tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77524060866243981472024-03-06T00:49:12.265-06:00Western Kentucky WeatherBlog with weather on Western Kentucky and even other weather news. Includes counties: Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle, Ballard, Mccracken, Graves, Livingston, Marshall, Calloway, Crittenden, Lyon, Trigg, Caldwell, Union, Webster, Hopkins, Christian, Henderson, Daviess, Mclean, Muhlenberg, and Todd Counties.FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.comBlogger2349125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-34967475484002605302020-08-17T18:28:00.002-05:002020-08-17T18:28:34.752-05:00Highlighted Community: Park City, Utah <p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 2.25rem; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1.1rem; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Highlighted Community: Park City, Utah</h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em;">Today’s highlighted community has undergone quite the journey. From its start as a silver mining town, to an almost ghost town, and now a premier destination for anything from winter sports to spotting your favorite celebrity today we will highlight Park City, Utah.</p><p class="has-large-font-size" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 36px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">LOCATION:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">Park City, Utah is located in the Summit County which is located in the Northeastern part of the state. Just like many Wasatch Mountain locations Park City is located in close proximity to Salt Lake City metro so you can access this area from Salt Lake City. It is only a 35-45ish minute drive from Downtown Salt Lake City using Interstate 80, assuming normal traffic conditions. You can also take a Ski Bus or use a shuttle bus service to get from Salt Lake City to Park City.</p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-493" data-attachment-id="493" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="approximate-location-of-park-city" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/approximate-location-of-park-city.png?w=462" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/approximate-location-of-park-city.png?w=266" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/approximate-location-of-park-city.png" data-orig-size="462,521" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/approximate-location-of-park-city/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/approximate-location-of-park-city.png" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 1: </span>Google Map highlight of Utah. The highlighted county is Summit County and the star is the approximate location of Park City.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-494" data-attachment-id="494" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="park-city-location" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/park-city-location.png?w=510" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/park-city-location.png?w=274" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/park-city-location.png" data-orig-size="510,559" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/park-city-location/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/park-city-location.png" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 2:</span> A close up of the Park City region, showing the various ski resorts.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></figcaption></figure><p class="has-large-font-size" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 36px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Geology:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">The link above covers the Geology section of Park City quite well. I will just hit the highlights as far as Park City’s Geology is concerned. At various times in the last 300 million years the area that is now a part of Park City was part of a shallow sea, a tropical coastline, a desert with huge sand dunes similar to the Sahara, and a volcanic zone. Major units include the Permian Park City Formation a unit of limestone and sandstone representative of a coastal environment or shallow sea. Triassic and Jurassic Sandstone units representative of sand dunes in a desert and volcanic materials deposited around 23-33 million years ago as the Rocky Mountains were being uplifted. Just like with the Wasatch Mountains and Salt Lake City there is concern for earthquake activity due to active faults that formed during the various uplift events that have created the Wasatch Mountains. A 6.0 earthquake hasn’t been recorded but there still remains an earthquake risk.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">This combination of porous rocks, volcanic influences, and structure have created an ideal situation for mineral formation and in this case silver production.</p><p class="has-large-font-size" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 36px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Weather/Climate:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">Park City exhibits a Dfb or Humid Continental Climate (cool variant) with warm and mostly pleasant summers, a fall and spring season, and winters that are jam-packed with cold and snow. Average rainfall is around 20-25 inches and average snowfall is around 150 inches annually. Snow is most common from November to April but can fall as early as September and as late as June. Summers are nice with highs typically in the 70s and 80s and low humidity. Due to the drier summers there is a wildfire risk to be aware of during the summer and early fall months. Elevations range from about 6,500 feet to near 9.000 feet with the higher elevations having even colder winters and over 300 inches of snow a year.</p><figure class="wp-block-image is-resized" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: table; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-496" data-attachment-id="496" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="cliamte-table-for-park-city" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/cliamte-table-for-park-city.png?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/cliamte-table-for-park-city.png?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/cliamte-table-for-park-city.png" data-orig-size="1147,324" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/cliamte-table-for-park-city/" height="167" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/cliamte-table-for-park-city.png" srcset="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/cliamte-table-for-park-city.png?w=592&h=167 592w, https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/cliamte-table-for-park-city.png?w=150&h=42 150w, https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/cliamte-table-for-park-city.png?w=300&h=85 300w, https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/cliamte-table-for-park-city.png?w=768&h=217 768w, https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/cliamte-table-for-park-city.png?w=1024&h=289 1024w, https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/cliamte-table-for-park-city.png 1147w" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="592" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 3: </span>Park City Climate Table courtesy of Wikipedia and the Western Regional Climate Center.</figcaption></figure><p class="has-large-font-size" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 36px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">History:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">Mining in Park City and therefore the creation of Park City occurred in the 1860s. This occurred when soldiers stationed in Salt Lake City crossed over the Big Cottonwood Canyon and discovered silver. Throughout the 19th century and into the mid 20th century, Park City was a mining town. The creation of the Trans Continental Railroad along with the development of electricity made the area very attractive for workers. The population of Park City at this time in the late 1890s was similar to today around 7,500 people. In 1898, a tragic fire impacted the city and burned 3/4th of it to the ground. In a year and a half most of the town was rebuilt.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">In the 1930s, as silver mining was on the decline and interest in skiing began with a ski jump being constructed in 1930 and also in 1946 in what would be Deer Valley. In the 1960s, Treasure Mountain Resort opened which generated attention from Sports Illustrated. The rest is history as currently Park City has over 8,000 permanent residents, hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, became a thriving arts community, and is a popular winter and summer tourist attraction.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">For more information go to the following links. <a href="https://historicparkcityutah.com/news/park-citys-history" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; text-decoration-line: none;">https://historicparkcityutah.com/news/park-citys-history</a></p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-498" data-attachment-id="498" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="park-city-museum-event-gallery-from-park-city-museum" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/park-city-museum-event-gallery-from-park-city-museum.jpg?w=600" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/park-city-museum-event-gallery-from-park-city-museum.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/park-city-museum-event-gallery-from-park-city-museum.jpg" data-orig-size="600,429" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/park-city-museum-event-gallery-from-park-city-museum/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/park-city-museum-event-gallery-from-park-city-museum.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 4: </span>Historic Park City around 1900. From the Park City Museum<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-499" data-attachment-id="499" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="utah-olympic-legacy-website" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/utah-olympic-legacy-website.jpg?w=500" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/utah-olympic-legacy-website.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/utah-olympic-legacy-website.jpg" data-orig-size="500,500" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/utah-olympic-legacy-website/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/utah-olympic-legacy-website.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 5:</span> Utah Olympic Park what was once training grounds for the 2002 Winter Olympics is now a museum. It also features ziplines, training facilitates, and a guided tour/ museum. Photo is from Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-501" data-attachment-id="501" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.5","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot SX170 IS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1554209021","copyright":"","focal_length":"5","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.125","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_2493" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2493.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2493.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2493.jpg" data-orig-size="4608,3456" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/img_2493/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2493.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 6: </span>Mine carts which were actually used in lieu of lift chairs during the early ski operations in Park City.</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-502" data-attachment-id="502" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.5","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot SX170 IS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1554208231","copyright":"","focal_length":"5","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.066666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_2489" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2489.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2489.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2489.jpg" data-orig-size="4608,3456" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/img_2489/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2489.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 7</span>: Park City Museum Interior. Highly recommended if going to Park City.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-503" data-attachment-id="503" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot SX170 IS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1554204221","copyright":"","focal_length":"5","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.002","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_2477" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2477.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2477.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2477.jpg" data-orig-size="4608,3456" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/img_2477/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2477.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 8</span>: The classic Egyptian Theater in Downtown Park City.</figcaption></figure><p class="has-large-font-size" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 36px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Things To Do:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">There are several winter and summer tourists activities. In the winter time, winter sports and the Sundance Film Festival are the main attractions. In the summer season, the main attractions are hiking, mountain biking, and fly fishing.