[presently no screen name]

You just wait for the snowplows to clear the roads

And those guys have to be able to get out of their house first. Where do they begin w/plowing eight feet or 30 feet of snow? Put it where?

over 30 feet of snow out of one storm and were snowed in (trapped in our homes) for several weeks.

Here I thought 8 ft was unreal. I had no idea it got that bad - I would expect this in Alaska. I guess if this is somewhat normal, you have a generator otherwise several weeks w/o FR? ;)

I can't seem to wrap my head around all of this. It might be easier for me if you just moved. ;)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Are you a flat lander?

[Inyo-Mono]

And those guys have to be able to get out of their house first. Where do they begin w/plowing eight feet or 30 feet of snow? Put it where?

They start on top of the snowpack and work down. It's kind of funny, but the Eastern Sierra is at the edge of the Great Basin Desert on the Nevada border, so the snow is hauled out in trucks and dumped into the desert, about a 40 mile drive.

Here I thought 8 ft was unreal. I had no idea it got that bad - I would expect this in Alaska. I guess if this is somewhat normal, you have a generator otherwise several weeks w/o FR? ;)

Actually, we get a LOT more snow than Alaska. The Sierra of California has some of the highest snowfall totals in the entire U.S.A. Think Donner party. Generators, kerosene lamps and woodstoves help. In the last few decades haven't been without power more than a few days at a time, but yes it is hard without FR!

[lewislynn]

And those guys have to be able to get out of their house first.

In the early 70's when I lived in Tahoe, VW had a commercial for their bug stating it was the car snow plow drivers drove to work. If it wasn't for their light front end they are excellent cars for driving/traction in the snow