Flashback: February Fury

[GRAHAM_RANCH]

[GRAHAM_RANCH]

An emaill from a friend:
Renee and I were living at Big Pines that winter and I remember the storms during January and February very well.  At one point, I was walking on top of the snow with a probe  trying to find the top of my vehicles, which were buried so deep by natural snow that there was no indication of their locations (not even a lump).  We were snowed in for a couple of weeks and twice I had to snowshoe down to Highway 2 and hitchhike to Wrightwood to get groceries.//  Oh...the good old days.

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Douglas H. Milburn
Assistant Forest Archaeologist

[Bob C]

Kenneth Rand, from Huntington Beach was found dead, buried in the snow on White Road in Phelan.

He was actually quite well known in the experimental aircraft world.

NTSB Report: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=37774&key=0&print=1
Obit: http://www.aerofoilengineering.com/KR/sportaviation/Kr79-3.HTM

Misc links:
http://www.flykr2s.com/kenrand.html
http://www.fly-kr.com/kr1.htm

[GRAHAM_RANCH]

He sure did (does) seem very interesting...hope others read the links that you put in. Very Interesting...

[ForestGal]

Good post, Terry!  I remember that storm well, it was our 2nd winter here (we moved up here 3/77).  I have a picture tacked on my bulletin board in the kitchen, of the front of our house after that storm.  I remember my hubby went up on the roof to shovel off some of the snow, because we were worried about all that weight, and he didn't even need a ladder to get up there!  I don't remember what we did about shoveling out and getting to work.  I guess we just did it.  I had a lot more energy 31 years ago!    

[Miss Wrightwood]