</p><p class="has-medium-font-size" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Winter and Summer Sports:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">There are two major skiing places in Park City. One is Park City Mountain which combined with Canyons Resort provides over 7,300 acres of skiing. Park City Mountain provides a variety of runs so it is good for beginners, intermediate, and expert run. You can ski and snowboard at Park City Mountain. This is owned by Vail, so they will be in charge of ticket passes. Summer time features ziplines, hiking, and such. <a href="https://www.parkcitymountain.com/the-mountain/about-the-mountain/trail-map.aspx" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.parkcitymountain.com/the-mountain/about-the-mountain/trail-map.aspx</a></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">^^ The Link above contains information about Winter and Summer Trail Maps ^^</p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-504" data-attachment-id="504" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot SX170 IS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1554217053","copyright":"","focal_length":"5","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.001","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_2501" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2501.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2501.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2501.jpg" data-orig-size="4608,3456" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/img_2501/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2501.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 9:</span> Park City Mountain Base</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">Another place is Deer Valley just to the south of downtown Park City. Just like Park City Mountain, Deer Valley has a variety of runs from beginners to the experts. The notable difference is that Deer Valley is a ski only resort so that means that snowboarders have to stick to Park City Mountain. In the summer time, Deer Valley features mountain biking opportunities.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><a href="https://www.ski.com/deer-valley-resort-trail-maps" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.ski.com/deer-valley-resort-trail-maps</a></p><figure class="wp-block-image is-resized" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: table; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-505" data-attachment-id="505" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="deer-valley-from-onthesnow" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/deer-valley-from-onthesnow.jpg?w=251" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/deer-valley-from-onthesnow.jpg?w=251" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/deer-valley-from-onthesnow.jpg" data-orig-size="251,201" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/deer-valley-from-onthesnow/" height="314" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/deer-valley-from-onthesnow.jpg" srcset="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/deer-valley-from-onthesnow.jpg 251w, https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/deer-valley-from-onthesnow.jpg?w=150&h=120 150w" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="392" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 10: </span>This is a picture of Deer Valley www. OntheSnow.com</figcaption></figure><p class="has-medium-font-size" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Sundance Film Festival:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">Park City, Utah is the main headquarters of the Sundance Film Festival. This is an opportunity for independent film makers to get their start. It usually occurs in late January and early February and features screenings, celebratory sightings, and various exhibitions. Several artists such as Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino got their start from Sundance. Live performances and music also occurs at the Sundance Film Festival.</p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-507" data-attachment-id="507" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="from-the-sundance-institute" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/from-the-sundance-institute.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/from-the-sundance-institute.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/from-the-sundance-institute.jpg" data-orig-size="1088,576" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/from-the-sundance-institute/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/from-the-sundance-institute.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 11:</span> Park City, Utah on Sundance night. From the Sundance Film Festival website.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></figcaption></figure><p class="has-large-font-size" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 36px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Conclusion:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">Main street Park City has plenty of entertainment including Escape Room’s, artist exhibits, and a various amounts of shopping. One thing to note is that Park City is a very affluent area so if you are planning on shopping here make sure you bring a good deal of money. One can do Park City on a modest budget (not a shoestring budget though) if they go during the shoulder seasons (Early Fall and Late Spring) and do their research on restaurants before venturing to the city. I am very far from being rich and even I felt a bit of a pinch to the wallet after one day in Park City. The average consumer is said to spend over $100 a day in Park City especially during the Winter and Summer peak season. If you are careful then it isn’t that much different than say Gatlinburg from a cost standpoint.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">One good thing about Park City is that it has a free transit system that takes you to across downtown, Kimball Junction (a shopping center area near I-80), and to the various resorts. There are public transportation options from Salt Lake City to Park City including the SLC-PC connect and shuttle options.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">All in all I would recommend everyone to visit Park City at least once in their life even if it is just for half a day. The surrounding scenery, the unique Old West style Main Street, and the various museums and themed restaurants is something everyone should see at least once in their life. If you are into winter sports then you should definitely stop by as there is plenty of opportunity for winter sports. Thanks for reading Highlighted Community Park City. Plans on future posts are listed in the closing paragraph along with some additional pictures.</p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-509" data-attachment-id="509" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot SX170 IS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1554212336","copyright":"","focal_length":"5","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.001","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_2494" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2494.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2494.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2494.jpg" data-orig-size="4608,3456" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/img_2494/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2494.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 12: </span>Main Street Park City, Utah</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-510" data-attachment-id="510" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4.5","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot SX170 IS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1554226430","copyright":"","focal_length":"5","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.001","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_2526" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2526.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2526.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2526.jpg" data-orig-size="4608,3456" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/img_2526/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2526.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 13: </span>The Kimball Junction section of Park City showcasing its status as a Winter Olympics City.</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-511" data-attachment-id="511" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot SX170 IS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1554199970","copyright":"","focal_length":"5","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.005","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_2460" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2460.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2460.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2460.jpg" data-orig-size="4608,3456" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/img_2460/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2460.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 14:</span> Parleys Canyon, is the canyon that carries traffic across Interstate 80 through the Wasatch Mountains. This also serves as the main connection from Salt Lake City to Park City.</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-512" data-attachment-id="512" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4.5","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot SX170 IS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1554226143","copyright":"","focal_length":"5","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.001","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_2525" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2525.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2525.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2525.jpg" data-orig-size="4608,3456" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/img_2525/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2525.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 15:</span> Looking towards the Wasatch Mountains from Kimball Junction. The Kimball Junction area just north of downtown Park City was developed as a result of the 2002 Winter Olympics.</figcaption></figure><p class="has-medium-font-size" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Coming Up On Highlighted Community:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">After today’s post the Highlighted Community Series will return to the Kentucky Bluegrass for one episode and will highlight the fascinating town of Berea. That post will be out on Friday May 31st. Then the first week of June will finish up the North Utah posts with a post about Great Salt Lake/ Salt Flats (June 3rd) and Salt Lake City itself (June 7th) . After that there will be more Highlighted Community across IL, KY, and TN throughout June, July, and August.</p></div>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-49948935319848472342020-08-17T18:27:00.002-05:002020-08-17T18:27:32.534-05:00Highlighted Community: Great Salt Lake/Bonneville Salt Flats<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 2.25rem; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1.1rem; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Highlighted Community: Great Salt Lake/Bonneville Salt Flats</h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em;">I did not get to directly visit the Great Salt Lake (barely saw it from a mountaintop video) or the adjacent salt flats, but since this area is so intriguing I feel like I could not do the Northern Utah highlighted series without a blog episode about it. Credit was given in the photos since I was unable to get photos personally from these areas.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 27px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Location:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">Great Salt Lake is a large lake that is located just west of Salt Lake City. One interesting thing to note is that there is not direct access from the lake from Salt Lake City. The closet would be going to Antelope Island State Park which is just west of Syracuse, Utah in Davis County which is about a 30-35 minute drive from Salt Lake City. The Bonneville Salt Flats are located just west of Great Salt Lake and for the most part are located in Tooele County. They stretch over 30,000 acres and cover much of Tooele County and adjacent parts of other counties and even a small part of Nevada near West Wendover.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-551" data-attachment-id="551" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="salt-flats" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/salt-flats.png?w=751" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/salt-flats.png?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/salt-flats.png" data-orig-size="751,540" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/salt-flats/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/salt-flats.png" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 1: </span>Courtesy of Google Maps, this is a map of the Great Salt Lake and the Bonneville Salt Flats relative to Salt Lake City Metro and the Nevada/Utah state line. The white/light gray area is the Bonneville Salt Flats.</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 27px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Weather/Climate:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">The Bonneville Salt Flats feature an Arid Climate which is classified as a BWk (Cold Desert) under the Koppen Climate Classification. This climate features hot summers like you would typically associate with a desert with highs sometimes reaching into the triple digits, but winters are on the colder side and occasionally feature snow. Areas closer to the Great Salt Lake tend to get more snow and can even receive heavy lake effect snow.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: table; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-553" data-attachment-id="553" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="cliamte-table-for-wendover" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/cliamte-table-for-wendover.png?