Geewhizpat
Driving through California snowbanks:
Snowbanks in Soda Springs reached as high as 12 feet, as over 80 inches of snow have fallen in the last seven days. #CAwx via accuweather/Brandon Clement
Jan 18, 2023 at 4:13amWeb
Show threadSteven BodzinJan 18, 2023
@Geewhizpat mom why do they call it the Sierra Nevada?
Show threadGeewhizpatJan 18, 2023
@guacamayan In 1776, Pedro Font's map applied the name to the range currently known as the Sierra Nevada. The literal translation is "snowy mountains", from sierra "a range of mountains", 1610s, from Spanish sierra "jagged mountain range", lit. "saw", from Latin serra "a saw"; and from fem. of Spanish nevado "snowy".
Show threadSteven BodzinJan 18, 2023
@Geewhizpat i don't know, doesn't look all that snowy to me
Show threadGeewhizpatJan 18, 2023
@guacamayan California's Sierra Nevada range 80 days ago versus today.
These mountains likely currently hold the biggest snowpack on the planet.