Why WEREN'T you prepared for this? You're in a remote mountainous area during the winter. You know, I'm a native Californian myself, but having actually worked and lived elsewhere in my life at some points in time, I find too many people in this state to be totally unprepared and clueless about things. I used to drive back and forth from the SF Bay Area to Reno on a regular basis, and I always made sure I had extra food, clothing, tools to dig myself out of the snow, a sleeping bag, emergency gear AND a week's worth of medicine in my truck AT ALL TIMES in case I got stuck. Likewise when I drove to LV or Phoenix, I carried at least 6 gallons of water as well. It's even easier to put this stuff in your house if you actually LIVE up there, so what's your excuse again?
Amazing that after COVID and Hurricane Katrina there still are people who have not looked at where they live and asked themselves, “What is the worst thing that can happen here? How do I prepare in advance for it?”
@@LuisJimenez-zp9hr So true. Just like the big earthquake that has been predicted for decades will happen after they are dead. Therefore, they do need to prepare for the possibility that the roads will be closed due to earthquake damage. The San Andreas Fault runs at the base of their mountain homes. 😔
The mountain communities deal with snowstorms every year. It’s not uncommon to get a few feet of snow from a storm. 8 feet of snow will shut down any area of the country not just Southern California.
Prayers for all the people affected. One thing that we can learn from this is that we are not prepared for emergency’s. Covid, blackout’s during the summer months, droughts and now snowstorms. It’s very concerning how in every situation we have not been prepared.
Always have a snow blower. Should've been out there every day, morning, afternoon, shoveling and clearing what you can. Have generator. This has been going on for a month. We've had breaks here and there.
my husband did just that over a few days with the snowblower and we have a path from the garage, over the driveway to....over 3 ft of snow on the street and the streets all around us! Until a snowplow comes through, it won't do us any good. And before anyone suggests he does the street...he's in his 70s with a heart condition. Honestly, you people who are not experiencing this unprecedented snowfall have all the answers, don't you?!
Sounds good, but when snow exceeds 3' even a snowblower can't keep up. Please post in the future only when you have actual knowledge of how things work.
@@deekang6244 Sweetheart, I am a bit of a Prepper so food is no problem and wouldn't be for a few months. And yes, we've had snowblowers for over 40 years and my husband is quite handy with one. He cleared a path from the garage, over the driveway to the cul-de-sac which is filled with 3 to 4 feet of snow. We have an all wheel SUV but even it cannot handle that. And btw, my husband is in his 70s with a heart condition and I am battling an infection due to surgery I had last month. Any more pearls of wisdom you would like to bestow?
@@bukboefidun9096 There are these things called "snow shovels". There are also things called extra food, extra water, extra meds and extra emergency supplies. People with a clue who live in the mountains make sure they have plenty of these in the winter.
I hope no one dies but it's really hard to feel sorry for people who received ample warning for what was about to happen and chose not to prepare. Sorry.
@@batcactus6046 That's not the point. Weather events aside, just think if a really big event takes place. If you can't weather a little storm for a few days, god help you when something that could last weeks or months hit. It'll be chaos.
I just cannot feel sorry for people who knowingly do not prepare for the once in a generation disaster that can befall their area. When are they going to take the initiative and prepare in advance. This area gets earthquakes too. What are they going to do if the big one hits and the roads are impassable? Do they know that the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains once were the same mountain range but over millions of years the San Andreas Fault has slid them apart? It runs along the base of their mountains.
@@peachBloom Then you over prepare. A bad storm coming? Imagine you won’t get out for a month. Prepare for that. Food, water, fuel, meds… and then hunker down.
🤦♀️ How embarassing for them. Focusing on the heavy breathing because shoveling is hard work... Were they just staring out the window while it accumulated in front of doors? Get out there and shovel & sweep, yeah it's work! 🙄
I remember a huge snowstorm dumped over 5 feet of snow. I got a shovel and started digging away. Really that's all the old time miners did day after day. Grab a shovel and get at it.
What do you mean not prepared. Your smartphone literally gives you alerts. News station give you weather forecast. It just doesn't happen overnight. If not prepared that's your own fault.