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/cliamte-table-for-wendover.png?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/cliamte-table-for-wendover.png" data-orig-size="1142,301" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/cliamte-table-for-wendover/" height="157" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/cliamte-table-for-wendover.png" srcset="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/cliamte-table-for-wendover.png?w=596&h=157 596w, https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/cliamte-table-for-wendover.png?w=150&h=40 150w, https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/cliamte-table-for-wendover.png?w=300&h=79 300w, https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/cliamte-table-for-wendover.png?w=768&h=202 768w, https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/cliamte-table-for-wendover.png?w=1024&h=270 1024w, https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/cliamte-table-for-wendover.png 1142w" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="599" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 2:</span> This is the climate table for Wendover, Utah which is on the Utah/Nevada border courtesy of Wikipedia and the Western Regional Climate Center. Areas closer to the Great Salt Lake receive a bit more precipitation and snow.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">How did Great Salt Lake and the Bonneville Salt Flats Form?:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">Great Salt Lake and the Bonneville Salt Flats are in a part of the United States known as the Great Basin. A basin is a bowl-like landform that is surrounded on all sides by higher elevations. The Wasatch Mountains to the east, the Columbia Plateau to the north, the Colorado Plateau to the south,, and the Sierra Nevada mountain range to the west surround the lower elevation Great Basin that covers much of Nevada, southeastern Oregon, and the western half of Utah.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">During the Ice Age this area was part of a large lake called Lake Bonneville as this area became a drainage area due to its bowl shape (think of a giant bath tub) along with increased precipitation and decreased evaporation across the board. Lake Bonneville covered modern day Salt Lake City, Provo, Wendover, and even adjacent parts of Nevada and Idaho (Figure 3).</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-555" data-attachment-id="555" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="lake-bonneville" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/lake-bonneville.png?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/lake-bonneville.png?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/lake-bonneville.png" data-orig-size="1191,1024" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/lake-bonneville/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/lake-bonneville.png" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 3: </span>Lake Bonneville covered a large swath of Utah as well as adjacent parts of Idaho and Nevada. Lake Lahontan formed in NW Nevada. This image is courtesy of the Idaho State Department of Geology and Wikipedia.</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">As the climate turned warmer at the end of the Ice Age the evaporation rate increased. <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Higher Temperatures = Higher Evaporation Rates. </span>Since Lake Bonneville was in a basin there was no outlet for the water so as temperatures began to warm the lakewater started to evaporate or gradually seep into the ground. When the lake began to evaporate it left behind other particles that were not water such as salt. This continued till all that was left from Lake Bonneville was Great Salt Lake and other smaller lakes such as Utah Lake, which is west of Provo. Since these lakes lack sufficient inflow from other sources freshwater is unable to get to them combined with evaporation leaving behind products such as salt allows for the salinity of these lakes to be greater than even the ocean. Also the shallow groundwater allows for any salt to be pushed to the surface. The exception to this is during periods of solid rain that can dissolve the salt at the surface and create ponds.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 27px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Great Salt Lake Today:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">The Great Salt Lake is currently one of the largest saline lakes in the Western Hemisphere. It covers portions of several counties just west of Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah. Due to the high saline content which is over seven times as much as the ocean, humans can float in the Great Salt Lake. The salinity also impacts the life that can live there. Some parts only algae can survive and in those parts of the Great Salt Lake you can see the lake turn a pink color due to the specialized algae that live there. Brine shrimp and brine flies can also live there as well.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">Currently due to the arid to semiarid climate and increasing temperatures there is the risk of the Great Salt Lake disappearing which will threaten the local ecosystem. The Great Salt Lake is too saline to use as drinking water.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-560" data-attachment-id="560" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="great-salt-lake-by-sciencefriday" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/great-salt-lake-by-sciencefriday.jpg?w=1000" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/great-salt-lake-by-sciencefriday.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/great-salt-lake-by-sciencefriday.jpg" data-orig-size="1000,586" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/great-salt-lake-by-sciencefriday/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/great-salt-lake-by-sciencefriday.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 4:</span> The pink tint of the lake is caused by specific algae. This is courtesy of www. sciencefriday<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-562" data-attachment-id="562" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="d1d1fb4027" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/d1d1fb4027.jpg?w=640" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/d1d1fb4027.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/d1d1fb4027.jpg" data-orig-size="640,420" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/d1d1fb4027/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/d1d1fb4027.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 5: </span>Antelope Island State Park courtesy of Utah.com</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 27px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Bonneville Salt Flats Today:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">The Bonneville Salt Flats is an example of a vast and flat desert. This makes an ideal situation for racing because you have a vast and flat landscape. This also makes a perfect landscape for pictures as well. During rainstorms ponding of water can occur and when this happens the ponding can act as a mirror and reflect the surrounding landscape. This area is starting to shrink due to salt mining and local climate factors.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-565" data-attachment-id="565" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="utah.com-bonneville-slat-flats-rain" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/utah.com-bonneville-slat-flats-rain.jpg?w=620" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/utah.com-bonneville-slat-flats-rain.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/utah.com-bonneville-slat-flats-rain.jpg" data-orig-size="620,520" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/utah-com-bonneville-slat-flats-rain/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/utah.com-bonneville-slat-flats-rain.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 6:</span> The Bonneville Salt Flats after a rainstorm. From Utah.com</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-567" data-attachment-id="567" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="hotrod.com-1955-bonneville-salt-flats" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/hotrod.com-1955-bonneville-salt-flats.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/hotrod.com-1955-bonneville-salt-flats.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/hotrod.com-1955-bonneville-salt-flats.jpg" data-orig-size="1600,1200" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/hotrod-com-1955-bonneville-salt-flats/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/hotrod.com-1955-bonneville-salt-flats.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 7: </span>This image is from travelyourplanet.com in which it shows a race from 1955. This area has had a long history of racing and many speed records were set here due to its vast landscape.</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">WOW! Comparison to World of Warcraft (Possible Influence):</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">In the World of Warcraft, before the events of Cataclysm the area of Thousand Needles was very Utah-like in its landscape. Which included mesas, red rocks, and mining operations. The most Utah thing in the world of Thousand Needles is a zone known as Shimmering Flats. Shimmering Flats is a giant salt flat that leads to a zone that is not too dissimilar in appearance to Southern Nevada or Arizona. Similar to the Bonneville Salt Flats there is a racing facility. Also there are some abandoned boats that suggest that just like the Bonneville Salt Flats the area was once a lake. In the Cataclysm area the area becomes a lake again, which is not expected to be the fate of Northwest Utah. The following pictures are of the World of Warcraft world posted by various online sources compared to pictures from other photographers of the Bonneville Salt Flats. Could it be possible that this area influenced the developers of the World of Warcraft? That will be up for you to decide.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-574" data-attachment-id="574" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="engadget" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/engadget.jpg?w=580" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/engadget.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/engadget.jpg" data-orig-size="580,360" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/engadget/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/engadget.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 8: </span>Thousand Needles (World of Warcraft prior to Cataclysm) was an arid landscape very similar to what you would see across the Western and Southern portions of Utah. Which begs the question was Utah an influence when the creators crafted this level? This photo was from <a href="http://www.engadget.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.Engadget.com</a></figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-575" data-attachment-id="575" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="racing-mirage" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/racing-mirage.png?w=830" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/racing-mirage.png?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/racing-mirage.png" data-orig-size="830,325" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/racing-mirage/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/racing-mirage.png" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 9: </span>Mirage Raceway in Shimmering Flats/Thousand Needles (WOW) courtesy of wowpedia and the Bonneville Speedway courtesy of travelyourplanet.com<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-577" data-attachment-id="577" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="sunset" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/sunset.png?w=683" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/sunset.png?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/sunset.png" data-orig-size="683,287" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/sunset/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/sunset.png" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 10: </span>The picture to the right is courtesy of Jeffery Favero (Bonneville Salt Flats) and the photo to the left (Shimmering Flats) is from <a href="http://www.engagdget.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.engagdget.com</a></figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-579" data-attachment-id="579" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="wow-comparison-2" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/wow-comparison-2.png?w=690" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/wow-comparison-2.png?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/wow-comparison-2.png" data-orig-size="690,255" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/wow-comparison-2/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/wow-comparison-2.png" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 11:</span> The left is the ruins of Tahonda a destroyed Tauren village in Shimmering Flats courtesy of Wow Wiki and to the right is an entrance to the Bonneville Speedway courtesy of Trip Advisor</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 26px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Conclusion:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">The Great Salt Lake and the Salt Flats are both definitly interesting places to visit in Utah. When visiting the Great Salt Lake the recommed place is at Antelope Island State Park which is north of Salt Lake City in Syracuse, Utah. You cannot access the lake directly from the city because it is surrounded by wetlands.