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Brain Post: How Far Does the Average Human Walk in a Lifetime?

The average moderately active person take aound 7,500 step/day. If you maintain that daily average and live until 80 years of age, you’ll have walked about 216,262,500 steps in your lifetime. Doing the math; the average person with the average stride living until 80 will walk a distance of around 110,000 miles. Which is the equivalent of walking about 5 times around the Earth, right on the equator. […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | May 18, 2020
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How Did April Temperatures Compare to the 30-Year Average? Turns Out the Majority of the Country was Colder than Average

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This post on average temperatures was taken from the NOAA Was the month cooler or warmer than usual? Colors on the map above, courtesy of the NOAA, show where and by how much the average monthly temperatures differed from the month’s average temperature from 1981-2010. Red areas were warmer than the 30-year average for the month and blue areas were […]

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WeatherBrains | May 18, 2018
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Only 12 Avalanche Fatalities in the USA in 2016/17 – The USA Averages 27 | We Asked 5 Experts Why This Year’s Total Was So Low?

There were only 12 Avalanche deaths this winter (2016/17) in the U.S. The annual average is 27. So, what happened? Record breaking snowfall characterized much of the western United States this year, with storm snowfall totals being recorded in feet instead of inches, massive avalanches closing roads all across the nation, and “weather events” that left us all saying “OH MY […]

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LadyBrains | November 14, 2017
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Miracle March: California’s Reservoirs Are Filling Up Fast

March truly has been a miracle for California residents.  Over the last two weeks of storms, the two largest reservoirs- Oroville and Shasta, have surpassed historical averages for this year, for the first time since 2013.  If this wet weather continues throughout the month and into May, some of the water restrictions might even begin to get phased out.  Felicia […]

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Keenan Grady | March 18, 2016
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California Statewide Snowpack Currently at 19% of Average

Yes, we know that California is having a dry year. But, it is interesting to hear just how dry we are. In the Northern Sierra, snowpack is at only 10% of average. In the Central Sierra (Tahoe) the snowpack is at 21% of average. The Southern Sierra is doing the best with 29% of average snowpack right now. Pretty scary as well to read that the Central Sierra currently has a snow water content of only 8% of average… It has been an extremely dry start […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | January 7, 2014
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Colorado Snowpack 140% of Normal Right Now:

Colorado’s mountain snowpack is 140% of normal right now. It’s up about 80% right now as compared to this time last year. The National Weather Service (NOAA) in Denver just released these numbers today. They’re great, they’re impressive, and they’re true. We’ll let NOAA do the talking. NOAA:The mountain snowpack is above average across Colorado, and much better than a year ago: […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | November 27, 2013
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Tahoe = 2nd Lowest Snow Year on Record | 54% of Average Snowfall in 2012/13

I just got off the phone with the Randall Osterhuber at the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Laboratory.  We talked about snow, rain, and sun.  He gave me the numbers for the 2012/13 season and he never once had any inflection in his voice.  Just basic, monotone, telling it like it is. THE BOTTOM LINE for 2012/13: – Our 2nd […]

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Miles Clark | April 25, 2013
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