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Transverse Dreams @transversedreams.bsky.social · 1d

Monster October storm for the San Gabriel Mountains - winds were aligned perfectly for orographic rainfall on the transverse ranges. 4”-5” across the west fork of the San Gabriel River drainage. Fire season is over up there.

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erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · 1d

.@mthigh East seeing some accumulation at 8,200. #SoCal #CAwx

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erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · 7d

Carr's great. Share link please!

erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · 9d

Snow -- in a downtown L.A. warehouse.
infowise.org/2025/10/06/o...

Orson Welles film location faces demolition — or ‘adaptive reuse’ — with $2 billion L.A. development

Telework history: how California launched a global movement in the 1970s and ’80s

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erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Aug 29

Via Caltrans D7 --

@CaltransDist7 has reopened State Route 2 (Angeles Crest Hwy) between Islip Saddle (post mile 64.1) and Vincent Gulch (PM 74.7). This 10-mile stretch has been closed since winter of 2022/2023 for emergency repairs. #ACH

cc: @transversedreams.bsky.social

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erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks for posting. Gonna look TectoNick up on YT.

erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Jul 19

Little action west of Baldy today.

erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Jul 11

July 4 Mt. Hood / Timberline.

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erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Jul 9

Wasp nest. Big as a basketball, Polk County, Ore.

erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Jul 9

Nice piece Michael.

erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Jul 5

July 4 Mt. Hood, Ore.

erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Jun 26

Vasquez Rocks, SR-14 Santa Clarita area. Gorn / "Arena" episode.

erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Jun 20

Blue Ridge ski area turnoff, from 1956 item on SR-2 / Angeles Crest Hwy opening in publication California Highways and Public Works. @mthigh

erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Jun 5

Nice peek at Angeles Crest Hwy repair operations -- with remaining snow, presumably this week.
www.linkedin.com/posts/caltra...

#caltrans #district7 #angelescresthighway #angelesnationalforest… | Caltrans

Check out this video of emergency repairs in action. Caltrans District 7 crews are hard at work in the Angeles National Forest, making critical emergency repairs along the Angeles Crest Highway (State...

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erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · May 26

An insult to Delta brother Flounder, but we get your point.

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erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · May 25

Decent focus, not perfect (Nikon D3500). She is collecting from Papaver somniferum (v. Lauren's grape).

erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · May 6

Merci. 10-4.

erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · May 6

Nadim, any thoughts about the use of, um, a dash of baking soda?

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erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Apr 27

Exactly.

erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Apr 26

1:31 p.m. 4/26/25 @mthigh

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erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Apr 26

It will today. Might briefly revive a segment of downhill at Summit or Bear. Or Baldy.

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erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Apr 16

"California could house around 1,183 grizzlies: 115 in the Transverse Ranges, 832 in the Sierra Nevada, and 236 in the Northwest Forest."
www.latimes.com/environment/...

The California grizzly bear, gone for 100 years, could thrive if brought back

A new study found that it's possible to return grizzly bears to California. Whether that's a good idea is a matter for residents and policymakers.

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erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Apr 14

Would be fun to visit today -- skin up, ski down!

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erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Apr 3

Good job getting up there.

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erikbookman.bsky.social @erikbookman.bsky.social · Apr 3

Never-built Huntington Beach Freeway, SR-39, passes Windy Gap and Mt. Islip in this Chat GPT image. (Freeway was on regional planning maps in the 1950s.)