On Monday I got a very bad feeling about heading north

Then my friend who lives in the Mount Shasta area texted me and said "please don't go through or to Mt. Shasta the weather is going to be very bad. Then another friend called to say they expected over 1 foot of snow in town. Then I looked at the temperatures this week and they said 9 degrees which is too cold to have any fun in temperatures that cold outside because of potential frostbite or death.

So, Monday I told my wife that I had a really bad feeling about heading north and she agreed. By yesterday afternoon Interstate 5 closed from Redding to Yreka, later it closed all the way from Redding to Ashland as well. My friends who were traveling south from Medford to Mt. Shasta said it was snowing hard yesterday morning as they made it from Medford to Mt. Shasta before the freeway closed. They noticed that all wheel drive cars were doing better than 4 wheel drive trucks in this type of snow that was falling for some reason. They made it back to Mt. Shasta only to be snowed in where they cannot get any vehicles in or out from their property now. They said 2 to 3 feet of snow had fallen by last night.

So we cancelled our reservations yesterday early enough before the freeway closed throughout that area from Redding to Ashland.

I-5 is closed to all northbound traffic as of right now from Redding north as of 10:15 AM PST Wednesday November 27th 2019:

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This highway information is the latest reported as of Wednesday, November 27th, 2019 at 10:10 AM.

I 5

[IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA]
A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 MI NORTH OF THE JCT OF SR 126 /AT LAKE HUGHES RD/ (LOS ANGELES CO) TO THE LOS ANGELES/KERN CO LINE /THE GRAPEVINE/ - TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CAMPERS, TRAILERS OR PERMIT LOADS

[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA]
IS CLOSED TO SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC 25 MI SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD /AT LAVAL RD/ (KERN CO) - DUE TO FLOODING - A DETOUR IS AVAILABLE

[IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA]
IS CLOSED TO NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC 10 MI NORTH OF REDDING /AT FAWNDALE/ (SHASTA CO) - DUE TO SNOW - MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE

CHAINS ARE REQUIRED ON ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT 4-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLES WITH SNOW TIRES ON ALL 4 WHEELS FROM DUNSMUIR TO 2 MI NORTH OF MT SHASTA (SISKIYOU CO)

CHAINS ARE REQUIRED ON ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT 4-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLES WITH SNOW TIRES ON ALL 4 WHEELS FROM 2 MI NORTH OF DUNSMUIR TO 3 MI NORTH OF WEED (SISKIYOU CO) /BLACK BUTTE SUMMIT/

CHAINS ARE REQUIRED ON ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT 4-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLES WITH SNOW TIRES ON ALL 4 WHEELS FROM 3 MI NORTH TO 6 MI SOUTH OF THE OREGON STATE LINE (SISKIYOU CO) /ANDERSON GRADE/

A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT OVER THE ELKHORN BRIDGE & OVER THE ELKHORN CAUSEWAY /NORTH OF SACRAMENTO/ (YOLO CO)

PLEASE RESEARCH CHAIN CONTROL LOCATIONS AS CALTRANS IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO UPDATE CHAIN CONTROL DESCRIPTIONS FOR CONSISTENCY WITH INTERNET MAPPING, LIKE GOOGLE MAPS & MAPQUEST.

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