This is a real test for the State of California! How QUICKLY they respond is an indication for "The BIG ONE"?! 😳 I suggest cutting the RED TAPE and BS and getting the job done!! 😠
For all that r confused an saying they knew it was coming. We had / have food an water. I was out during the storm clearing mine an my neighbors driveways almost every 2 hours. Some people r to elderly to do that. Also u gotta keep in mind that unfortunately a place like big bear really only cares about tourists coming up. So right before the storm hit the tourists loaded up on our supplies an left. Without gas the plows can't run. There's 1 gas station that has gas right now. Another got gas but was out within 24hrs. Meanwhile these tourists r lining up at the bottom of the hill wanting to come up an play in the snow. Another problem we face up here is people from down the hill that have "4x4" vehicles with highway tires that think that'll work on ice. It doesn't. They don't stop them an tell them that won't work.
Well , that happens when some people don't pay attention or believe that everything said in the news is fake. Now , go and blame those that made you a " believer " of their ignorance.
Seems sending in a team of blmers would be a quick way to clear out all those pesky buried goods in that Crestline store. They are very good at taking goods for free.
I don't understand how a news crew made it to that lady's home. Some people had to dig out snow to gain access, except didn't shovel their deck. The heart patient moved to a mountain home and didn't bother to get enough medicine before the storm. The news crew could have brought it. Seems as though they are depending on others to remedy their situation. Bet that deck got shoveled. It's great they are getting help cause they appear to be elderly. Maybe these communities could register their residents as to who will need assistance in any disaster. I'm glad the residents going up to their homes will be escorted so this way they can go safely and they can tell where help is needed. Continued prayers 🙏 for everyone's safety 🙏
Yup, that deck is in trouble but instead of making videos, she could be pushing the snow off, with a broom if necessary. Morons. For the roof if you don't want to climb up there, you use whatever you can to throw up on it and try to get it to avalanche off. Once you break up the 'sticky' part of the drift, the rest tends to come down. The sun is out there in the pics, that means it'll start melting off too. You just have to be prepared enough to wait the two to three weeks while the majority melts down and the plows start getting through. You dig out your car and driveway while you're waiting and call up a realtor and sell the place.
I live in rural Pa, we get snow and hurricanes. We have snow shovels, a snow blower and a generator. I always keep at least a week's worth of shelf stable food on hand, and when the weather man says storms or a hurricane is coming we stock up. I have helped shovel off my roof and helped shovel out my elderly neighbors. I'm sorry you are stuck but we were these peopl not prepared?
That market had a lot of potential. The aquarium, deli, the ice cream shop, art, home, car section and ect. I feel bad for our community. Now we’re down to 2 markets on the mntn. Our neighbors brought food from there that helped us. God bless the mntn community.
Nobody was prepared for this. I've lived here over. 28 years. I'm still stuck in the hospital for a week. My carport is getting ready to fall and collapse. Their going to quickly rebuild the market again.
It hasn’t Snowed in Downtown Los Angeles since 1942 & hasn’t Snowed in the Valleys since 1989 I can remember,because I was going to Granada Hills HS! It maybe time to leave,I have been gone since 2007 too much Evil going on!
All those people talking about why others weren`t prepared for winter weather they`ve never gone through before - wonder how they`d feel if this summer they have hotter than ever weather plus high humidity?
More than once I have been stranded at some rest stop or service station parking lot in the Sierras when I-80 was closed due to snow conditions. I have been stuck in that parking lot at Nyack on several occasions, once for nearly 18 hours. Because I was always prepared, it was only a minor convenience - pull out the sleeping back and pillow behind my seat, grab a granola bar or bottle of water from the cooler, take my meds if needed, recline my seat and take a nap for a while. Minor inconvenience but otherwise I was never in any major discomfort, much less danger. That's called "being prepared" something that apparently is becoming less and less common in a society of people who have been raised to be helpless, clueless, and dependent of government for their day to day survival. 🙄
She seems like the "I don't need a man type " of women,she just want someone to shovel her snow. Should have prepared I'm sorry for her , why isn't her family try to helping her. Or she has no family 🤷
Ummm… Are you under the impression that people assume that America’s Southern California mountain folk, are in charge of the nation’s defense??? Do you watch videos of an old lady in Siberia and think: “That’s it! Russia is wide open! Let’s go get ‘em!”??? Are you trying to sound obtuse?
