Word: snow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Coping with melting snow, oozing mud and late frost...
...deep, that has swallowed up the hapless hamlet. Residents of the town's 22 homes fled, and no lives were lost. But despite attempts to drain the new lake, the water has continued to rise at a rate of 4 in. an hour, fed by melting mountain snow. At least part of Thistle could be underwater for good. Commented State Geologist Bruce Kaliser, who claimed the mud bath was the largest in the area in 1,000 years: "It's the year of the slide...
...went for the wild, wet West. Barely recuperated from winter storms that pounded Pacific Coast piers and unloaded record snows by the driftful, the region has been drowning in one of the wettest springs ever. Swollen by heavy rain and snow runoff in the mountains, Utah's Great Salt Lake is projected to peak at 4,204 ft. above sea level in June, nearly a foot more than officials estimated only months ago. The culprit: a spate of unseasonably cool, moist weather that has prevented evaporation, which normally acts to counterbalance the effects of the runoff. Damages to property...
...fairly pleased to beat Williams," said Carol Lowestein '82, last year's captain, who filled in for Coach Dick Crosby yesterday. As baker explained, "We probably wouldn't be favored to beat Williams, but their course has been closed because of snow, and this was their first outing in three weeks...
...both stations, the majority of residents are support staft--cooks, mechanics paramedics and communications operators To get water for their weekly two minute shower, the residents must take a tractor out and gather snow for a snow melter Gail says...