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">The salt flats are accessed from Interstate 80. It does take several hours to reach the scenic stop off I-80 (Exit 10) or the Bonneville Salt Flat Speedway which is Exit 4 (meaning 4 miles from the Nevada/Utah state line). That is why I wasn’t able to personally directly view the area because it takes 1 hour and 45 minutes to get there from Salt Lake City just one-way and assuming normal traffic. The salt flats do make a good backdrop for photographs especially if you can make it over there after a rain storm to have that mirror effect. All in all they are both good places to visit in Northern Utah.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">Coming up in the next week or so will be Highlighted Salt Lake City, Utah to close out the Northern Utah Highlighted Community Series. As I start my teaching job, posts will probably be sparse but I will do my best to have at least a few per month.</p></div>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-24886747745512115412020-08-17T18:26:00.001-05:002020-08-17T18:26:44.751-05:00Highlighted Community: Alta/Snowbird, UT<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 2.25rem; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1.1rem; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Highlighted Community: Alta/Snowbird, UT</h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p class="has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-color" style="background-color: #1c0f3c; box-sizing: inherit; color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;">This is the start of the Northern/Utah Wasatch Mountain Range Series that we will begin today. We will start off with the Little Cottonwood Canyon which is just east of Salt Lake City in the Wasatch Mountains. Nestled in the Little Cottonwood Canyon is the land that is known for snow. Known as the land with the best snow today we will highlight the towns of Alta and Snowbird. Snowbird is a winter sports resort with skiing and especially snowboarding that features shops, restaurants, cabins, and a tram that takes up high up in the Wasatch Mountains. A few miles up the Little Cottonwood Canyon is a town turned ski resort known as Alta. Both of these are a short drive from Salt Lake City (within 35-45 minutes assuming average traffic conditions).</p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-469" data-attachment-id="469" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="alta-location-1" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alta-location-1.png?w=741" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alta-location-1.png?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alta-location-1.png" data-orig-size="741,538" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/alta-location-1/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alta-location-1.png" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 1: </span>An image of Little Cottonwood Canyon and the communities of Alta and Snowbird.</figcaption></figure><p class="has-background has-medium-font-size has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color" style="background-color: #0693e3; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Geology:</span></p><p class="has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-color" style="background-color: #072633; box-sizing: inherit; color: #eeeeee; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-weight: 700;"></span>The Western USA is a treasure cove of Geology. The Little Cottonwood Canyon displays rock units that range over 1 billion years in time. This area features schist and gneiss which are metamorphic rocks that are formed by intense heat and pressure that is over 1 billion years old. Beneath that is altering layers of Granite (remains of ancient volcanoes), some limestone for when the area was covered by the sea, and some shale and sandstone for when the area was either near-marine or even a desert. There is also significant glacial till as well. The granite layers in particular are very important for the town of Alta as it is within those layers that prospectors discovered silver which lead to the birth of this town.</p><p class="has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-color" style="background-color: #021821; box-sizing: inherit; color: #eeeeee; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;">The biggest geological features in this area include the various mountain building events known as orogenies, the faulting that resulted from those orogenies, and the impacts of glaciers. Throughout time many mountain building events occurred starting with an event called the Antler Orgeny, 350 million years ago to more recent mountain events. Currently a major fault and movement along that fault is responsible of the Wasatch Range rising relative to the Great Basin region (from Salt Lake City to Reno, NV). This fault is seismically active and due to this the general Salt Lake City/Wasatch Mountains do have a earthquake risk. As seen in Figure 2 below, this has created a very complex geology that most of us in Kentucky and Tennessee are not used to seeing. In which, older units have been shifted and moved over younger units. It is like organizing your clothes by type (e.g. socks in one place, shirts in the another, and etc.) and someone ransacks your room and you have socks in the same place that your dress shirts are located at.</p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-470" data-attachment-id="470" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="hellgatecliffsclose-up" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/hellgatecliffsclose-up.jpg?w=600" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/hellgatecliffsclose-up.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/hellgatecliffsclose-up.jpg" data-orig-size="600,386" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/hellgatecliffsclose-up/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/hellgatecliffsclose-up.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 2: </span>This image from Alta Historical Society shows the influence of faulting on the landscape of Little Cottonwood Canyon. In Geology, younger units are deposited on top followed by older units. Due to faulting and movement during the various mountain events the older quartzite has been uplifted and shifted in such a way that it is now over the younger limestone units.</figcaption></figure><p class="has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-color" style="background-color: #05273b; box-sizing: inherit; color: #eeeeee; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;">The impacts of glaciers during the last Ice Age is also very important in the history of Little Cottonwood Canyon. The steep canyon walls of Little Cottonwood Canyon were formed by these Alpine Glaciers. Glaciers have tremendous erosion power and can move/pluck hundred’s of feet of rock. The U-Shaped valley (see Figure 3 courtesy of the Alta Historical Society). These glaciers also form other spectacular landforms such as Cirques which are amphitheater shaped landforms formed by the erosion of glaciers at the head of a mountain valley. Albion Basin in Alta is a classic Little Cottonwood Canyon example. An Arete is a shape ridge that is formed when two or more glaciers erode adjacent/parallel valleys (see Figure 4).</p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-471" data-attachment-id="471" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="arete-term" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/arete-term.png?w=894" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/arete-term.png?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/arete-term.png" data-orig-size="894,491" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/arete-term/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/arete-term.png" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 3: </span>This is an example using Google Maps of an Arete. The Sugarloaf Mountain and the ridgeline to its west is an example of an Arete. As glaciers were eroding the areas surrounding Sugarloaf Mountain what remained was the ridgeline that you see pictured above.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-472" data-attachment-id="472" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="cirque" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/cirque.png?w=894" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/cirque.png?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/cirque.png" data-orig-size="894,563" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/cirque/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/cirque.png" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 4: </span>The carved out amphitheater sections you see highlighted in pink are examples of a Cirque. The entire Albion Basin area is a Cirque as it was the headwater region of the Alpine Ice-Aged Glacier that shaped Little Cottonwood Canyon.</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-473" data-attachment-id="473" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot SX170 IS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1554281474","copyright":"","focal_length":"5","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.02","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_2532" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2532.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2532.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2532.jpg" data-orig-size="4608,3456" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/img_2532/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2532.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 5: </span>The steep walls of Little Cottonwood Canyon are influenced by glaciers that carved the area out during the last Ice Age.</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-474" data-attachment-id="474" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="l.-cottonwood-canyon" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/l.-cottonwood-canyon.jpg?w=500" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/l.-cottonwood-canyon.jpg?w=200" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/l.-cottonwood-canyon.jpg" data-orig-size="500,749" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/l-cottonwood-canyon/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/l.-cottonwood-canyon.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 6: </span>This picture from Alta Historical Society is a broad view of Little Cottonwood Canyon. Little Cottonwood Canyon is an example of an U-Shaped Valley. Valleys that are carved by glaciers have a U shape to them. Valleys that are carved by rivers have more of a V shape.</figcaption></figure><p class="has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-color" style="background-color: #180f5d; box-sizing: inherit; color: #eeeeee; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;">These glacial features are what makes this area such a great place for snowboarding and skiing especially for those expert and professional winter sports athletes. As the significant elevation changes (from 11,000 feet to 8 or 9k feet) and jawdropping scenery provide a perfect background for a challenging and thrilling experience.</p><p class="has-background has-medium-font-size has-very-light-gray-background-color" style="background-color: #eeeeee; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Weather/Climate:</span></p><p class="has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color" style="background-color: #eeeeee; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;">This will likely be the snowiest place we will ever cover in the Highlighted Community Series. This area is on the windward side of the Wasatch Mountains and is above 7,500 feet to as high as 11,000 feet in elevation. In addition, Snowbird and Alta are in the primary lake-effect snow belt of the Great Salt Lake. This combination of lake effect snow and elevation leads to one of the snowiest places in all of North America. Alta, Utah receives around <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">510 inches of snow</span> <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">a year</span>. This year (2018-19) which was an unusually snowy year featured over <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">700 inches</span> of snow. Which is more snow than Marquette, Michigan; Buffalo, New York; and Minneapolis, Minnesota receive combined. Higher elevations of Snowbird and Alta likely receive even more snow. The surrounding semi-arid to arid landscape results in lower humidity which causes the snow to take on a dry and powdery texture. This makes for some of the best possible snow to sled, ski, or snowboard on.</p><p class="has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color" style="background-color: #eeeeee; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;">As far as an specific Koppen Climate Classification it depends on your elevation. The tops of the mountains such as the top of Snowbird and higher mountains around Albion Basin experience an Alpine/Tundra climate with snowcover most of the year and temperatures that are too cold year round for major trees and tall plants to grow. These areas tend to feature more shrub like vegetation and tend to grow together to protect themselves from the high winds harsh conditions much of the year.</p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-475" data-attachment-id="475" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"9.5","credit":"","camera":"KODAK CX7330 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1214830860","copyright":"","focal_length":"16.8","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.0028571428571429","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="alpine-tundra-from-utah-education-network" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alpine-tundra-from-utah-education-network.jpg?w=400" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alpine-tundra-from-utah-education-network.