Never mind. I just looked at your other comments. You’re a sad little kid that uses platitudes and rhetoric to try and validate your emotions. I mean…you still use the world “snowflake”. It doesn’t get any more cringe than that. Grow up kid. Learn to control your emotions (NOT via copy/paste rhetoric).
It stands to reason that if you live somewhere snowy, you are going to have an especially bad storm at some point. So prepare instead of being the person caught with his pants down as the old saying goes. This isn’t God. This is nature and they pretend it will not happen to them. There are no excuses for thinking this way at her age.
You live in the mountains. Always be prepared…..
Bingo!!! I know this town and they are the least prepared.
You had PLENTY of notice to prepare. I heard about the store a full week in advance. The notice was there.
We must always be prepared with extra food and water regardless where we live. Peace and God bless 🙏🕊️💗.
Why WEREN'T you prepared for this? You're in a remote mountainous area during the winter. You know, I'm a native Californian myself, but having actually worked and lived elsewhere in my life at some points in time, I find too many people in this state to be totally unprepared and clueless about things. I used to drive back and forth from the SF Bay Area to Reno on a regular basis, and I always made sure I had extra food, clothing, tools to dig myself out of the snow, a sleeping bag, emergency gear AND a week's worth of medicine in my truck AT ALL TIMES in case I got stuck. Likewise when I drove to LV or Phoenix, I carried at least 6 gallons of water as well. It's even easier to put this stuff in your house if you actually LIVE up there, so what's your excuse again?
Rich city folk
Amazing that after COVID and Hurricane Katrina there still are people who have not looked at where they live and asked themselves, “What is the worst thing that can happen here? How do I prepare in advance for it?”
They don't think, they think they lived in paradise because they own a house or cabin in the mountains
@@LuisJimenez-zp9hr So true. Just like the big earthquake that has been predicted for decades will happen after they are dead. Therefore, they do need to prepare for the possibility that the roads will be closed due to earthquake damage. The San Andreas Fault runs at the base of their mountain homes. 😔
People are not accustomed to actual weather in Southern California. Imagine how unprepared people will be when the San Andrea Earthquake happens.
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The mountain communities deal with snowstorms every year. It’s not uncommon to get a few feet of snow from a storm. 8 feet of snow will shut down any area of the country not just Southern California.
@@fjb2986 So why were these people not prepared again?
Shoveling & sweeping should be done hourly if necessary. Waiting until it stops ? 🙄 Good luck
I have lived in CA my whole life & am fully prepared for disasters. Food,water,meds & generator.
Prayers for all the people affected. One thing that we can learn from this is that we are not prepared for emergency’s. Covid, blackout’s during the summer months, droughts and now snowstorms. It’s very concerning how in every situation we have not been prepared.
Always have a snow blower. Should've been out there every day, morning, afternoon, shoveling and clearing what you can. Have generator. This has been going on for a month. We've had breaks here and there.
my husband did just that over a few days with the snowblower and we have a path from the garage, over the driveway to....over 3 ft of snow on the street and the streets all around us! Until a snowplow comes through, it won't do us any good. And before anyone suggests he does the street...he's in his 70s with a heart condition. Honestly, you people who are not experiencing this unprecedented snowfall have all the answers, don't you?!
@@phoebeintheforest
Some of us do know. And he’s right. Get a snowblower or prepare to shovel.
A weeks worth of prep time
Sounds good, but when snow exceeds 3' even a snowblower can't keep up.
Please post in the future only when you have actual knowledge of how things work.
@@deekang6244
Sweetheart, I am a bit of a Prepper so food is no problem and wouldn't be for a few months. And yes, we've had snowblowers for over 40 years and my husband is quite handy with one. He cleared a path from the garage, over the driveway to the cul-de-sac which is filled with 3 to 4 feet of snow. We have an all wheel SUV but even it cannot handle that. And btw, my husband is in his 70s with a heart condition and I am battling an infection due to surgery I had last month. Any more pearls of wisdom you would like to bestow?
@@bukboefidun9096 There are these things called "snow shovels". There are also things called extra food, extra water, extra meds and extra emergency supplies. People with a clue who live in the mountains make sure they have plenty of these in the winter.
