Let's make this clear majority of the homes at Lake Arrowhead are vacation homes. Yes, some are not. But those who thought it was going to be a good idea to go to Lake Arrowhead during a blizzard shouldn't be crying about their choice!
No, many of us in Lake Arrowhead are full time residents! 18 yrs and I have never seen anything like this. I hope you people writing these very heartless comments aren't full timers, as most people up here are very kind and helpful. We don't need people like you on our mountain.
@@donnapoland8727 Yet you are on RUclips complaining! That is taxpayer land. You don't own it. I'll go any time I want, just not during a blizzard, and I would have left BEFORE the storm. Stop acting like you all didn't know this was coming. Choices have consequences.
@@donnapoland8727 thank you donna, i'm actually sickened by how heartless those commenting about our situation are. i'm also a full-timer, and am lucky enough to be able-bodied & able to shovel, and have been able to prepare for food. but i worry so much for my elderly & sick neighbors. i've been moved by how our community has come together to help each other. we're mountain strong. stay warm and safe!
Everyone was warned. It wasn't like the blizzard warning was a secret. This family, and others, got stuck up there, but if they took the blizzard warning seriously, they could have easily drove down the highway and be in the Los Angeles area in no time.
I think people remember the old days when weather forecasting was throwing bones, and sticking a wetted finger to the wind, and wrong 50% to 60% of the time. With Doppler Radar it's extremely accurate. If they says its gonna snow, its snows, and if they say we gonna get 7ft, we get 7ft. Time to listen.
@@fromthepeanutgallery1084 Agree. I grew up with Dr. George Fishbeck on KABC in Los Angeles. We he was wrong, he admitted it, and put up a picture of a laughing horse when it happened. Weather forecasting technology has improved tremendously since then. Of course the naysayers think it's hocus-pocus, especially when climate change is evaluated.
@@roachtoasties Yup. The good ol' Hal Fishman days. (KTLA CH 5) I've finally learned to listen. At most it may be a bit delayed, but it happens. - We were housebound for 8 days. Books, internet, natural gas (life saver- and they want to get rid of it) electricity, supplies, and walking to the store twice got us thru. Had a great time.
“Once I get out of Arrowhead, I am heading to Puerto Rico in advance of Cat 5 Hurricane, so I can surf the gnar. See all you rescuers again in a month., brah”
People need to check the weather, geeze. It was national news that the storm was coming to that area, I mean, I knew in Wisconsin way ahead of when it happened. But now that it is here, I hope no one freezes to death there. People can go a long time without food but need to be able to stay warm and get water. Think about the homeless too!
These people are dumb adults they feel entitled one stupid lady was calling on the governor? Like what can he do? The warning was put out seems like these snow bunnies think nothing applies to them. Help I got myself trapped in the wilderness come and save me? they paid to go on vacation but want others to risk their life to save them? Strange request by these ignorant people.
@Sarahm389 It snows like this every decade or so in that part of California. It's up in the mountains. It snows there enough to have ski slopes there. This isn't the beach in Los Angeles.
The local weather report said five days before the snow fell this is going to be the biggest snow storm hitting the mountains and resorts.. the snow level will be down to 500 feet.. do the math ..All California's will see snow where ever there at..??? SOUNDS TO ME YOU ALL DEPEND ON YOUR CELL PHONES FOR YOUR THINKING..IMAGINE A 8.0 EARTHQUAKE ..NO HELP FOR A MONTH..NO ELECTRICITY..NO GAS. NO ACCESS TO GAS OR FOOD...AND OH MY GOD NO CELL PHONE OR INTERNET..WHAT ARE THE DING DING DUMB DUMBS GOING TO DO ...
How stupid are people who have all the NWS forecast, knowing they have foreknowledge of what is about to happen and they risk their families anyway and then whine that the very thing they were warned about is true? Feel sad for them.
People are dumb, they warned about weather conditions. You got to keep shoveling not only your door way but off the roof. These people slept not realizing that the roof could at any moment smashed them.
After living through two tornadoes and two blizzards (one for five days) you tend to turn into a "prepper". At least a couple of weeks for food as well as a few weeks more for dried goods, lots of wood for the stove, batteries, comms... toilet paper, water filters. pain meds, anti-biotics and it you own it a way to recharge batteries or generate electricity. - Most people only keep a few days of food and not much else.
People that live in California they’re spoiled rotten brats they don’t have a clue and they live up in the mountains all high mighty me me me look at me??😆
They had plenty of warning, it was all over the news. They should have been prepared. Yes, this is a ton of snow, but it's amazing how clueless some are of the mountains.
Let's not judge that father, the kid's are just being honest, sharing what they feel. He is doing all he can to provide for and comfort them. Let's ask God for His mercy on them instead.
@@redeemed5554 Thank you for your kindness. They are children, thinking like children. They probably don't know what is going on around them. There are so many air b &b's up here in Lake Arrowhead now. Maybe the county of SB should make the air b & b's have a month's worth of canned food in their homes before they are given the permit to turn their homes into air b& b's. There are way to many up here.
