Winter Weather Advisory

Posted early as we are under a weather winter advisory where wind gusts are expected up to 70 MPH.  That means power outages likely today.

 We went down to check on where a snow mobile had came down the road and it appeared to have turned over where the road crew pushes the snow up, They stop plowing at our house since we are now the only ones on the road - the rest burned in the wildfire - and noticed how much soot and ask are in the snow. Below the tracks from yesterday are already filled with soot and ash.

 The snow mobile apparently tried to jump the end of the pushed up pile and either bogged down or turned over. We were inside and didn't hear a thing. The snow was mixed with copious amounts of gas and it could be smelled from several feet away. It appears the driver did not know they were going along the ditch next to the road where the snow  is soft and just past the pile of snow on the road they may not have seen the dirt road plowed until they went over the top of the pile. Most likely going to fast and they wiped out at the edge of the road. We were inside and never heard a thing outside and hope they were not injured.
Snow machines can be used on un-plowed roads but when you see a pile of snow pushed up 8' high you should realize that the road has been plowed on the other side. Going to fast, not paying attention and you are in trouble. There must have been 2-3 gallons of gas that leaked out and hopefully it will dissipate before snow melt occurs. I'm actually surprised that we didn't hear anything and when the dogs barked they were looking in the other direction. Also looks from the tracks that someone came and picked the snowmobile up from the plowed end of the road. Again, hope no one was injured in the accident. 

Sunrise this morning...