Greatest thing I learned in the Boy Scouts...BE PREPARED!
I hope no one dies but it's really hard to feel sorry for people who received ample warning for what was about to happen and chose not to prepare. Sorry.
No one imagined this much snow. This is unprecedented.
@@batcactus6046 That's not the point. Weather events aside, just think if a really big event takes place. If you can't weather a little storm for a few days, god help you when something that could last weeks or months hit. It'll be chaos.
@@Jack_Russell_Brown that’s a 10 year supply of toilet paper for me 😂
Did you miss that they have food for another week? How do you know that they had any place to go. ?
@@Jack_Russell_Brown Congratulations.
Be grateful for the snow.
she had ample warning for weeks
Crybabies are us - Californians.
Shoveling snow is a large effort event.
REST IN BETWEEN SECTIONS.
Seeing her cats in the background reminds us of the importance of being stocked up on pet food and supplies too.
I just cannot feel sorry for people who knowingly do not prepare for the once in a generation disaster that can befall their area. When are they going to take the initiative and prepare in advance.
This area gets earthquakes too. What are they going to do if the big one hits and the roads are impassable? Do they know that the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains once were the same mountain range but over millions of years the San Andreas Fault has slid them apart? It runs along the base of their mountains.
If it's once in a generation, then more than half the people haven't seen this magnitude of a storm in those mountains and didn't know what to expect.
Why not just be mean, you're so smart. It helps. Thanks.
Woah I didn’t know that. That’s so scary. I moved outta California in 2016 after about a year. too many soulless people.
@@peachBloom
Then you over prepare. A bad storm coming? Imagine you won’t get out for a month. Prepare for that.
Food, water, fuel, meds… and then hunker down.
@@peachBloom Maybe they should learn?
The perks of living on a mountain.
I don’t know, but shouldn’t you be getting that snow off your roof periodically rather than let it accumulate.
Three feet of snow dumped overnight!
@@peachBloom Ya. So?
Have you ever shoveled snow off a roof during a heavy snowfall?
If you have, and are still alive, then you can post recommendations here.
🤦♀️ How embarassing for them. Focusing on the heavy breathing because shoveling is hard work...
Were they just staring out the window while it accumulated in front of doors? Get out there and shovel & sweep, yeah it's work! 🙄
@@bukboefidun9096 My first three words were ‘I don’t know’.
Although I have shoveled snow. One foot is lighter than two. Two is lighter than six.
Only a week of food? Do people have pantries in CA
I remember a huge snowstorm dumped over 5 feet of snow. I got a shovel and started digging away. Really that's all the old time miners did day after day. Grab a shovel and get at it.
Well it is the mountains
This level of incoming snow required constant clearing as it fell. Sounds nutz but it’s how places like Quebec’s towns and cities keep moving.
What do you mean not prepared. Your smartphone literally gives you alerts. News station give you weather forecast. It just doesn't happen overnight. If not prepared that's your own fault.
Lol! You chose to live in our mountains! Deal with it!
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This is a real test for the State of California! How QUICKLY they respond is an indication for "The BIG ONE"?! 😳
I suggest cutting the RED TAPE and BS and getting the job done!! 😠
For all that r confused an saying they knew it was coming. We had / have food an water. I was out during the storm clearing mine an my neighbors driveways almost every 2 hours. Some people r to elderly to do that. Also u gotta keep in mind that unfortunately a place like big bear really only cares about tourists coming up. So right before the storm hit the tourists loaded up on our supplies an left. Without gas the plows can't run. There's 1 gas station that has gas right now. Another got gas but was out within 24hrs. Meanwhile these tourists r lining up at the bottom of the hill wanting to come up an play in the snow. Another problem we face up here is people from down the hill that have "4x4" vehicles with highway tires that think that'll work on ice. It doesn't. They don't stop them an tell them that won't work.
Well , that happens when some people don't pay attention or believe that everything said in the news is fake.
Now , go and blame those that made you a " believer " of their ignorance.
it's looking like a replay oh the winter of the late 60's. only this time you were warned.
Seems like they need to get rid of the storytime drag shows in elementary schools, and start teaching kids again about the Donner Party... 🙄
@@eastbaykidd8574 This is a red country - they voted for Trump twice. Not really good at reality.