@@donnapoland8727 or maybe they should plan ahead and stick up on canned food, water, blankets, a generator , board games, etc , knowing that there’s a blizzard coming and that they could get stuck for weeks there. It’s not the kids’ fault, it’s the parents for not planning ahead or deciding not to go in the first place.
The worst snowfall was 4 days after it started snowing. That's a decent window to know when it's time to go home. Some of us are home. I'm sure it's hard not to being able to talk to friends every day. Some of us weren't able to talk to anyone for 5 days. No phone or internet service when the power went out. All day shoveling, all night caring for a severely disabled person in the dark. Sorry your vacation didn't go as planned, that sucks. My money is on you'll have a home when you're able to go home. For those of us living through this unable to even leave our homes, we will be spending the rest of the year dealing with insurance claims if we don't starve in our homes first. Dear media, could you stop ignoring the plight of the people living here who have been begging for food, supplies and/or rescue? Stop reporting help has been sent. It wasn't. The optics you're reporting for politicians makes you just as culpable as the politicians pushing the lies. There's no rescue, no door to door, no food being brought to residents. If we can't get out of our homes and go to where they set up food handouts too bad for us. Those who have managed to escape their unplowed 7 ft high roads and walk 2 miles were handed 1 frozen dejorno pizza who then had to trudge the 2 miles back and figure out how to cook it with no power or gas. Stop reporting what they're telling you to say. Do your jobs, investigate! Report what's really happening. Ask the people affected by their lies.
2024 debates: Gavenor Gruesome: I signed the emergency deceleration 7 days after it started from my vacation in a state that restricts abortion. Period. Full stop. DeSantis: I rebuilt Florida in 7 days. Biden: fgyhvjiio mfswwcchin jiknfdd
@@jt8713 TBH, up until a week ago, I was very satisfied with the job Caltrans was doing. (2500 Jimmy 4x4 with full locker and real chains) My only complaint was that they set up chain checkpoints too far down the hill. On that Friday, I drove 3 more miles before installing them. This was an epic failure of plowing and communication. It was Monday before reasonable info was available.
@@moabman6803 EV 🤣 I have very tall pine trees as a back yard, and Crestline went a week and a half without sun, many places did not have electricity. No, my Jimmy loves the dinosaur bones. And I love my Jimmy
How have they been stuck for 12 days if the State Highways were only closed down last Friday, 7 days ago? And then reopened with escorts from Lake Arrowhead this week before they were shut down again? They didn’t think to leave the many chances they got?
My husband just waited 5 hrs on Waterman to try and get up the mountain to help us shovel snow. Finally a Highway patrol officer came by in his car and announced on his radio that they were not taking anyone up the mountain and added that you can stay in your car as long as you want, but we are not taking anybody up the mountain. My husband tried to wave to him to get his attention to ask if they would be guiding anyone up the mountain in the morning, but he had his windows rolled up and wouldn't respond to anyone. My husband wasn't the only one trying to get his attention to ask the officer a question. We are fortunate to have enough food to get us through this emergency, but there were family members waiting in that line that needed to get up that mountain to bring food to their families. One gentleman my husband was talking to was trying to get formula up to his baby. In 12 days we haven't seen any plows on our street. Not everyone can leave the mountain or they probably would have. It was easier for us to bunker down because we have several animals. Some people don't have cars, or they have a handicap that would make it very difficult to leave.
@@donnapoland8727 They knew a storm was coming and they didn’t lay in a month’s supply of baby formula? That’s just dumb. I’m sorry, but even when we were poor, we knew how to plan ahead for such events.
@@deekang6244 you don’t know their financial situation. Some people live paycheck to paycheck. Perhaps they couldn't buy a months worth of formula at a time. Some people can only afford to buy a little bit of food at a time. There could be so many reasons, yet you are so quick to judge. 🙄
Very sad and unfortunate, but people get what they deserve when they decide to be complacent. The weather service had be issuing constant warnings for several days that those mountain areas would soon be buried under many days of heavy snowfall. When we decide to ignore the weather warnings (blizzards, hurricanes, floods or tornadoes) and we decide to just 'take our chances' we have no one to blame for the outcome except ourselves. These CA areas that are buried under snow are not poor or low income areas. he people in these areas could have easily afforded to stock up on food and on any medications they needed.And they could have easily in most cases afforded to relocate temporally out of those mountains until conditions returned to normal. They Gambled. They bet they knew more than the weather forecasters. They lost and it was entirely their own choice.
There are some people up here that are wealthy, but most of us are regular hard working people. There are areas of our mountain where low income people do live. People that can't afford to stock up on a month of food. You must not know how medical insurance works for most people, as you can't stock up on medication. They only let you reorder about 3 days ahead of time unless you get your medications thru the mail. Have some compassion!