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alpine-tundra-from-utah-education-network.jpg" data-orig-size="400,288" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/alpine-tundra-from-utah-education-network/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alpine-tundra-from-utah-education-network.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 7: </span>An example of an Alpine Tundra in the summer courtesy of Utah Education Network. These climates do warm up enough in the summer (July and August) to support some flowers before quickly turning colder and snowier in September/October.</figcaption></figure><p class="has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color" style="background-color: #eeeeee; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;">Little Cottonwood Canyon itself, including Alta proper and the base of Snowbird would be classified as having a very cold Humid Continental Climate according to Koppen. This climate is characterized by short springs and summers and a long and extremely snowy winter with accumulating snow an certainty between October and May. The summers (July and August) do feature average high temperatures that are around room temperature (68-72F). Here you have a predominately coniferous forest with bark that helps protect the trees from the harsh and long winters.</p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-476" data-attachment-id="476" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot SX170 IS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1554296073","copyright":"","focal_length":"5","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.003125","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_2586" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2586.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2586.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2586.jpg" data-orig-size="4608,3456" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/img_2586/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2586.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 8:</span> The coniferous trees in Snowbird, Utah.</figcaption></figure><p class="has-medium-font-size" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">History:</span></p><p class="has-text-color has-background" style="background-color: #8d95db; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;">The Little Cottonwood Canyon and especially the town of Alta started off as a mining town. The Granite layers contained mineral resources and in particular silver. The first claim was staked in 1865 and by 1872 a few thousand residents were living. This was short lived as economic factors and natural hazards struck the area. Alta, in particular was suspected to terrible avalanches some which would nearly wipe out the town due to the sharp terrain differences formed by the impacts of Ice Age Glaciers. A second boom occurred in 1904 but that ended with the onset of the Great Depression. As the town struggled to survive and was at risk of being another Old Western Ghost town the mayor at the time donated the land to the US Forest Service for development of a ski area. This paid off as over time the town of Alta became one of the premier skiing locations in Western North America due to its terrain and abundant powdery snow. Because of the areas mining history the ski lifts were able to be constructed with mining equipment. <a href="https://townofalta.com/about-alta/history/" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">https://townofalta.com/about-alta/history/</a></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;">^^ The link above has more information about the history of Alta. ^^</p><p class="has-background" style="background-color: #93a1e7; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;">Nearby Snowbird came along later and was inspired by the dream of a man named Ted Johnson. In 1969, Ted Johnson met a man named Richard D. Bass an oilman and rancher at a party in Vail, Colorado. The two men toured North American and European ski resorts in the late 60s and early 70s to gain inspiration to what would became the opening of Snowbird in December of 1971. It included a tram, three lifts, the Snowbird Inn, the Snowbird Center, and lodge. This would grow to include more tunnels and trams and even connections to Alta to allow for a vast expansion in terrain. See <a href="https://www.snowbird.com/history/" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.snowbird.com/history/</a> for more information on the history of Snowbird.</p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-479" data-attachment-id="479" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="snowbird-history-1970s" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/snowbird-history-1970s.jpg?w=720" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/snowbird-history-1970s.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/snowbird-history-1970s.jpg" data-orig-size="720,481" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/snowbird-history-1970s/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/snowbird-history-1970s.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 9: </span>The older advertisement announcing the opening of Snowbird. Courtesy of <a href="https://www.snowbird.com/history/" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(170, 170, 170); box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.snowbird.com/history/</a></figcaption></figure><p class="has-medium-font-size" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Winter Activities:</span></p><p class="has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color" style="background-color: #abb8c3; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;">The biggest attractions at both Snowbird and Alta relate to winter sports. In Snowbird, that includes Skiing and Snowboarding. In Alta, it is ski’s only. Both areas provide several trails for winter sports. Both areas do have trails for those who are beginning and intermediate snowboarders and skiers, but many of the trails in this area due to its terrain are designed for experts. If you have beginners in your group do keep that in mind. The Albion Basin in Alta is a good beginner place for skiers in Alta and they do have some beginner runs in Snowbird. Snowbird has 171 trails and 4 lifts. Alta has over 100 runs. It should be noted that 55% of Alta’s runs are black diamond’s meaning that they are for advanced skiers only. Another advantage especially for Snowbird is that it has the longest season in Utah. Because it has been an unusually snowy season you can actually still ski Snowbird this year likely through June since they still have 116 inches of snow still on the ground. Even in a down snow year there is still often enough snow to ski or snowboard into May.</p><p class="has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color" style="background-color: #abb8c3; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;">Both places are also well known for snowshoeing which is pretty much hiking with special snow boats that allow you to essentially float on the top of the snow. They also have ski schools and since they are part of the Wasatch National Forest you can also catch a tour with a nearby ranger. For those who do not ski there are great opportunities to view the scenery, go to a spa, shop, and eat at several of the restaurants specific to that area. You can even experience an avalanche control operation in which smaller avalanches are intentionally set off to prevent much bigger avalanche events.</p><p class="has-medium-font-size" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Summer Activities (Late June- Early September)</span></p><p class="has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-color" style="background-color: #0d6184; box-sizing: inherit; color: #eeeeee; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;">The summers in Little Cottonwood Canyon are short but they offer abundant opportunity. Two popular summer activities include hiking and mountain biking. Fly fishing is also a popular activity in this area. Just like in the winter season you can still take the tram in Snowbird to get spectacular views of the general Little Cottonwood Canyon landscape. Unfortunately, when I was there it was way too foggy so I did not get to enjoy that feature. Another popular activity is seeing the wildflowers bloom which typically occurs in July as once snow filled landscapes blossom with plant life. Some of which you can only find in this general area of Utah. In particular the Cecret Lake hike in Alta is highly regarded and gives you excellent views of wildflowers and the general landscape.</p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-485" data-attachment-id="485" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="alta-ski-area-summer-photo" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alta-ski-area-summer-photo.jpg?w=720" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alta-ski-area-summer-photo.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alta-ski-area-summer-photo.jpg" data-orig-size="720,480" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/alta-ski-area-summer-photo/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alta-ski-area-summer-photo.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 10: </span>From Alta.com , This is Alta, Utah in the summertime.</figcaption></figure><p class="has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-color" style="background-color: #095988; box-sizing: inherit; color: #eeeeee; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;">Overall this is a very nice area that is very accessible to a major city and major airport (Salt Lake City). In matter of fact, you can actually access both Snowbird and Alta from Salt Lake City without even needing to rent a car since there are ski bus routes that run from about Late November/Early December to Early April between Salt Lake City Metro and the Little Cottonwood Canyon. There are also shuttle services that can take you from the airport to Alta and a service that can take you back and forth between various stops in the Little Cottonwood Canyon. In a state that is known for natural beauty both the Cottonwood Canyons are highly recommended. If possible I would recommend going once in the winter/ski season and once in the summer season. I went here once but unfortunately the fog did restrict my view throughout my time there and hopefully I can make it out here again during clearer weather conditions.</p><p class="has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-color" style="background-color: #115278; box-sizing: inherit; color: #eeeeee; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-weight: 700;">One caution</span> I do need to state is to beware of Attitude Sickness especially if you are not used to high elevations (above 5,000 feet). The symptoms of Attitude Sickness are very similar to a hangover and can put a damper on your trip. I did not experience this on my trip there but everyone is different. If you are not used to high elevations I would recommend staying a night or two at a mid-elevation place like Salt Lake City to allow for your body to adjust to the higher elevations before venturing up to places like Snowbird and Alta.</p><p class="has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-color" style="background-color: #115074; box-sizing: inherit; color: #eeeeee; margin: 1em 0px 1.1em; padding: 20px 38px;">Here are some additional pictures of the general area. Next up will Park City, Utah. I should have that one up by Memorial Day or maybe even later Sunday.</p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-486" data-attachment-id="486" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.5","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot SX170 IS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1554293487","copyright":"","focal_length":"5","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.001","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_2584" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2584.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2584.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2584.jpg" data-orig-size="4608,3456" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/img_2584/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2584.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 11:</span> A Subaru at Snowbird, Utah.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-487" data-attachment-id="487" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.5","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot SX170 IS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1554292186","copyright":"","focal_length":"5","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.05","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_2580" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2580.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2580.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2580.jpg" data-orig-size="4608,3456" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/img_2580/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2580.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 12:</span> The welcome sign at Snowbird.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-488" data-attachment-id="488" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot SX170 IS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1554284040","copyright":"","focal_length":"5","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.004","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_2538" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2538.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2538.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2538.jpg" data-orig-size="4608,3456" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/img_2538/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2538.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 13: </span>A whole lot of Powder (Snow) in Alta.