Snow totals of 4 to 6 feet

With snow totals of 4 to 6 feet over the past 24 hours, employees ...

(AP) - With snow totals of 4 to 6 feet over the past 24 hours, employees at Kirkwood Mountain Resort work in blizzard like conditions to keep the resort operational, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008 in Hope Valley, Calif.. A dangerous layer of heavy snow covered the Northern California mountains and a levee break flooded hundreds of homes in Nevada on Saturday as a major storm continued pummeling the West Coast. (AP Photo/Chad Lundquist)

Travelers move slowly through blizzard-like conditions over ...

(AP) - Travelers move slowly through blizzard-like conditions over Carson Pass, Calif., elevation 6,870 feet, on U.S. 88, Saturday, January 5, 2008. A dangerous layer of heavy snow covered the Northern California mountains and a levee break flooded hundreds of homes in Nevada on Saturday as a major storm continued pummeling the West Coast. (AP Photo/Chad Lundquist)

People look at a road damaged as a result of a mudslide in Oakland, ...

(Reuters) - People look at a road damaged as a result of a mudslide in Oakland, California January 5, 2008. Storms battered the western United States on Saturday with strong winds, heavy rains and a blanket of snow that caused widespread power outages, a levee break in Nevada and two deaths in California. REUTERS/Kimberly White

A man walks amid the flooded area in Fernley, Nev. Saturday ...

(AP) - A man walks amid the flooded area in Fernley, Nev. Saturday Jan. 5, 2008. A canal levee ruptured early Saturday after heavy rainfall, pouring more than 3 feet of near-freezing water into hundreds of homes and stranding 3,500 people across a square mile in their desert agricultural town, authorities said. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Tim Dunn)

A home on Prairie Lane in Fernley, Nev., takes on flood waters ...

(AP) - A home on Prairie Lane in Fernley, Nev., takes on flood waters on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, after flooding forced about 100 evacuations and damaged about 300 homes. A canal levee ruptured early Saturday after heavy rainfall, pouring more than 3 feet of near-freezing water into about 800 homes and stranding about 3,500 people in their agricultural desert town, authorities said. (AP Photo/Nevada Appeal, Brad Horn)

Travis Bennett, left, and Craig Arnett look for houses that ...

(AP) - Travis Bennett, left, and Craig Arnett look for houses that need sand bags during Saturday's levee break flood in Fernley, Nev. Saturday Jan. 5, 2008. A canal levee ruptured early Saturday after heavy rainfall, pouring more than 3 feet of near-freezing water into hundreds of homes and stranding 3,500 people across a square mile in their desert agricultural town, authorities said. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Tim Dunn)

An Army National Guard helicopter searches the Farm District ...

(AP) - An Army National Guard helicopter searches the Farm District Road area in Fernley, Nev., after a canal levee ruptured from heavy rainfall, pouring more than 3 feet of near-freezing water into hundreds of homes and stranding some 3,500 people across a square mile in their desert agricultural town on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Nevada Appeal, Brad Horn)

Michael Eastman takes cover beneath an umbrella while waiting ...

(Reuters) - Michael Eastman takes cover beneath an umbrella while waiting to photograph breaking waves beneath the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California January 5, 2008. Californians braced for another round of fierce weather on Saturday, a day after strong winds, heavy rains and snow prompted evacuations and left more than one million homes without electricity, while residents were warned of high surf and potential coastal flooding. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES)

A man stands on Canary Circle in Fernley, Nev., on Saturday, ...

(AP) - A man stands on Canary Circle in Fernley, Nev., on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, after a canal levee ruptured from heavy rainfall, pouring more than 3 feet of near-freezing water into hundreds of homes and stranding some 3,500 people across a square mile in their desert agricultural town about 33 miles east of Reno. (AP Photo/Nevada Appeal, Brad Horn)

Reno rescue team members search a neighborhood in Fernley, Nev., ...

(AP) - Reno rescue team members search a neighborhood in Fernley, Nev., on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, after a canal levee ruptured from heavy rainfall, pouring more than 3 feet of near-freezing water into hundreds of homes and stranding some 3,500 people across a square mile in their desert agricultural town about 33 miles east of Reno. (AP Photo/Nevada Appeal, Brad Horn)

Reno rescue team members work in Fernley, Nev., to help residents ...

(AP) - Reno rescue team members work in Fernley, Nev., to help residents after a canal levee ruptured early Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, pouring more than 3 feet of near-freezing water into hundreds of homes and stranding some 3,500 people across a square mile in their desert agricultural town. The canal was swollen by heavy rainfall. (AP Photo/Nevada Appeal, Brad Horn)

Reno HASTY team members investigate a flooded car in the Canary ...