@@donnapoland8727 My husband is a pharmacist and I can tell you that that is absolutely not true. Completely untrue. No prescription is like that, especially if they know that you are facing something like this. Which they would know because they would be aware of the weather, just like everyone else. And if you are willing to eat cheaply, and aren’t picky, it’s entirely possible to have a month’s worth of food on hand. You don’t need potato chips and snacks, just simple healthy food.
Meanwhile, citizens of Alaska, Colorado, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas are eating popcorn and muttering, "uh huh. uh huh, awww"
As a Californian, I’m ashamed to be associated with most Californians. We went to the snow, AFTER the blizzard, and had stuff prepared if we got stuck. Even extra dog food and if we had to sleep in the car, we were prepared to do that. And I’m not rich and I grew up in the desert! I have no clue why a grown man wouldn’t plan to get stuck in a blizzard with his three kids, knowing that there’s going to be a blizzard. Smdh
I live rural, in Northern Michigan, and how did you know I'm eating popcorn??!! :) It seems many of the coastal clueless people in this country are some sort of subspecies, lacking the common sense gene.
@@kibblenbits and like another reply had mentioned, don't they watch the weather on tv, radio, or internet? They clearly could have left to safety, but nope.
I say this as a native of San Diego who vacationed up in Big Bear as a kid and our family once got caught in a very small, but sudden snow storm. This was in the days before smartphones or even the internet. You take your chances when you don’t take the time to check the weather forecasts!
Bruh, we endured the same storm just a mile away. 6 miles through waste deep snow is hard but you gotta man up to feed your family. Hard going is not a good excuse to give up walking.
You have to continuously and vigorously salt and plow during the storm. The whole night! You cannot just wait to dig out afterwards. Back in Michigan we salt and plow all night throughout the storm, you have to
I’m sorry but why in God’s name would you take your family to the mountains without checking the weather forecast? What part of HISTORIC do people not understand? I live in Lake Arrowhead and it’s very difficult but I surely NEVER would have come up her to vacation when we were warned over and over how bad it was going to be.
My family skied in snow valley from a day after president day to that Thursday . We drove through 330 and stayed in running springs. We were so lucky that we schedule to leave on Thursday which was planned on January. I wouldn't know how hard it was to clear the snow from the ramp/drove way. That was am hour of shoveling. I still hit a pile of snow but luckily, we dug the snow out and put the floor matt so we can be back on road. And 330 was closed so we drove through 18 and that should have passed Arrowhead. It's all about snow experience and knowledge about blizzard which I didn't have but we kind of dodged it by luck. So I fully understand the situation of this family. I am glad to hear they are back. Had we stayed one more day, there would be no way out from running springs for at least a week.
One problem they have is that there is nowhere left to put the snow so there was nothing the local plowers could do. So the outside teams that come to help be it military or otherwise have to collect it and then truckload it out and down the treacherous roads.It’s a very tough situation and going to take some time. Pray for them. I have friends stuck there also.
They were warned about a possible blizzard. People think they are not vulnerable. If you have that kind of wilderness desire know what to do have supplies have shovel it’s going to be a battle of keeping snow off the cabin and door ways. It’s always better to have extra than needed but not having. It’s strange that these places didn’t care to have visitors fully knowing that a blizzard was coming.
If only there was a field of study that focused on weather patterns. Then we could have people that could make predictions based on the science. Those people could go on media outlets and tell people what the weather was expected to be. Then people could plan accordingly. Sadly, we don't have any such thing.
@@boblatkey7160 Ooooops, I stand corrected, sorry, you're right. It just seems like they need a lot more of those, I truly feel sorry for them. Hope the little ones, the children, elderly and young teens hang in there. Electricity gone in many areas, little or no food, a nightmare.
I think they made a video looking for sympathy,and yeah you're not going to get any from the locals up here. You knew the forecast before you came up you thought you knew better,and you got bent over backwards by mother nature. Now you plead for help,that's why folks are getting charged over a grand to get dug out. Don't come back
A TV news presenter going from a suit and tie to jeans, tennis shoes, and no tie? I guess "fashion" now means too lazy to look professional. Meanwhile the women are still expected to wear dresses.
All I have to say is you deserve it if u got stuck. All from a lack of common sense shoulda checked weather for one for two y’all should be prepared in winter either way. Third this is just another distraction it snows like this EVERY WINTER. Why make it a big deal now?
People are complaining that help did not come fast enough! I'd like to know what the weather report was before the storm hit. Don't people listen to the weather reports and prepare themselves? Take some responsibility!
I am afraid to live in mountains, too many problems: massive snow, brutal wind, etc. I like flat place. When I was small I was so afraid of Mountains. I felt very uncomfortable seeing those giant walls specially when there are 2 or 3 mountains side by side, it looked like a maze. So afraid to get lost when I was walking in the pathway around those giant Mountain.
@@pyrovania Exactly. Mountains provide a sense of direction and a unique identity. While in flat places, you have no idea where you are by just looking at the horizon
These people that live up there when they signed on the dotted line to live up in the mountains they should’ve been better prepared like somebody did this on purpose to their house. It’s mother nature it just happens, so stop complaining and do what you can , or move to a different area move out of !!the mountains
They want the Federal Government need to send in a cavalry to save their miserable lives as they ran out of gourmet ready made meals. That is what entitled city dwellers playing down to earth country folks.
