[kstewskis]

You can blame the people and their parents. I could bet those 200 cars became stuck, and no help could access for a week, Most would be frozen to death. I travel just from Santa cruz to Santa Clara and go through the "little mountains" but i don't every underestimate nature.

Are those the mountain roads that pass through Boulder Creek? I haven't been through there since I was just a little-FReep! What's it like now?

You need to take care of yourself because sometimes, there is no one else but yourself to help because even those around you can't help themselves. :)

Cannot be over emphasized. We have the similar problem here out in the desert. So many people feel invincible in their cars. If something breaks down, ect...they panic, because they don't prepare in those "just in case" situations.

A few years ago here, the cost was high. Because some moron ran out of gas, lost her way, and didn't "dress" properly for our mountains (she was wearing sandals), she panicked. (she also had a cell phone). So, she lit a fire (during the heart of our drought season) to catch the attention of a helicopter passing by who was assessing another fire. The fire she lit became one of the largest, raging, and most costly forest fires in the history of Arizona.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Maybe I am mistaken, but wasn't the female that started that fire somehow connected with a fire department or forestery?

[1FASTGLOCK45]

I go over hiway 17 mainly, I use Hiway 9 just if 17 or other roads are blocked. But the area is beautiful as ever but getting alot of folks moving in there, the traffic on hiway 9 in the mornings and evenings are amazing, like a big slow snake of traffic :)

OH yes and i forgot the disclaimers: Know how to control your fires, knives or any other things you can hurt yourself or nature with when trying to survive out in the mountains!