Amy Edgett
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Opinion
November 19, 2012
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National Geographic documents Interstate 80 hazards

TRUCKEE — Winter rages across Donner Summit, 100 mph wind gusts blow Pacific storms of blinding snow that ravage the 7,240-foot pass on Interstate 80 above Donner Lake. The brutal storm systems dump an average snow accumulation of 415 inches yearly — the 2010-11 winter a massive 700-plus inches with 250 inches still piled high by May 23, 2011. Who better to capture the trials and triumphs of keeping the pass open for travel and commerce than National Geographic, airing the 10-part documentary “Hell on the Highway” Wednesdays at 10 p.m.? “We are telling the story of the men and …

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