Honestly, most of the problems we see here can easily be rectified. Canned foods and bottled water can very easily be 'dropped in' by low flying helicopter to those who need it. State and local government needs to make radio announcements informing stranded people who need food/water to place a bright colored blanket on the snow outside their homes as a sign that people are stranded there at that location and they need food and bottled water.
They should install zip lines to carry food and supplies to the mountains. They must have zip line companies in California that can help out with this-it could be very effective.
I live here. It was like a flash flood but with snow. It came too fast and wouldn’t stop. So no matter how much you dig out you’d have to dig again and again. Your body starts to hurt, the older houses are collapsing, and it smells like natural gas everywhere from buried gas regulators
Been up there several times as a college student from the Sierra Nevada Mountains visiting something that I thought would be similar to 'home' for a respite from the bustle of LA/San Diego. The layout, zoning, community planning, and everything always felt like a movie-parody of Mountain communities. It's horrible that you're stuck up there and hopefully the Human cost will be very low. Yet, I cannot excuse you. Southern California goes 'nuts' when 1/2" of rain is in the forecast coupled with 25 mph winds which goes to show the lack of preparation for weather. Good Luck.
Yeah, we know. That’s what a blizzard is. Aren’t you guys digging up out your gas regulators, if that helps? We have to dig stuff out of the snow all the time. You shovel and come inside to warm up, eat, and hydrate. Then you go back out and shovel again. Take a nap. Repeat. That’s what a blizzard is. Check the roof to see if it will cave in. Try to get the snow off, at least part of the roof to lessen the weight. Yes, we know, we do this all the time. You can even learn about it free on RUclips. But yes, we know what it’s like. I hear your temperatures are in the twenties. Our blizzards often include lots of wind, temperatures near zero and below zero windchill. So yeah, we have an idea about what it’s like.
Let's make this clear majority of the homes at Lake Arrowhead are vacation homes. Yes, some are not. But those who thought it was going to be a good idea to go to Lake Arrowhead during a blizzard shouldn't be crying about their choice!
No, many of us in Lake Arrowhead are full time residents! 18 yrs and I have never seen anything like this. I hope you people writing these very heartless comments aren't full timers, as most people up here are very kind and helpful. We don't need people like you on our mountain.
@@donnapoland8727 Yet you are on RUclips complaining! That is taxpayer land. You don't own it. I'll go any time I want, just not during a blizzard, and I would have left BEFORE the storm. Stop acting like you all didn't know this was coming. Choices have consequences.
@@donnapoland8727 thank you donna, i'm actually sickened by how heartless those commenting about our situation are. i'm also a full-timer, and am lucky enough to be able-bodied & able to shovel, and have been able to prepare for food. but i worry so much for my elderly & sick neighbors. i've been moved by how our community has come together to help each other. we're mountain strong. stay warm and safe!
They should grab a shovel and stop crying 😢
Everyone was warned. It wasn't like the blizzard warning was a secret. This family, and others, got stuck up there, but if they took the blizzard warning seriously, they could have easily drove down the highway and be in the Los Angeles area in no time.
I think people remember the old days when weather forecasting was throwing bones, and sticking a wetted finger to the wind, and wrong 50% to 60% of the time.
With Doppler Radar it's extremely accurate. If they says its gonna snow, its snows, and if they say we gonna get 7ft, we get 7ft. Time to listen.
@@fromthepeanutgallery1084 Agree. I grew up with Dr. George Fishbeck on KABC in Los Angeles. We he was wrong, he admitted it, and put up a picture of a laughing horse when it happened. Weather forecasting technology has improved tremendously since then. Of course the naysayers think it's hocus-pocus, especially when climate change is evaluated.
@@roachtoasties Yup. The good ol' Hal Fishman days. (KTLA CH 5) I've finally learned to listen. At most it may be a bit delayed, but it happens.
- We were housebound for 8 days. Books, internet, natural gas (life saver- and they want to get rid of it) electricity, supplies, and walking to the store twice got us thru. Had a great time.
“Once I get out of Arrowhead, I am heading to Puerto Rico in advance of Cat 5 Hurricane, so I can surf the gnar. See all you rescuers again in a month., brah”
You win!
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Yea but can they send in seal team 6, I'm running out of weed.
People need to check the weather, geeze. It was national news that the storm was coming to that area, I mean, I knew in Wisconsin way ahead of when it happened. But now that it is here, I hope no one freezes to death there. People can go a long time without food but need to be able to stay warm and get water. Think about the homeless too!
i dont think they will run out of water...
Imagine being stuck with a bunch of boys, ew😂
These people are dumb adults they feel entitled one stupid lady was calling on the governor? Like what can he do? The warning was put out seems like these snow bunnies think nothing applies to them. Help I got myself trapped in the wilderness come and save me? they paid to go on vacation but want others to risk their life to save them? Strange request by these ignorant people.