(AP) - Reno HASTY team members investigate a flooded car in the Canary Circle area of Fernley, Nev., on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, after severe flooding devastated the area. A canal levee ruptured early Saturday after heavy rainfall, pouring more than 3 feet of near-freezing water into 800 homes and stranding 3,500 people across a square mile in their agricultural desert town, authorities said. (AP Photo/Nevada Appeal, Brad Horn)

A Reno HASTY team worker surveys the flooded area on Canary ...

(AP) - A Reno HASTY team worker surveys the flooded area on Canary Circle in Fernley, Nev, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. A canal levee ruptured early Saturday after heavy rainfall, pouring more than 3 feet of near-freezing water into 800 homes and stranding 3,500 people across a square mile in their agricultural desert town, authorities said. (AP Photo/Brad Horn, Nevada Appeal)

Reno HASTY team members investigate a flooded car in the Canary ...

(AP) - Reno HASTY team members investigate a flooded car in the Canary Circle area of Fernley, Nev., on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, after severe flooding devastated the area. A canal levee ruptured early Saturday after heavy rainfall, pouring more than 3 feet of near-freezing water into 800 homes and stranding 3,500 people across a square mile in their agricultural desert town, authorities said. (AP Photo/Nevada Appeal, Brad Horn)

An employee sweeps water out of the Shoe Warehouse during a ...

(Reuters) - An employee sweeps water out of the Shoe Warehouse during a storm in North Hollywood, California, January 5, 2008. Southern California braced for possible flash floods and mudslides in areas that burned in the October wildfires. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES)

Employees sweep water out of the Shoe Warehouse during a storm ...

(Reuters) - Employees sweep water out of the Shoe Warehouse during a storm in North Hollywood, California, January 5, 2008. Southern California braced for possible flash floods and mudslides in areas that burned in the October wildfires. REUTERS/Gene Blevins

A Los Angeles city fire truck drives through rain-soaked Vineland ...

(Reuters) - A Los Angeles city fire truck drives through rain-soaked Vineland Avenue during a storm in North Hollywood, California, January 5, 2008. Southern California braced for possible flash floods and mudslides in areas that burned in the October wildfires. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES)

A surfer rides a wave churned by a winter storm underneath the ...

(AP) - A surfer rides a wave churned by a winter storm underneath the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, in the San Francisco Bay. A fierce arctic storm pounded California on Friday, threatening to soak mudslide-prone canyons already charred by wildfires and to paralyze the mountains with deep snow. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Anna Maxwell, 11, left, and Katie Ichikawa, 16, of Santa Cruz, ...

(AP) - Anna Maxwell, 11, left, and Katie Ichikawa, 16, of Santa Cruz, run out of a sauna room through the snow to make the best of the winter storm pounding the Sierra Nevada mountains at Sorenson's Resort in Hope Valley, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. The system of storms is expected to impact the region though Thursday. (AP Photo, Chad Lundquist)

A pedestrian with a colorful umbrella is seen reflected on a ...

(Reuters) - A pedestrian with a colorful umbrella is seen reflected on a wet sidewalk during rain which is expected to continue for several days in Los Angeles January 4, 2008. REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES)

Police tend to a vehicle which was in an accident involving ...

(Reuters) - Police tend to a vehicle which was in an accident involving a fire truck during heavy rain in Santa Clarita, California, January 5, 2008. Southern California braced for possible flash floods and mudslides in areas that burned in the October wildfires. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES)

Employees sweep water out of the Shoe Warehouse during a storm ...

(Reuters) - Employees sweep water out of the Shoe Warehouse during a storm in North Hollywood, California, January 5, 2008. Southern California braced for possible flash floods and mudslides in areas that burned in the October wildfires. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES)

Police tend to a vehicle which was in an accident involving ...

(Reuters) - Police tend to a vehicle which was in an accident involving a fire truck during heavy rain in Santa Clarita, California, January 5, 2008. Southern California braced for possible flash floods and mudslides in areas that burned in the October wildfires. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES)

A woman walks with an umbrella in front of the Disney Concert ...

(Reuters) - A woman walks with an umbrella in front of the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles during the first day of a winter storm that is hitting Southern California January 4, 2008. REUTERS / Hector Mata (UNITED STATES)

Journalists wait in the rain outside a Los Angeles courthouse ...

