industry Consultant, Boyd Group Intl

... on yesterday's rare snowstorm and the challenges of keeping roads open in a region little prepared for such occurrences.


Snow-capped Frenchman Mountain frames Hickey Elementary School. Photo by D. Branton.

Links

  • Boyd Group Intl
  • Cal Trans
  • LA Times: Disaster area? Southern California has it made in the shade
  • LV Sun: Record Snowfall Slams Las Vegas
  • McCarran Airport
  • NDOT
  • The Salvation Army
  • U of Delaware: DRC: Tricia Wachtendorf, Associate Director

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