More shoveling and less crying is what needs to happen here.
@Sarahm389 It snows like this every decade or so in that part of California. It's up in the mountains. It snows there enough to have ski slopes there. This isn't the beach in Los Angeles.
They chose to go up there.
City people need to stay in the city.
That's not fair.
Dumb comment
100%
Huh?
@@chinaarlene7035 Mother Nature is not fair. Which is why city people should stay in the city.
if only rich people could afford an app on their phone that told them about the weather.
I don't know where you get the idea that everyone on the mountain is rich.
@@donnapoland8727 no, but the people who travel up from San Fran with four kids for a week...prob not poor.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The local weather report said five days before the snow fell this is going to be the biggest snow storm hitting the mountains and resorts.. the snow level will be down to 500 feet.. do the math
..All California's will see snow where ever there at..??? SOUNDS TO ME YOU ALL DEPEND ON YOUR CELL PHONES FOR YOUR THINKING..IMAGINE A 8.0
EARTHQUAKE ..NO HELP FOR A MONTH..NO ELECTRICITY..NO GAS. NO ACCESS TO GAS OR FOOD...AND OH MY GOD NO CELL PHONE OR INTERNET..WHAT ARE THE DING DING DUMB DUMBS GOING TO DO
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Nah. /
City folks live in Vacation Homes for the weekend fail to stock up. Locals have a save them
A lot of people up there live year round. sadly though not all homes up there are built to withstand a once in a 100 year blizzard
@@Josh_D78 There are more vacation homes than people who live year around. Either way, people who shouldn't be there shouldn't have gone up there.
@@Josh_D78 People without brains build or bought homes without foresight.
@@petrinajc who are you to say where folks are "supposed to be"
@@gregsmith7828 A person with common sense
How stupid are people who have all the NWS forecast, knowing they have foreknowledge of what is about to happen and they risk their families anyway and then whine that the very thing they were warned about is true? Feel sad for them.
Wonder how much snow shoveling these snowflakes have done today.......zero
People are dumb, they warned about weather conditions. You got to keep shoveling not only your door way but off the roof. These people slept not realizing that the roof could at any moment smashed them.
People from San Diego shouldn't go to Lake Arrowhead in the winter unless they're willing to Donner a kid or two.
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How cold hearted.
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@@donnapoland8727 it was a joke
Did you not watch the news. This was coming. Also be prepared.
After living through two tornadoes and two blizzards (one for five days) you tend to turn into a "prepper". At least a couple of weeks for food as well as a few weeks more for dried goods, lots of wood for the stove, batteries, comms... toilet paper, water filters. pain meds, anti-biotics and it you own it a way to recharge batteries or generate electricity. - Most people only keep a few days of food and not much else.
Welcome to Mother Nature. Imagine our ancestors trials doing this 100’s of years ago.
Many of them had Pemmican or canned foods (canned meaning home canning) or salted meats like pork.
Donner Pass.
Exactly. And they did just fine. Without cel phones, heat, fridges, cars and planes. Even with all this we still complain. What will it take?
And without a weather report!
I think its illegal to can your own food in California.
@2:01 they have shovels and young muscles and energy, shovel out a path. what do you think the pioneers did?
Flatlanders who come up to the mountains and don't even own/ carry a shovel with them get will learn a hard lesson.
People that live in California they’re spoiled rotten brats they don’t have a clue and they live up in the mountains all high mighty me me me look at me??😆
They had plenty of warning, it was all over the news. They should have been prepared. Yes, this is a ton of snow, but it's amazing how clueless some are of the mountains.
"I'm going to miss BASEBALL opening ceremonies" 🍼
First world problems in Lake Arrowhead.
@@bingbruce4865 You people have a huge misconception about Lake Arrowhead.
@@donnapoland8727 Well thank you Donna for clearing that up.
Welcome to real world!
rich americans complaining from their overpriced plywood houses.
Seriously..houses are blowing up, roofs caving in and your kids are whining about baseball and friends. Good job dad!
Let's not judge that father, the kid's are just being honest, sharing what they feel. He is doing all he can to provide for and comfort them. Let's ask God for His mercy on them instead.
@@redeemed5554 Thank you for your kindness. They are children, thinking like children. They probably don't know what is going on around them. There are so many air b &b's up here in Lake Arrowhead now. Maybe the county of SB should make the air b & b's have a month's worth of canned food in their homes before they are given the permit to turn their homes into air b& b's. There are way to many up here.
@@donnapoland8727 Maybe you should join your local government and get that passed as a local law.
@@donnapoland8727 or maybe they should plan ahead and stick up on canned food, water, blankets, a generator , board games, etc , knowing that there’s a blizzard coming and that they could get stuck for weeks there. It’s not the kids’ fault, it’s the parents for not planning ahead or deciding not to go in the first place.