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-489" data-attachment-id="489" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.5","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot SX170 IS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1554284473","copyright":"","focal_length":"5","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.001","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_2548" data-large-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2548.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2548.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2548.jpg" data-orig-size="4608,3456" data-permalink="https://fiveninedevine.wordpress.com/img_2548/" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_2548.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Figure 14: </span>The fog rolls in from the Gold Miner’s Daughter Lodge.</figcaption></figure></div>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-52304302658177480542020-08-17T18:20:00.003-05:002020-08-17T18:20:50.361-05:00Highlighted Community: Salt Lake City <p> </p><h1 class="screen-reader-text hide-if-no-js" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clip-path: inset(50%); clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); color: #23282d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow-wrap: normal !important; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; width: 1px;">Edit Post</h1><div class="block-editor__container hide-if-no-js" id="editor" style="background-color: white; 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line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; outline: transparent solid 1px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 0px; padding-top: 19px; resize: none; transition: border 0.1s ease-out 0s, box-shadow 0.1s linear 0s; width: 580px; word-break: keep-all;"></textarea></div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px;"><div class="block-editor-block-list__layout is-root-container" style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px; position: relative;"><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="518f23bc-a036-4fd0-b603-bcdd804c5ef9" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-518f23bc-a036-4fd0-b603-bcdd804c5ef9" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">From the Pueblo people, the Utes, and to Brigham Young who said "this is the right place" the land that is now Salt Lake City has fascinated people for centuries. This is Highlighted Community Salt Lake City, Utah. Since Salt Lake City (SLC for short) is such a vibrant and large place so this post will only provide a highlight of what the city and surrounding areas have to offer. If I went into much greater detail then this post will be 5,000+ words and no one is likely trying to read all of that. </p><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="51254316-929e-4179-b242-d73add25c7d2" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-51254316-929e-4179-b242-d73add25c7d2" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Latitude/Longitude:</span> Salt Lake City sits at around 40 degrees North Latitude and 119 degrees W Longitude. It has about the same latitude as Indianapolis, Indiana. SLC sits at the intersection of two of the most important interstates in the country. Interstate 80 that connects San Francisco to New York City and Interstate 15 that connects Los Angeles with Canada. Interstate 15 is also a vital connection to Las Vegas and several National Parks. </p><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="846f7cef-aa38-4a09-a55d-48bc4685e3ac" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-846f7cef-aa38-4a09-a55d-48bc4685e3ac" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 892.84px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 32.4806px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is slc-map.png" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/slc-map.png?w=838" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Write caption…" aria-multiline="true" class="rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555d66; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Figure 1: </span> Map of Salt Lake City and surrounding areas. </figcaption><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 394.625px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="c6afb1e0-f10e-4567-b455-d37fcc8313c6" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-c6afb1e0-f10e-4567-b455-d37fcc8313c6" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Geology: </span>Salt Lake City has had a diverse geologic history which has seen it range from being covered by an ocean, being in an intense hot desert with very tall sand dunes, to being covered by a lake. Most recently Salt Lake City as covered by Lake Bonneville, which was an extension of the Great Salt Lake during the recent Ice Age. The ancient coastline is still preserved and that area makes up what is known as the bench. The bench is a raised area of about 4,600 feet to 5,550 feet that covers the eastern side of the city. Salt Lake City itself mostly sits at about 4,200-4,300 feet in elevation. As long as you avoid the inversion you can see a very clear view of the Wasatch Mountain range and the Oquirrh Mountains a privately owned mountain range with a lot of copper resources.</p><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="aa667dc5-b03f-4d30-9b83-938a4aa54cb9" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-aa667dc5-b03f-4d30-9b83-938a4aa54cb9" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Climate/Weather: </span>Salt Lake City, Utah gets pretty much all types of weather. Snow, wind, cold winter days, hot summer days, thunderstorms, rain, ice, and even an occasional severe storm. In 1999, an EF-2 tornado struck the downtown area causing 1 fatality and around 172 million dollars in damage. </p><div aria-label="Block: YouTube" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block" data-block="2a2cd2dc-c9e7-49a9-93b3-3ed02f15429e" data-title="YouTube" data-type="core-embed/youtube" id="block-2a2cd2dc-c9e7-49a9-93b3-3ed02f15429e" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><figure class="wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px; position: relative;"><iframe class="components-sandbox" height="326" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: 326.25px; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 580px;" title="Embedded content from youtube.com" width="580"></iframe><div class="block-library-embed__interactive-overlay" style="bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px;"></div></div><figcaption aria-label="Write caption…" aria-multiline="true" class="rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555d66; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Figure 2:</span> Video coverage of the 1999 tornado.</figcaption></figure></div><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="b1fad751-2df2-4427-9e34-8ed888f0a5e6" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-b1fad751-2df2-4427-9e34-8ed888f0a5e6" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">History: </span> </p><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="38960209-e139-465f-9d7c-50f284eda65d" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-38960209-e139-465f-9d7c-50f284eda65d" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">https://utah.com/salt-lake-city/history</p><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="2eb58175-441f-46ba-b23c-da09b64419ca" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-2eb58175-441f-46ba-b23c-da09b64419ca" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">For more information on Salt Lake City's history click on that link.</p><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable has-medium-font-size wp-block" data-block="f17ea8f2-a7cf-456c-a2fd-26b93024dfb9" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-f17ea8f2-a7cf-456c-a2fd-26b93024dfb9" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Salt Lake City Attractions:</span> </p><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="a1efb5f8-389e-4809-860c-8c5ec0a827de" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-a1efb5f8-389e-4809-860c-8c5ec0a827de" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">TEMPLE SQUARE:</p><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="6c4bca37-d159-4dc4-bdcf-56d023577bbf" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-6c4bca37-d159-4dc4-bdcf-56d023577bbf" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is temple-square-1.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/temple-square-1.jpg?w=960" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Write caption…" aria-multiline="true" class="rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555d66; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Figure 3: </span>Temple Square in downtown SLC</figcaption><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 472.5px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="c28d8768-c1d9-4f96-9f74-28c0193d4018" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-c28d8768-c1d9-4f96-9f74-28c0193d4018" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is temple-square-2.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/temple-square-2.jpg?w=960" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Write caption…" aria-multiline="true" class="rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555d66; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Figure 4: </span> Another Temple Square view </figcaption><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 472.5px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="4a5585b2-460a-4c67-8367-e5465d7e75a8" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-4a5585b2-460a-4c67-8367-e5465d7e75a8" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">Temple Square is both a historical district and the headquarters of the church of LDS. This is the temple that holds a special place in the heart of Mormon's. Many women who practice the Mormon faith want to get married at the temple. Temple Square was the symbol in the Salt Lake Valley that lets people know that is was the land and headquarters of the Mormon faith. Salt Lake City is laid out on a grid system and Temple Square is the center point. If you are on 100 East and 700 South that means that you are one block east of the temple and seven blocks south of the temple. </p><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="a0799d51-9e23-4416-9ff0-7187ed006690" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-a0799d51-9e23-4416-9ff0-7187ed006690" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">CAPITAL HILL/UTAH CAPITOL:</p><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="d546583f-4fbf-48ed-ab12-f03292c92752" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-d546583f-4fbf-48ed-ab12-f03292c92752" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is capital-hill-lookout.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/capital-hill-lookout.jpg?w=960" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 443px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="1777aacc-f5f0-4ceb-aadf-4702b9e5d7ea" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-1777aacc-f5f0-4ceb-aadf-4702b9e5d7ea" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is utah.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/utah.jpg?w=960" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Write caption…" aria-multiline="true" class="rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555d66; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Figure 5:</span> Utah's capital building and Capital Hill </figcaption><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 472.5px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="73ecdbee-5df0-4973-a7f2-4f413143a815" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-73ecdbee-5df0-4973-a7f2-4f413143a815" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">FOOTHILLS/LIVING ROOM TRAIL:</p><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="795f1664-4187-407c-9aad-bb74c45b5000" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-795f1664-4187-407c-9aad-bb74c45b5000" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_2365.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_2365.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 443px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="26dc7b7c-d803-4e37-b04d-07027078e06a" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-26dc7b7c-d803-4e37-b04d-07027078e06a" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_2363.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_2363.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 443px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="e4213771-78aa-4b31-a493-f675a3fb07de" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-e4213771-78aa-4b31-a493-f675a3fb07de" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_2374.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_2374.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 443px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="0bdb71aa-7e36-47f1-a3e4-2a70c5f1da07" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-0bdb71aa-7e36-47f1-a3e4-2a70c5f1da07" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_2358.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_2358.