CAR SURVIVAL TIPS for a Blizzard
In mid-December of 1992, unusually dry conditions had people cancelling their reservations for Christmas in Tahoe, but then the weather changed. A couple days before Christmas, it started snowing, and for the next three months it seemed to never stop! The week between Christmas and New Year’s, we averaged 2 feet of snow each day at our home in Truckee, and at nearby Donner Summit they averaged around 4 feet a day! The storms were so bad that at one point Highway 80 over Donner Summit was continuously closed for three days.
As the storm increased in intensity, the stream of bumper- to-bumper holiday traffic heading toward Reno moved slower and slower, eventually slowing to a complete stop. The snow kept falling at a rate of more than 2 inches an hour,