The worst snowfall was 4 days after it started snowing. That's a decent window to know when it's time to go home. Some of us are home. I'm sure it's hard not to being able to talk to friends every day. Some of us weren't able to talk to anyone for 5 days. No phone or internet service when the power went out. All day shoveling, all night caring for a severely disabled person in the dark. Sorry your vacation didn't go as planned, that sucks. My money is on you'll have a home when you're able to go home. For those of us living through this unable to even leave our homes, we will be spending the rest of the year dealing with insurance claims if we don't starve in our homes first. Dear media, could you stop ignoring the plight of the people living here who have been begging for food, supplies and/or rescue? Stop reporting help has been sent. It wasn't. The optics you're reporting for politicians makes you just as culpable as the politicians pushing the lies. There's no rescue, no door to door, no food being brought to residents. If we can't get out of our homes and go to where they set up food handouts too bad for us. Those who have managed to escape their unplowed 7 ft high roads and walk 2 miles were handed 1 frozen dejorno pizza who then had to trudge the 2 miles back and figure out how to cook it with no power or gas. Stop reporting what they're telling you to say. Do your jobs, investigate! Report what's really happening. Ask the people affected by their lies.
2024 debates:
Gavenor Gruesome: I signed the emergency deceleration 7 days after it started from my vacation in a state that restricts abortion. Period. Full stop.
DeSantis: I rebuilt Florida in 7 days.
Biden: fgyhvjiio mfswwcchin jiknfdd
@@jt8713 TBH, up until a week ago, I was very satisfied with the job Caltrans was doing. (2500 Jimmy 4x4 with full locker and real chains) My only complaint was that they set up chain checkpoints too far down the hill. On that Friday, I drove 3 more miles before installing them.
This was an epic failure of plowing and communication. It was Monday before reasonable info was available.
Is your jimmy an EV?
@@jt8713 If you had a EV you wouldnt have to get gas. You could use solar panels to charge your car.
@@moabman6803 EV 🤣
I have very tall pine trees as a back yard, and Crestline went a week and a half without sun, many places did not have electricity. No, my Jimmy loves the dinosaur bones. And I love my Jimmy
No boy scouts among them...always be prepared.
Those plows and snow blowers don’t look to be powered by electricity
Yes the plows should be EV. Why are they using diesel plows? Do they meet CARB emissions standards?
Heading into a blizzard, no matter where you grow up I would think you would be a little more prepared.
Also please check on the rich immigrant guy from Malibu beach stuck in an Airbnb resort cabin in big bear resort 😂
It was all fun and games when the warnings came so deal with it
I learned my lesson being stuck in a bus due to snowing somewhere in the mountain from SF to Reno. I don’t want to have that experience anymore.
U was on 299 I think 😂
How have they been stuck for 12 days if the State Highways were only closed down last Friday, 7 days ago? And then reopened with escorts from Lake Arrowhead this week before they were shut down again? They didn’t think to leave the many chances they got?
They can't leave as streets go unplowed; the main roads may be plowed to some degree, but the smaller roads are not.
My husband just waited 5 hrs on Waterman to try and get up the mountain to help us shovel snow. Finally a Highway patrol officer came by in his car and announced on his radio that they were not taking anyone up the mountain and added that you can stay in your car as long as you want, but we are not taking anybody up the mountain. My husband tried to wave to him to get his attention to ask if they would be guiding anyone up the mountain in the morning, but he had his windows rolled up and wouldn't respond to anyone. My husband wasn't the only one trying to get his attention to ask the officer a question. We are fortunate to have enough food to get us through this emergency, but there were family members waiting in that line that needed to get up that mountain to bring food to their families. One gentleman my husband was talking to was trying to get formula up to his baby. In 12 days we haven't seen any plows on our street. Not everyone can leave the mountain or they probably would have. It was easier for us to bunker down because we have several animals. Some people don't have cars, or they have a handicap that would make it very difficult to leave.
@@donnapoland8727
They knew a storm was coming and they didn’t lay in a month’s supply of baby formula? That’s just dumb.
I’m sorry, but even when we were poor, we knew how to plan ahead for such events.
@@deekang6244 you don’t know their financial situation. Some people live paycheck to paycheck. Perhaps they couldn't buy a months worth of formula at a time. Some people can only afford to buy a little bit of food at a time. There could be so many reasons, yet you are so quick to judge. 🙄
I believe you can use whole milk as a cheap alterntve.
These people stuck need to start shoveling and get themselves out. No ones coming to do it for you anytime soon.
Very sad and unfortunate, but people get what they deserve when they decide to be complacent. The weather service had be issuing constant warnings for several days that those mountain areas would soon be buried under many days of heavy snowfall.
When we decide to ignore the weather warnings (blizzards, hurricanes, floods or tornadoes) and we decide to just 'take our chances' we have no one to blame for the outcome except ourselves. These CA areas that are buried under snow are not poor or low income areas.
he people in these areas could have easily afforded to stock up on food and on any medications they needed.And they could have easily in most cases afforded to relocate temporally out of those mountains until conditions returned to normal. They Gambled. They bet they knew more than the weather forecasters. They lost and it was entirely their own choice.