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Write caption…" aria-multiline="true" class="rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555d66; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Figure 6:</span> Views from the Wasatch foothills on the east side of Salt Lake City looking out into the city and the Oquirrh Mountains. </figcaption><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 495.5px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="abf91f79-ad78-4cb0-87c4-2c8b8c472bdc" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-abf91f79-ad78-4cb0-87c4-2c8b8c472bdc" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">The foothills on the east side of Salt Lake City are extremely scenic. You see mountains, foothills, canyons, and some really nice views of Salt Lake City as long as you don't have an inversion. One popular hiking trail is the Living Room Trail which is about 2 miles one-way that is a moderate intensity trail. Up top you have rock arrangements that resemble a couch that you would sit on in your living room with a view of Salt Lake City. If the visibility is great you can even see the Great Salt Lake. </p><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="cd8564d0-83cf-4b04-9610-dadd50bf0b39" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-cd8564d0-83cf-4b04-9610-dadd50bf0b39" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF UTAH</p><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="b7c58170-fbc1-4463-8231-410936354a84" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-b7c58170-fbc1-4463-8231-410936354a84" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_2380.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_2380.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 443px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="fb4245b8-499f-4b26-8c84-e81bed2242f2" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-fb4245b8-499f-4b26-8c84-e81bed2242f2" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1933.33px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 26.6667px; min-width: 20px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_2391.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_2391.jpg?w=768" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 781.328px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="ae54d8db-bc5f-47e5-b5b7-47f47f7746b8" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-ae54d8db-bc5f-47e5-b5b7-47f47f7746b8" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_2381.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_2381.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Write caption…" aria-multiline="true" class="rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555d66; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Figure 7:</span> Natural History Museum of Utah and some of the exhibits. Highly recommended. </figcaption><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 472.5px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="24a9f8f1-ac51-4c31-a481-2e54c97cd51b" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-24a9f8f1-ac51-4c31-a481-2e54c97cd51b" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">RED BUTTE GARDEN:</p><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="65581d4b-307d-4ffb-8b50-e0b0d9186510" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-65581d4b-307d-4ffb-8b50-e0b0d9186510" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_2415.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_2415.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 443px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="1de2b5cf-cbc6-4d3f-8fa4-bdc37a6a6950" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-1de2b5cf-cbc6-4d3f-8fa4-bdc37a6a6950" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_2429.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_2429.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 443px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="69557b4b-2d4c-4790-a7c7-3baf5b53b819" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-69557b4b-2d4c-4790-a7c7-3baf5b53b819" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_2432.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_2432.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 443px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="27f0761e-8196-41b6-8ec8-0920f8d95493" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-27f0761e-8196-41b6-8ec8-0920f8d95493" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_2428.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_2428.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Write caption…" aria-multiline="true" class="rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555d66; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Figure 8: </span> Images of Red Butte Garden and Amphitheater </figcaption><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 472.5px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="ede0659b-b148-4cfb-86c9-9779b8593524" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-ede0659b-b148-4cfb-86c9-9779b8593524" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">Owned by the University of Utah the Red Butte Garden is part botanical garden, hiking/nature walking pathway, museum, and even an event gathering place. This is a highly recommended stop if you are in the Salt Lake City area. Not just a garden but a variety of activities such as bird watching, nature walks, concerts, educational trips, etc. </p><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="653a84fa-0fff-41a3-8c55-03c4c0699d4b" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-653a84fa-0fff-41a3-8c55-03c4c0699d4b" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">SUGARHOUSE: </p><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="f58dda4a-a9db-4fe3-a6f3-0b10bc7b1707" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-f58dda4a-a9db-4fe3-a6f3-0b10bc7b1707" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is sugarhouse-area.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/sugarhouse-area.jpg?w=960" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Write caption…" aria-multiline="true" class="rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555d66; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Figure 9: </span>A park in the Sugarhouse area a very-hip neighborhood in the Southeastern part of Salt Lake City </figcaption><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 495.5px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="ab2652a0-9962-42e1-9d9b-2c5c99436322" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-ab2652a0-9962-42e1-9d9b-2c5c99436322" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">OTHER DOWNTOWN AREAS:</p><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="9d0a7d3e-7563-47ef-b4e2-a7637cf5fef9" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-9d0a7d3e-7563-47ef-b4e2-a7637cf5fef9" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; 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box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 443px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="7317ba4f-e13e-49a0-a5ab-2bc12fda4e5a" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-7317ba4f-e13e-49a0-a5ab-2bc12fda4e5a" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_2434.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_2434.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Write caption…" aria-multiline="true" class="rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555d66; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Figure 10:</span> A downtown mall with a Southwest themed decor. A look at a downtown street and the Vivint Arena which is home of the NBA team the Utah Jazz</figcaption><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 495.5px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable has-medium-font-size wp-block" data-block="15593235-bcb3-4d71-9f0f-840c6f1bcc52" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-15593235-bcb3-4d71-9f0f-840c6f1bcc52" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;"> Final Thoughts </span></p><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="00efeaf4-50b2-4ef0-8be9-b7e0caf85e23" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-00efeaf4-50b2-4ef0-8be9-b7e0caf85e23" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">This is just a highlight of what the general Salt Lake City, UT area has to offer. There are several more museums and sights such as the Church History Museum, Clark Planetarium, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Pioneer Memorial Museum, and many more. Along with several vibrant neighborhoods, restaurants, music venues, and many more. Salt Lake City, UT also has its own rail system that is very impressive for a mid-sized metro area. I found myself saying, why doesn't Nashville or Louisville have one of these several times. You can actually do most of Salt Lake City without having to have a car because the bus/train system is so well developed. That is something that Salt Lake City residents should take great pride in. All in all one of my all-time favorite cities that I have been to in the USA/Canada so far. Friendly people, wonderful scenery, wonderful public transportation, overall pretty safe, and a lot of culture. This is far from being the conservative religious city that people think it is. Enjoy some more pictures and I will be back doing some Highlighted Communities with a few episodes coming up that will cover varying places across Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee </p><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="dd8bcc71-a7af-427d-8bda-be370426fe29" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-dd8bcc71-a7af-427d-8bda-be370426fe29" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1933.33px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 26.6667px; min-width: 20px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is beehive.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/beehive.jpg?w=720" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Write caption…" aria-multiline="true" class="rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555d66; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Figure 11: </span>The Utah beehive symbol. Utah is the beehive state the History link above goes into why that is the case. </figcaption><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 833.828px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="aed6cad2-8b22-476c-a41f-a447866ccd4c" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-aed6cad2-8b22-476c-a41f-a447866ccd4c" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_2613.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_2613.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Write caption…" aria-multiline="true" class="rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555d66; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Figure 12</span>: Liberty Park</figcaption><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; 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min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_2605.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_2605.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Write caption…" aria-multiline="true" class="rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555d66; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Figure 13: </span> Walking down I believe State Street </figcaption><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 472.5px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><figure aria-label="Block: Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large wp-block" data-block="a78a192f-a0d5-417e-b972-dda730820fde" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-a78a192f-a0d5-417e-b972-dda730820fde" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_2608.jpg" src="https://fiveninedevine.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_2608.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><div class="components-drop-zone" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid var(--wp-admin-theme-color); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; left: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s, background-color 0.3s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.3s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 40;"></div><div class="__resizable_base__" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 1 0%; height: 443px; left: 0px; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transform: scale(0, 0); width: 580px;"></div></figure><p aria-label="Paragraph block" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block" data-block="a8a9a243-c176-4cc7-9074-ff62e1af226a" data-title="Paragraph" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-a8a9a243-c176-4cc7-9074-ff62e1af226a" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">If you like this post check out my other Northern Utah Highlighted Community series posts. Covering Alta/Snowbird, Park City, and the Great Salt Lake/Salt Flats </p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-18760233710799092512020-07-23T20:27:00.002-05:002020-07-23T20:27:44.922-05:00Lake Day Outlook Weekend of 7/24/2020<div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
This Lake Day Outlook is pretty much a copy and paste this weekend.</div>
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Overall the weather is pretty favorable for Lake Days. Isolated to scattered afternoon storms, temperatures in the upper 80s, and seasonably humid.</div>
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Whether it is Kentucky Lake, Lake Barkley, or Barren River Lake we have an overall decent to good lake day weekend. </div>
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A 4 out of 5 </div>
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FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-52647306789941583902020-07-23T20:22:00.002-05:002020-07-26T18:45:40.198-05:00COVID-19 Update Western Kentucky <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A little late but here is our COVID-19 Weekly Update.</span></div>
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A few things to make note of as far as the data I will present.</span></div>
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The data on the graph that I will show you don't include our newly added county Allen County and that is just for consistency purposes. We will include Allen County in our change in cases per week map.</span></div>
