Resident Charles Voss captured the dust from a landslide on Jobs Peak that occurred on Thursday afternoon.
Genoa, Nev. — A landslide on Jobs Peak sent up a cloud of fine white dust around 2:30 p.m. that prompted concerns there was a fire. Resident Charles Voss caught a picture and said they heard it.
The Nevada Seismology Lab doesn’t show an earthquake around there for a while, so my guess is that the sudden moisture after a long dry spell may have set off the slide, or a particularly large bear.
It’s another reminder that the Sierra are geologically active. The Great Nevada Shakeout is 10:21 a.m. Oct. 21. You can register at www.shakeout.org/nevada/
Rex’s Exes will be shaking up the CVIC Hall for its opening night at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 at the door. The show is this weekend and next with evening shows Friday and Saturday and a 2 p.m. matinee.
East Fork firefighters responded to a report of a commercial fire in a two-story building on Business Parkway around 11:45 a.m. Thurday that resulted in the building’s evacuation. The dust collector caught fire and was quickly extinguished.
The Eldorado National Forest closure for the Caldor Fire is being reduced effective today. There’s a lot of detail, so here’s a link to the Forest Order that has a map www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd961876.pdf
There might be a little weather in the cards for Sunday night with a chance of gusty winds 35-45 mph bringing rain and snow showers which could see snow levels dropping to around 5,600 feet by Monday morning. Forecasters are predicting trace to a couple of inches on the higher Sierra passes.
Today expect sunny skies and a high temperature near 69 degrees and the wind out of the north at 5 mph, which will continue through Saturday, with the wind picking up on Sunday afternoon.
Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Reach him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com
