Western states facing 'all-day onslaught' from massive winter storm - CNN.com

Up to 10 feet of snow is possible in the Sierra Nevadas

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FEINSTEIN 2005: The Sierra Nevada snow pack is the largest source of water. The snow pack equals about half the storage capacity of all of California's man-made reservoirs. By the end of the century, the shrinking of the snow pack will eliminate the water source for 16 million people.