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Vol. 57 No. 26

Serving Lake Tahoes South Shore communities

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

FREE

AGENCIES DRILL FOR MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT

Tahoes
streets
white in
August
By Grin Rogers
grin@tahoedailytribune.com

MANDY FEDER/ TAHOE DAILY TRIBUNE

The City of South Lake Tahoe hosted a mass casualty incident drill with multiple agencies involved on Monday from about 10 a.m.
until after noon. The incident portrayed a plane crash at the Lake Tahoe Airport simulating a major aircraft disaster. Law enforcement,
medical, fire and military personnel developed a comprehensive course of action for this type of incident. A C-130 plane, police vehicles,
fire trucks, ambulances and helicopters responded to the planned emergency response training exercise. The purpose of the training is
to elevate emergency preparedness by employing realistic scenarios with reliable and accurate outcome measures for all responding
agencies, according to officials.

Heavenly project comment period open

Tribune sta report
The public comment period
is now open on a draft environmental impact report for Heavenly Mountain Resorts Epic
Discovery Project, which aims
to expand and diversify yearround recreational activities at
the South Shore ski resort.
Among other things, the proposed project consists of adding a variety of activities at the
resort, including a mountain
bike park and several canopy
tours and ziplines. Some would
be inside the Lake Tahoe Basin,

while others would be almost

entirely outside of it.
The comment period, which
closes Oct. 21, allows the public to voice any thoughts or
concerns it may have with the
report.
Public comments can be
accepted at several public hearings during the next several
weeks, with the first being at
the Tahoe Regional Planning
Agency Advisory Planning
Commission Hearing on Sept.
10 at 9:30 a.m.
The second will be at the
TRPA Governing Board

Hearing on Sept. 24 at 9:30

a.m., and the third will be at
the Lahontan Regional Water
Quality Control Board meeting
Oct. 8 at 4 p.m.
Comments can also be submitted in writing to any of the
responsible agencies, which
will then distribute them
amongst themselves and consider them in the environmental review process.
The agency helped direct the
preparation of a joint environmental document for the
project along with the U.S. Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin

Management Unit and Lahontan Regional Water Quality

Control Board.
TRPA has reported that
it has been identified as the
primary point of contact to
address questions and collect
comments. Questions or public
comments can be directed to
TRPA Senior Planner David
Landry at (775) 589-5214 or
dlandry@trpa.org.
The draft report is available
online at www.fs.usda.gov/
goto/ltbmu/HeavenlyEpicProject or at one of the agency
offices.

Barton Family Medicine Welcomes

Dr. Nichole DeLaPlante to our healthcare team.

Allison Steinmetz, M.D., MPH
Brooks Martin, M.D.
Nichole DeLaPlante, D.O.
Kelly Vial, F.N.P.
Barbara Pidermann, F.N.P.

TO MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT

CALL 530.543.5660
bartonhealth.org

It looked like winter came early at Lake Tahoes South Shore

on Monday, following a brief,
but vigorous, hailstorm.
A late August storm dumped
almost three-quarters of an inch
of precipitation between about
5:30 p.m. and 7:50 p.m., said
Zach Tolby, meteorologist for
the National Weather Service.
It blanketed several streets
with pea-sized hail balls, leaving
some backyards looking like a
partially formed winter wonderland near South Lake Tahoes
Y intersection.
The downpour also caused
some minor flooding and
clogged drains around town,
said Ray Jarvis, public works director for the City of South Lake
Tahoe.
We spent a lot time cleaning
up all of that today, he said, but
there was nothing severe.
Tolby said the storm seemed
to be extremely localized, only
really affecting the South Shore
area. As strange as it seemed, it
really wasnt that unusual for the
Alpine destination, he added.
It happens there from time to
time, he said.
As of Tuesday, South Lake
Tahoe had received 1.69 inches
of precipitation in August. But
its difficult to tell whether thats
above or below the average since
the weather services data history is spotty in the area.
Tolby did say, however, that
the storm wasnt much to get
worked up about in regards to
countering the drought. Most of
the water that falls on the region
does so during winter months,
meaning summer rainfall has
little impact on the final total.

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