Please clarify, this emergency happened during a blizzard, didn’t it? Wasn’t there zero visibility and the roads impassable? I grew up in the south. I don’t deal with snowy weather so I’m having trouble understanding. Are ambulances somehow able to get through on impassable roads?
We had a gal all upset on our block last winter when a large snowstorm kept our block from getting plowed for 10 days. She was close to term on her pregnancy at the time, and she and her husband’s fancy sport cars couldn’t get out.
Afterwards she sent a copy of her nasty email to the city to all of us on the “Blockwatch” email list. Three of us guys replied that next time, give us a call and we could take you in our 4x4’s. (That is part of what the “Blockwatch” thing is all about. And we had been coming and going past her house quite a bit. Of course I guess another part of it is to stop by people’s homes and make sure they are okay too.)
Back in Minnesota many of the neighbors had snowmobiles to use if the storms closed things for too long. Back in Denver I recall they would put out requests for 4x4’s and snowmobiles for help in getting folks to the hospital.
Of course, if the 911 operator tells you an ambulance is on your way, you’ll probably just sit and wait for it.
I live in Colorado and we have major blasts at times. Humvees can almost always get through as well as very large SUVs (Land Cruisers, for example). Road graders can also be used for major storms.