(AP) - Journalists wait in the rain outside a Los Angeles courthouse for word on a hearing into the custody of Kevin Federline's and Britney Spears' two children, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Workers from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power repair ...

(AP) - Workers from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power repair high voltage wires that were brought down by a falling tree branch in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 5 , 2008. A fierce storm moved through Los Angeles yesterday and late last night causing numerous power outages and flooding. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

Surfers Sean Santana (R) and Justin Seeple watch waves break ...

(Reuters) - Surfers Sean Santana (R) and Justin Seeple watch waves break beneath the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California January 5, 2008. Storms battered the western United States on Saturday with strong winds, heavy rains and a blanket of snow that caused widespread power outages, a levee break in Nevada and two deaths in California. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

A woman walks through driving wind and rain in San Francisco, ...

(Reuters) - A woman walks through driving wind and rain in San Francisco, California January 4, 2008. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

Sandbags and barriers have been placed to protect property from ...

(AFP/Getty Images) - Sandbags and barriers have been placed to protect property from flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows that could result from rain falling on hills 04 January 2008 in Malibu, California.(AFP/Getty Images/David McNew)

Workers from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power repair ...

(AP) - Workers from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power repair high voltage wires that were brought down by a falling tree branch in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 5 , 2008. A fierce storm moved through Los Angeles yesterday and late last night causing numerous power outages, flooding, and mud slides. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

A severe winter storm approaching the Sierra Nevada and the ...

(AP) - A severe winter storm approaching the Sierra Nevada and the Lake Tahoe Basin causes delays at the base of US 50 in Meyers, Calif,. on Friday, January, 4, 2008. A fierce arctic storm pounded California on Friday, threatening to soak mudslide-prone canyons already charred by wildfires and to paralyze the mountains with deep snow. (AP Photo/Chad Lundquist)

City employees walk along a wet sidewalk in Los Angeles during ...

(Reuters) - City employees walk along a wet sidewalk in Los Angeles during the first day of a winter storm that is hitting Southern California January 4, 2008. REUTERS/Hector Mata (UNITED STATES)

A pedestrian take cover from the rain in the North Beach neighborhood ...

(Reuters) - A pedestrian take cover from the rain in the North Beach neighborhood in San Francisco, California January 4, 2008. A fierce storm swept into central and northern California on Friday, cutting power to more than 1 million homes and businesses, closing a major San Francisco area bridge and canceling flights at several airports, utility and state officials said. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES)

Motorists are consumed by a wave as they watch high surf near ...

(AP) - Motorists are consumed by a wave as they watch high surf near the Golden Gate Bridge during a rain storm Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, at Fort Point in San Francisco (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

A man carries an umbrella that has been turned inside-out by ...

(Reuters) - A man carries an umbrella that has been turned inside-out by strong wind in San Francisco, California January 4, 2008. A fierce storm swept into central and northern California on Friday, cutting power to more than 1 million homes and businesses, closing a major San Francisco area bridge and canceling flights at several airports, utility and state officials said. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES)

The Walt Disney Concert Hall is seen in the background as a ...

(Reuters) - The Walt Disney Concert Hall is seen in the background as a pedestrian uses a colorful umbrella to stay dry during rains which are expected to continue for several days in Los Angeles January 4, 2008. REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES)

Pedestrian take cover from the rain in San Francisco, California ...

(Reuters) - Pedestrian take cover from the rain in San Francisco, California January 4, 2008. A fierce storm swept into central and northern California on Friday, cutting power to more than 1 million homes and businesses, closing a major San Francisco area bridge and canceling flights at several airports, utility and state officials said. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES)

Sarah Castello and her husband, Levi Leveridge, look at a tree ...

(Reuters) - Sarah Castello and her husband, Levi Leveridge, look at a tree that fell onto their car in the Haight Ashbury neighorborhood in San Francisco, California January 4, 2008. A fierce storm swept into central and northern California on Friday, cutting power to more than 1 million homes and businesses, closing a major San Francisco area bridge and canceling flights at several airports, utility and state officials said. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES)

Motorists sit in gridlocked traffic during a rain storm which ...

(AP) - Motorists sit in gridlocked traffic during a rain storm which flooded Northbound US Highway 101 Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, in Cortemadera, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Dozens of surfers packed the water in Encinitas, CA on December ...

(You Witness User Photo) - Dozens of surfers packed the water in Encinitas, CA on December 5, taking advantage of the unusually heavy surf conditions caused by an approaching winter storm. (Photo and caption submitted by Michael J. Slezak)