Experts and residents watch California snowpack with lasers and nervous eyes as temperatures rise
The snow-covered eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada mountain range is viewed shortly after sunrise after a series of atmospheric river storms brough...
The snow-covered eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada mountain range is viewed shortly after sunrise after a series of atmospheric river storms brought heavy snowfall to the mountain range on Jan. 22, 2023 in Bishop, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Here & Now 's Scott Tong speaks with snow scientist Thomas Painter , whose company is using lasers to measure and track one the biggest-ever snow packs in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and Island District community leader Tony Oliveira , whose neighbors are nervously watching the snow melt because water has already flooded 50 miles of farmland in the San Joaquin Valley.