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January 1982 was an historic #ElNino winter
A devastating Tahoe blizzard hit as the (then) #SanDiego #Chargers were playing an historic playoff game in Miami
We may have listened on the car radio... but mostly I remember endless snowfall & lines of cars.
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January 1982 was an historic #ElNino winter
A devastating Tahoe blizzard hit as the (then) #SanDiego #Chargers were playing an historic playoff game in Miami
We may have listened on the car radio... but mostly I remember endless snowfall & lines of cars.
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The next year I was working as a carpenter in Pacific Beach, building the US Post Office on Cass Street, and saw the Crystal Pier get knocked apart like so many matchsticks
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That's the thing about living my entire life in #California: I've seen things/visited places (including in #SanDiego) that have endured incredible weather events
We've lost trails in Torrey Pines State Park & other places along the coast that most people will never know about
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We've lost trails in Torrey Pines State Park & other places along the coast that most people will never know about
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