@@signalfire6691 Something tells me the stranded folks aren't Trump supporters.
This is sad
Waaa! if you haven't the good sense to be ready, better stay on the flats and on the pavement....
PRAYERS FOR 🙏 EVERYONE ❤😢
It was literally all over the news for over a week🤣🤣
And everybody was forewarned that Donald Trump would ruin this country. But they still voted for him.
@@williamkeaton7945 🤦🤦what does that have to do with this?
The snow storm lasted for a week. The warning was only given a few days ahead of time.
@@CatSpew1000 then hope for a day of snow, prepare for two weeks
@@CatSpew1000 Those days could've been used to prepare. Should have 3 mos water, food & meds. What will you do when there's no water? Good luck!
California gets mountain snow, that is a lot different then the snow in the mid west or back east, look at what happened to the Donner party.
Oh well you had warning 😂
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Seems sending in a team of blmers would be a quick way to clear out all those pesky buried goods in that Crestline store.
They are very good at taking goods for free.
But you were warned
I don't understand how a news crew made it to that lady's home. Some people had to dig out snow to gain access, except didn't shovel their deck. The heart patient moved to a mountain home and didn't bother to get enough medicine before the storm. The news crew could have brought it. Seems as though they are depending on others to remedy their situation. Bet that deck got shoveled. It's great they are getting help cause they appear to be elderly. Maybe these communities could register their residents as to who will need assistance in any disaster. I'm glad the residents going up to their homes will be escorted so this way they can go safely and they can tell where help is needed. Continued prayers 🙏 for everyone's safety 🙏
id be concerned with all the weight of the snow on the roof and decks.
Yup, that deck is in trouble but instead of making videos, she could be pushing the snow off, with a broom if necessary. Morons. For the roof if you don't want to climb up there, you use whatever you can to throw up on it and try to get it to avalanche off. Once you break up the 'sticky' part of the drift, the rest tends to come down. The sun is out there in the pics, that means it'll start melting off too. You just have to be prepared enough to wait the two to three weeks while the majority melts down and the plows start getting through. You dig out your car and driveway while you're waiting and call up a realtor and sell the place.
I live in rural Pa, we get snow and hurricanes. We have snow shovels, a snow blower and a generator. I always keep at least a week's worth of shelf stable food on hand, and when the weather man says storms or a hurricane is coming we stock up. I have helped shovel off my roof and helped shovel out my elderly neighbors. I'm sorry you are stuck but we were these peopl not prepared?
Oh wow just crazy
Electric plows only says Gavin.
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That market had a lot of potential. The aquarium, deli, the ice cream shop, art, home, car section and ect. I feel bad for our community. Now we’re down to 2 markets on the mntn. Our neighbors brought food from there that helped us. God bless the mntn community.
That Goodwins was in need of upgrading. I’m curious when the roof was last replaced. Cute store, but in desperate need of refurbishment.
My Father In Law has to stay down the hill because of the amount of snow Lake Arrowhead got.
Heavy snow coming to Chicago folks. Evacuate the City, why doncha.
Heavy snow 🤣 Grass and flowers popping up!!!
What a disappointment for the state emergency
Where the the plows? They stage near here all year round, now they are just gone...
Many snow plows ran out of fuel, after days of clearing roads. No additional gas tankers coming up the mountains.
U can’t plow that much snow
Plows only do so much, you need snowblower for that much snow. Hopefully they learned a lesson and will buy more in next year's budget.
Nobody was prepared for this. I've lived here over. 28 years. I'm still stuck in the hospital for a week. My carport is getting ready to fall and collapse. Their going to quickly rebuild the market again.
YOU RICH PEOPLE DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN THINGS ARE DIFFERENT AND A LITTLE HARDER..
Native Californians know how bad it can get. If they didn't know, they should have stayed where they're from.
😂😂😂maybe they can go back to where they came from now
global warming
A nightmare
It hasn’t Snowed in Downtown Los Angeles since 1942 & hasn’t Snowed in the Valleys since 1989 I can remember,because I was going to Granada Hills HS! It maybe time to leave,I have been gone since 2007 too much Evil going on!
Why cant they send a helicopter over and make food drops? I dont get it.
