Changes at Mt Rainier -- road closed Tues, Weds

I watched video...

... barfed!

OK first post in this thread for me, but I'll join in the discontent for their ineptitude.

I'm currently hung up on the fact that they aren't even complying with their own decision matrix.

According to the matrix, LEO staff is only to be considered if there is a winter storm warning/watch in effect. Now I don't know where to find an archive of storm watches, but I can only remember 1 so far this season. The road has been closed many times with no watch due to staffing. According to the matrix, I can't see a reason why the road should have been closed (or heavily delayed) nearly any day this season (except maybe one or two)... unless dangerous "low visibility" can be interpreted as "cloudy" or "lightly snowing".

I nearly bust out laughing when the video said that plowing starts at 5AM. How many times have you watched the webcams (as also suggested in the video), only to see the plows reach the parking lot at the crack of noon? I think a headlamp bulb might be out in the plows (not in the budget for repair). Also evidenced by the vast majority of Twitter feeds not going out until 9am, with many others not until even by 11am.

Sally Jewell's NPS...

... managed as well as REI.

Watching the video made me feel six again begin scolded by the school librarian. Can they possibly be more condescending? Tisk, tisk.

it is like the nps rainier crew just wants the place to themselves, do you blame them. it's good to be the king.

The 2014 Best Places To Work In The Federal Government report is out.  The National Park Service continued its years-long decline in scores and is now ranked 213th out of the 314 federal agencies surveyed.  Specific NPS management category scores average about in the bottom sixth; the largest drop was in 'Effective Leadership:  Senior Leaders', now 256th out of 314:

bestplacestowork.org/BPTW/rankings/detail/IN10