Speaking as a former Wyoming resident... only in California would people live in the mountains, and not know how to live in the mountains.
I’m a current Wyoming resident in this weather has been brutal.
Lake Tahoe gets an average of 215.4 inches of snowfall, or a little under 18 feet. Upper elevations can get between 300 and 500 inches per year. Winds: Winds are generally mild, 10-15 mph, out of the west and northwest.
BTW you might want to look where this conservative website originates from.
If you know a better conservative website from your state, let us know.
only in California would people live in the mountains, and not know how to live in the mountains.
And expect everyone or anyone to take care of them.
Florida forever resident until moving to western slope Colorado. If you have any sense, you figure out how to live in the cold real fast. Or you freeze to death.
There are a lot of people who know how to live in the mountains here in calif. This was a huge storm, all the San Bernardino mountain roads are closed because the county was not prepared.
That is similar to what I was thinking.
The hardy, tough American who thrives in the wilderness is an anachronism.
Pffttt ..... climate change is so bad that the former Lords of the Plains now live on reservations./s
You have to understand, most of these people lived their whole lives in LA, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, or Sacramento and places like that.
They bought a “Mountain Cabin” during the spring or summer because it was so beautiful and quiet “up there”, the birds singing, bambi on the front lawn, etc.
They don’t keep any stocked food, they refuse to cut and stack at least 4 cords of firewood, they don’t have any oil fired storm lamps in the house.
They think they can just run to the grocery store or the pharmacy any time they get short on something, or just go out for supper.
Then when the rare winter storm hits they are stuck without electricity (their home was probably all electric), snows 4 to 6 foot deep outside, they couldn’t get out even if they knew how to put chains (if they even have them) on their 2 wheel drive car or van.
Right now there is just about 6 foot of snow outside my front porch (still snowing), haven’t left the house (except to get more wood) in going on 10 days, got a fully stocked pantry, generator if the power goes out, plenty of fire wood, dogs are happy to go out 4 times a day and we probably won’t get out of here for about another 20 day, DON’T CARE!
And just as a matter of interest I live in the Trinity Alps in Trinity County, California.