Hey Pika,
Glad to hear you made it through. Your start time sounds like it was a week or so earlier than mine. That was some crazy intense weather for the Sierra! Fortunately, for me, everything got back to clear and normal by Forester Pass and Whitney (Pinchot and Muir passes were pretty wild, lots of hail and lightning, though). But I'm wondering about you, how was the weather for you? Did you hit much at Forester and Whitney? I heard both were closed briefly a week or two earlier than me.