1983 Memorial Day Flash Flood, Part I - Tahoe Weekly
I was about a mile south of this working my last day with a partnership I had been an assistant manager (and some other titles) at the Bower's Mansion concession stand. I also worked at Sky Tavern Junior Ski Program's lunch service and the softball diamond's concession stand at Idlewild Park. Did this for maybe six or seven years.
Noticed a lot of commotion in people to the far north side of the park and then took a look at the telephone polls which had completely horizontal lines from massive weight pushed against them further up the line.
Memorial Day Flash Flood, Part II - Tahoe Weekly
My father then ended up handling some of the claims by homeowners whose dwellings were destroyed by this massive mud slide.
And my grandmother was calling from Cap Cod, MA that evening as she saw the pictures on the national news and feared the very worst.