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Even excluding our newly added friends in Allen County we have added 789 new cases this week along with 11 new deaths and that is just using the state numbers. Local health department numbers are even higher in several cases (especially Christian County). This is very concerning and follows the escalation pattern we are seeing across the state and the country.</span></div>
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- We have several reports of people in their 20s and 30s getting quite sick with this and even some deaths or life-long disabilities. Although these factors are relatively rare compared to other age-groups they are still happening. We need every one of all ages to take this seriously. Even if you don't die you face the risk for permanent damage to major organs of your body. We have had people who have damage to their lungs and even brain function due to COVID-19 both locally and nationwide.</span></div>
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- We have a lot of folks traveling to Gulf Shores, Florida, or South Carolina. We need to limit that to business, family, or emergency only. We have had several cluster events in our local area that have been started by someone traveling to those areas. You may not get that sick, but you could give it to someone who will get that sick.</span></div>
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- Mask wearing and social distancing are key and it is up to all of us to do it.</span></div>
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Last but not least, I challenge everyone to be the best American and Kentuckian that you can be. There is a ton of negativity on social media and people being ugly and such. It is totally understandable during these trying and uncertain times that emotions are running high, but I challenge everyone to think before they say or type something out. Is this respectable? Is it kind? Does it add to the negativity? Just something to think about.</span></div>
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<br />FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-77720431543866332962013-07-01T10:03:00.003-05:002013-07-01T10:03:28.367-05:00Important Link<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Western-Kentucky-Weather/186670658033451?fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Western-Kentucky-Weather/186670658033451?fref=ts</a><br />
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This is the facebook page for Western Kentucky Weather. This is where I do most of my posting. I am thinking about posting on the blogspot more, and may even start a twitter account. FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-1300824409765547832013-06-09T21:41:00.002-05:002013-06-09T21:41:28.191-05:00Heavy Rains<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Looking at 1 inch an hour rainfall from Guthrie/Allensville(Todd County) into the Russellville/Morgantown area. There have already been 2-3 inches of rain according to radar, and 1 to 2 more inches of rain may fall, so there may be some flash flooding in prone areas.</span>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-66332511863907419112013-06-09T14:12:00.001-05:002013-06-09T14:12:12.205-05:00Message for the lake<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">That watch does include all of the Land Between the Lakes area on the Kentucky side. If you are out on the lakes be watchful. Remember that storms don't have to be severe to cause issues on the lake. Lightning and even as little as 35-40MPH winds can cause rough lake conditions.</span>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-31278451801412864192013-06-09T14:08:00.001-05:002013-06-09T14:08:09.430-05:00Severe Thunderstorm Watch 290<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Severe Thunderstorm Watch 290 from Morganfield to Cadiz KY westward. Till 9pm. Damaging winds may occur in the strongest storms this afternoon and early evening.</span>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-67369670346121562192013-05-31T21:46:00.001-05:002013-05-31T21:46:07.345-05:00Tornado Watch<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">There is a tornado watch for KY counties along the Ohio River tonight. The threat for those areas and all of Western KY isn't very high, but can't rule out a brief spinup/wind event in NW KY. Nothing like in Missouri or Oklahoma though. Could also be some strong to severe storms during the afternoon and evening in Western KY tomorrow. Again nothing like the past few events in the plains, but if we get some sunshine and clearing could have some damaging winds and maybe brief spinups. Also some localized flooding of prone areas is possible tonight through tomorrow night.</span>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-5844292282535029942013-05-20T23:22:00.002-05:002013-05-20T23:22:58.555-05:00Tornado WatchTornado Watch for Western KY from Murray to Eddyville to Henderson KY line westward. Damaging winds the biggest threat, brief tornadoes cannot be ruled out. Nothing like out in Oklahoma though. Keep the NOAA's on tonight just in case there are warnings.FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-16886993889186427862013-04-18T05:48:00.002-05:002013-04-18T05:48:43.032-05:00Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Also you can follow Western Kentucky Weather on facebook.FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-20073448392731596122013-04-18T05:44:00.000-05:002013-04-18T05:44:24.942-05:00Weather outlook for today by NWS<a href="http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=KYZ009&warncounty=KYC035&firewxzone=KYZ009&local_place1=&product1=Hazardous+Weather+Outlook">http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=KYZ009&warncounty=KYC035&firewxzone=KYZ009&local_place1=&product1=Hazardous+Weather+Outlook</a>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-20984129280558683172013-04-10T20:33:00.001-05:002013-04-10T20:33:39.572-05:00Tornado Watch<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Tornado Watch 94 from a Henderson KY to a Princeton KY to a Murray KY line westward till 3am.</span>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-52232168751043746872013-04-09T16:55:00.001-05:002013-04-09T16:55:05.185-05:00Update<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Severe weather is still possible tomorrow night and into very early Thursday. This doesn't look like an outbreak event, but there is a chance of severe weather and a few warnings. Damaging winds and large hail will be the main threat in the heavier storms also locally heavy rain may be an issue as well as a line or line segments move through. </span>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-91459461309121534802013-03-24T11:28:00.001-05:002013-03-24T11:28:33.151-05:00<span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Winter WX Advisory for Northwestern Kentucky. Henderson, Calhoun, Owensboro, Sebree, and Morganfield included. </span>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-6200282275621884572013-02-05T05:39:00.002-06:002013-02-05T05:39:33.913-06:005 years ago today<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: red;">5 years ago today the Super Tuesday Outbreak strikes Western KY and surrounding areas. The most damage occurred from a single storm that tracked from NW TN across Calloway, Trigg, Christian, and into Muhlenberg Counties. The Muhlenberg county tracked through the heart of Muhlenberg County and produced an EF-3 tornado that killed 3 and caused 21 million dollars of damage to Greenville, Powderly, and Central City KY. This was part of a bigger tornado outbreak that also produced the Castalian Springs and Lafayette TN </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">tornado that killed 23 people that destroyed and heavily damaged hundred's of structures.</span><br />
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<br />FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-47885521360463711312013-02-04T06:40:00.000-06:002013-02-04T13:23:28.997-06:00Overview of the Jan 29-30th Severe Weather Outbreak This past Tuesday Night into Wednesday Morning a very potent squall line moved through the area. This squall contained embedded bow echos and supercells, which produced widespread wind damage and tornadoes in the area.<br />
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- 4 tornadoes occurred in the area<br />
- The first tornadoes in January history touched down in Christian and Muhlenberg County<br />
- At least 14 tornadoes touched down in Middle TN<br />
- The southern outskirts of Hopkinsville and the Penrod community in far Southern Muhlenberg Community were hit hardest<br />
- No fatalities in Western KY<br />
- 1 wind fatality in Middle TN<br />
- Temps were at 70 degrees across the area at night in January before the line moved through<br />
- This was a low instability(300-500CAPE) and high shear event<br />
- The largest January tornado outbreak in the region(KY/TN)<br />
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One of these rotating bow echos produced an EF-2 and EF-1 Tornado in Christian County and produced an EF-2 tornado in Penrod in far southern Muhlenberg County. Damaging winds up to 110MPH also occurred in Christian, Todd, and Southern Muhlenberg County as well.<br />
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The highlighted storm in this picture was the storm that produced significant damage in the Coble TN area(Hickman County TN).FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-45791820428182219022013-01-30T19:56:00.001-06:002013-01-30T19:56:26.027-06:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I want to give thanks to all the Emergency Management personal, National Weather Service/SPC personal, and the local skywarn spotter and weather watcher groups for all the hard work during last nights severe weather outbreak. A prepared community is a safer community.</span>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-86379689771782676122013-01-30T07:00:00.001-06:002013-01-30T07:00:34.181-06:00Post storm<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In Western KY there are no reports of serious injuries or deaths. In both Western KY and Middle TN there will be trees and powerlines across the road. If you a powerline across the road stay away from that, and do not try and cross the downed powerline or mess with the downed powerline.</span>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-47556894793301194032013-01-29T22:15:00.003-06:002013-01-29T22:15:32.494-06:00TimelineTornado Watches go till 4am for Western KY.<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: grey; line-height: 14px;">Timeline:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: grey; line-height: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: grey; line-height: 14px;">Wickliffe to Hickman KY: 10:15pm</span><br style="background-color: white; color: grey; line-height: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: grey; line-height: 14px;">Paducah to Mayfield KY: 10:45pm</span><br style="background-color: white; color: grey; line-height: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: grey; line-height: 14px;">Murray to Uniontown KY: 11:15pm</span><br style="background-color: white; color: grey; line-height: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: grey; line-height: 14px;">Henderson to Cadiz KY to Paris TN: 11:45pm</span><br style="background-color: white; color: grey; line-height: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: grey; line-height: 14px;">Hopkinsville to Owensboro KY to Tennessee Ridge TN: 12:15am</span></span>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-39784248186032632562013-01-29T15:27:00.001-06:002013-01-29T15:27:22.653-06:00Updated map<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Click to enlargeFiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-76541297188117835992013-01-29T14:47:00.003-06:002013-01-29T14:47:30.109-06:00Severe threat<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">. Anywhere in Western KY and Middle TN needs to watch out for tonight and early tomorrow morning. An extensive squall line/perhapes even serial derecho is expected tonight. Bow echos and supercells will be present along this line. Development out ahead of the line cannot be rule</span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">d out. Anyone in a mobile homes needs to stay the night somewhere else as these homes can be tossed around in 80+MPH winds. The wind damage will likely be widespread across the area tonight as 60-80MPH(locally up to 100MPH winds may occur) due to the intense shear. Tornadoes are a threat as well. The EF-2 Tornado that hit the industrial park in Hopkinsville on 4/4/2011 and the Parsons TN EF-2 that hit on 2/24/2011 are examples of tornadoes that can form in squall lines. This shows that we cannot rule out a tornadoes in events like this. Keep NOAA Radios and any other sources charged up and battery powered and ready to go. I will post an updated map by 4pm.</span></span>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752406086624398147.post-64670135788012998392013-01-29T06:08:00.001-06:002013-01-29T06:08:29.175-06:00Morning Update<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Everyone make sure you have a source of warning for tonight. The threat is still a squall line with damaging winds in excess of 60MPH(with 70+MPH) in the strongest storms. Also there is a tornado threat due to the intense wind shear for any storms along the line, or anything that forms out ahead of the line. NOAA Weather Radios are great to have. Thinking about 8pm-11pm along the MS. River into the Purchase area. 11pm-1:30am around LBL, and Midnight-3am for the Hopkinsville KY and Clarksville TN area.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Still the confidence levels are:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Severe Storms: 3 out of 5(this may increase)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Non-Thunderstorm Winds: 3 out of 5</span>FiveNineStormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564573641905722321noreply@blogger.com0