CHP asks drivers to “avoid traveling” during storm

WILLITS, 11/27/19 — In an unusual move signalling the severity of the this storm, the California Highway Patrol’s Humboldt division is asking people to stay off the roads unless necessary until the worst of the storm passes. That office alone has received 362 calls today, almost 3 times their regular volume and there have been dozens of accidents, big and small, across the region since winter weather finally returned to California earlier today.

The National Weather Service has seconded that advice, recommending people delay travels till late Wednesday or even Thursday. Especially in Humboldt, Trinity, and Del Norte counties conditions are very hazardous, and some mountain passes have been closed due to snow.