True story.

I've only been in snow three times and never in California.

So when people talk about putting chains on their tires or shoveling their driveway or bob sledding or snow angels, I'm like, beats the hell out of me.

But I do know that across American West, snow melts into water, which millions of people rely on for well

life. And I also know that because of climate change, within my lifetime, we might stop getting

all of that snow every year. Man, I better get to Snow Summit while I have the chance.

I'm Gustav Ariano.

You're listening to The Times, Daily News from the LA Times.

It's Wednesday, January 19, 2022.

This past December brought record high amounts of snow to the Sierra Nevada, California's main mountain range.

The state, of course, has suffered for years from bad, bad drought.

So we should all be happy that the dry days are over with all the snow, right?

Right?

Yeah, what the buzzer said.

In fact, those who monitor such things are saying we should be saving water more than ever

because there's a real possibility that one day, blizzards might be as common as the Rams

winning the Super Bowl, and that's been a grand total of once.

Yep, it's time to gather our monthly panel of peril, our correspondence of calamities, our

Emerson's of emergencies, today, and the latest installment of our series,

Masters of Disasters,

Zz, Z, Z.

Musica maestro.

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