There are some people up here that are wealthy, but most of us are regular hard working people. There are areas of our mountain where low income people do live. People that can't afford to stock up on a month of food. You must not know how medical insurance works for most people, as you can't stock up on medication. They only let you reorder about 3 days ahead of time unless you get your medications thru the mail. Have some compassion!
@@donnapoland8727 My husband is a pharmacist and I can tell you that that is absolutely not true. Completely untrue. No prescription is like that, especially if they know that you are facing something like this. Which they would know because they would be aware of the weather, just like everyone else.
And if you are willing to eat cheaply, and aren’t picky, it’s entirely possible to have a month’s worth of food on hand. You don’t need potato chips and snacks, just simple healthy food.
You can get a months worth of several pounds of rice, potatoes, and some hot dogs for almost nothing.
now imagine how those EV trucks are gonna clean all that snow in the future
Meanwhile, citizens of Alaska, Colorado, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas are eating popcorn and muttering, "uh huh. uh huh, awww"
From Minnesota and I’m shaking my head. If they weren’t prepared for the weather, why didn’t they just leave for a week? Visit family, etc.
As a Californian, I’m ashamed to be associated with most Californians.
We went to the snow, AFTER the blizzard, and had stuff prepared if we got stuck. Even extra dog food and if we had to sleep in the car, we were prepared to do that. And I’m not rich and I grew up in the desert!
I have no clue why a grown man wouldn’t plan to get stuck in a blizzard with his three kids, knowing that there’s going to be a blizzard. Smdh
I live rural, in Northern Michigan, and how did you know I'm eating popcorn??!! :) It seems many of the coastal clueless people in this country are some sort of subspecies, lacking the common sense gene.
@@kibblenbits and like another reply had mentioned, don't they watch the weather on tv, radio, or internet? They clearly could have left to safety, but nope.
Looks like fun, they knew exactly what was going to happen.
So tourists didn’t plan ahead or note the weather conditions. 🙄
I say this as a native of San Diego who vacationed up in Big Bear as a kid and our family once got caught in a very small, but sudden snow storm. This was in the days before smartphones or even the internet. You take your chances when you don’t take the time to check the weather forecasts!
Oh those poor rich people.
These are rich people!? Wait until you learn what rich truly means.
Better relax and not waste your energy. Use those calories wisely.
Tip: Always stock up on can soup and rice and Spam!
I stock up on those items. They last such a long time on the shelve.
Exactly
Know wat u gettin into,know wat u have!
Bruh, we endured the same storm just a mile away. 6 miles through waste deep snow is hard but you gotta man up to feed your family. Hard going is not a good excuse to give up walking.
You have to continuously and vigorously salt and plow during the storm. The whole night! You cannot just wait to dig out afterwards. Back in Michigan we salt and plow all night throughout the storm, you have to
Yup!
Same here in Eastern Washington!
I’m sorry but why in God’s name would you take your family to the mountains without checking the weather forecast? What part of HISTORIC do people not understand? I live in Lake Arrowhead and it’s very difficult but I surely NEVER would have come up her to vacation when we were warned over and over how bad it was going to be.
My family skied in snow valley from a day after president day to that Thursday . We drove through 330 and stayed in running springs. We were so lucky that we schedule to leave on Thursday which was planned on January. I wouldn't know how hard it was to clear the snow from the ramp/drove way. That was am hour of shoveling. I still hit a pile of snow but luckily, we dug the snow out and put the floor matt so we can be back on road. And 330 was closed so we drove through 18 and that should have passed Arrowhead. It's all about snow experience and knowledge about blizzard which I didn't have but we kind of dodged it by luck. So I fully understand the situation of this family. I am glad to hear they are back. Had we stayed one more day, there would be no way out from running springs for at least a week.
just loot the storefood, better than cannibalism
One problem they have is that there is nowhere left to put the snow so there was nothing the local plowers could do. So the outside teams that come to help be it military or otherwise have to collect it and then truckload it out and down the treacherous roads.It’s a very tough situation and going to take some time. Pray for them. I have friends stuck there also.
They were warned about a possible blizzard. People think they are not vulnerable. If you have that kind of wilderness desire know what to do have supplies have shovel it’s going to be a battle of keeping snow off the cabin and door ways. It’s always better to have extra than needed but not having. It’s strange that these places didn’t care to have visitors fully knowing that a blizzard was coming.
If only there was a field of study that focused on weather patterns. Then we
could have people that could make predictions based on the science. Those
people could go on media outlets and tell people what the weather was expected to be.
Then people could plan accordingly. Sadly, we don't have any such thing.
Dude is wearing skinny jeans and sneakers..is this from 1993?
Why don't they air drop food?!!! Use helicopters, they are their watching from news helicopters, why not drop them food in certain locations?!!!
