Fighting the snowbelt

The recent snowstorm in the Sierra Nevadas will cure a lot of ills for the people of California.

Officials predicted that the storm would dump some 12-14 feet of snow there. The spring runoff will do wonders for farmers and fruit growers in the valleys below.

I have been over Donner Pass, made famous back in the days of the movement west. At the time I was there, it didn’t seem like much of a grin...