All those people talking about why others weren`t prepared for winter weather they`ve never gone through before - wonder how they`d feel if this summer they have hotter than ever weather plus high humidity?
I'd rather sweat than freeze.
More than once I have been stranded at some rest stop or service station parking lot in the Sierras when I-80 was closed due to snow conditions. I have been stuck in that parking lot at Nyack on several occasions, once for nearly 18 hours. Because I was always prepared, it was only a minor convenience - pull out the sleeping back and pillow behind my seat, grab a granola bar or bottle of water from the cooler, take my meds if needed, recline my seat and take a nap for a while. Minor inconvenience but otherwise I was never in any major discomfort, much less danger. That's called "being prepared" something that apparently is becoming less and less common in a society of people who have been raised to be helpless, clueless, and dependent of government for their day to day survival. 🙄
False equivalency. The roads don't close because it's too hot.
I lived in TX for 25 years. I never saw a road close because of heat, and
DANG sure not because of humidity.
@@kobrien4415 I'm glad logic is not yet extinct as your words prove.
you do have helicopters right? Fly in some supplies, stop mucking around!!
ALL YOU GUYS WERE WARNED..YOU DIDN'T LISTEN. THINK YOU KNOW MORE.UMM
Why ??? Why ? anyone who ignores common sense and does not prepare ...this is a WAKE UP CALL.
They are not working desperately or they would have started sooner.
Flame throwers and blow torches
I think they are exaggerating cause they can't buy Uber eats.
Climate change...wild swings in the weather
The weather changes every year and everyday. Just like your gender
@@commentator2.0 😆😆😆😆😆😆
Solar Geoengineering weather modification in full swing. More storms predicted in the coming next week BE READY!!
She seems like the "I don't need a man type " of women,she just want someone to shovel her snow. Should have prepared I'm sorry for her , why isn't her family try to helping her. Or she has no family 🤷
Don't stop father just free my people out ur slavery system or face judgment〰〽💨💧🔥💀💀💀💀
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More global warming. It's all trumps fault 🤣🤣🤣🤣it's winter FOOLS.stock up on supplies.THINK AHEAD..biden singing kum by ya will not save you🙈
Ok 🤡
If I was going to ever invade America and saw these stories, I would invade tomorrow. My God people. What a cakewalk it would be.
Ummm…
Are you under the impression that people assume that America’s Southern California mountain folk, are in charge of the nation’s defense???
Do you watch videos of an old lady in Siberia and think:
“That’s it! Russia is wide open! Let’s go get ‘em!”???
Are you trying to sound obtuse?
Never mind.
I just looked at your other comments.
You’re a sad little kid that uses platitudes and rhetoric to try and validate your emotions.
I mean…you still use the world “snowflake”.
It doesn’t get any more cringe than that.
Grow up kid.
Learn to control your emotions (NOT via copy/paste rhetoric).
Pease come to my state first,ALABAMA. we would give the the WARMEST welcome you could ever imagine 😉🍻😘
@@brentsmith2384 Try Texas, Go big or Go Home Bitchezz
@@StickyKeys187 😂🎯 so true though
Sorry not sorry 😂 move back to the city
Jesus fix this situation
He’s the one that caused the situation
😂😢😂
Yeah , You Can Thank The Government And ( HAARP ) , ( CERN ) !!!!!!!!
Ok I thought it was me thinking this.
No, but you can thank the government for turning us into a nation of helpless, dependent crybabies.
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God doesn’t like Crestline
It stands to reason that if you live somewhere snowy, you are going to have an especially bad storm at some point. So prepare instead of being the person caught with his pants down as the old saying goes. This isn’t God. This is nature and they pretend it will not happen to them. There are no excuses for thinking this way at her age.
@@indiaandrews6996 nature is god bruh. Stop playing yourself
Probably HAARP & NOAA
and most people aren`t prepared for God. Got Jesus?
Why don't any of them have snow machines ?
they would rather spend 1000 on a new phone...
Because this amount of snow is uncommon. You're not going to buy something you use every 30 years.
They could have started to sweep and shovel every few hours like the rest of us. 🙄 No, lets wait until there's 8 ft drifts.
Another fail by the gov
boo hoo life in the mnts