@@boblatkey7160 Ooooops, I stand corrected, sorry, you're right. It just seems like they need a lot more of those, I truly feel sorry for them. Hope the little ones, the children, elderly and young teens hang in there. Electricity gone in many areas, little or no food, a nightmare.
* The two anchor are so lame doing a new duet, each reading one line from the teleprompter?* 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think they made a video looking for sympathy,and yeah you're not going to get any from the locals up here. You knew the forecast before you came up you thought you knew better,and you got bent over backwards by mother nature. Now you plead for help,that's why folks are getting charged over a grand to get dug out. Don't come back
I'm glad they have power.
Good experience for that family, teaches them how to be resourceful! Smart move reaching out on Facebook.
Hopefully it won’t become as desperate as the Donner Party situation as they found themselves snowbound. Getting the munchies and the fridge is empty.
"back to the real world..." that is the Real World you Sheep.
They're staying in a ski town. A tourist place. Not the gigantic megalopolis below the mountains.
Lets get the roads cleared and get those people out, it is dangerous conditions...
To be clear, they are actually in the real world now.
Good to see you both standing
A TV news presenter going from a suit and tie to jeans, tennis shoes, and no tie? I guess "fashion" now means too lazy to look professional. Meanwhile the women are still expected to wear dresses.
Welcome to winter in the rest of the country.
Jesus Fasted for 40 Day. Time to lose weight
Whopper, whopper, whopper, whopper, Jesus, ordered with no toppers having his way
Lol 😆 🤣 oh my days 😅 🤣
Rich people's problems.
I have my cabin for 35 years, never saw something like these!!!
Kickass storm
It snowed just like this is March of 1991. We got 11 feet of snow.
I wonder if we can use a torch to melt the snow?
Usually gets that bad when nobody goes out to clear the snow as it builds....
All I have to say is you deserve it if u got stuck. All from a lack of common sense shoulda checked weather for one for two y’all should be prepared in winter either way. Third this is just another distraction it snows like this EVERY WINTER. Why make it a big deal now?
Nxt time,check weather,Alaska storm,tappin into water,ur at 4k ft!!
If lake Tahoe and mammoth residents can do it 😂
Lake Tahoe and Mammoth get that kind of snow every year. I have lived in Lake Arrowhead 18 yrs, and have never seen anything like this before!
People are complaining that help did not come fast enough! I'd like to know what the weather report was before the storm hit. Don't people listen to the weather reports and prepare themselves? Take some responsibility!
They got themselves up there, they can get themselves down, and move back wherever they came from.
Native Californians know this has happened before.
Its one thing to go to the mountains when its snowing, but a heavy Blizzard? and doing this in the middle of the school year????
Screw school,blizzard!It nothin if ur ready,just a ton o snow to play with!👍
I am afraid to live in mountains, too many problems: massive snow, brutal wind, etc. I like flat place. When I was small I was so afraid of Mountains. I felt very uncomfortable seeing those giant walls specially when there are 2 or 3 mountains side by side, it looked like a maze. So afraid to get lost when I was walking in the pathway around those giant Mountain.
I'm the other way around, flat places freak me out. Might be what you grow up with. California, most of the west, actually, is quite mountainous.
@@pyrovania Exactly. Mountains provide a sense of direction and a unique identity. While in flat places, you have no idea where you are by just looking at the horizon
@@AdolfoBugarin Well but mountains isolate you but what bothers me most is the wind, the cold that gets worse on the mountains.
These people that live up there when they signed on the dotted line to live up in the mountains they should’ve been better prepared like somebody did this on purpose to their house. It’s mother nature it just happens, so stop complaining and do what you can , or move to a different area move out of !!the mountains
iam wondering how they all or any ran or will run out of water.... mmmmmmmmm let me think on this one.............
I hope everyone gets help. This is so scary. Why would they shut down the road? That is crazy people need to get out!
please boost your audio -- it's barely audible
Please find a way home and stay out of the mountains if you're gonna complain like babies.....
Send some union workers to help
We knew snow was coming, we thought it’d be like 3 or 4 feet, nothing like this, no one saw this coming.
They want the Federal Government need to send in a cavalry to save their miserable lives as they ran out of gourmet ready made meals. That is what entitled city dwellers playing down to earth country folks.
Where is the governor you voted 😂
pray for them. please!
Hwy 18 to Lucerne(desert way) open!
at least Cali will not have a water shortage this summer
I always look at the future forecast of where I'm going before I go on vacation.
U hear that? Is that a violin🎻
You should never say something like that to people in an emergency situation.
Be safe guys!
Honestly, most of the problems we see here can easily be rectified. Canned foods and bottled water can very easily be 'dropped in' by low flying helicopter to those who need it. State and local government needs to make radio announcements informing stranded people who need food/water to place a bright colored blanket on the snow outside their homes as a sign that people are stranded there at that location and they need food and bottled water.
Maybe the liberals can do a global warming summit up there. Might as well make the most of God's weather ha-ha.
Most people that live up in those mountains are REPUBLICANS!
That would be over there global warming brain washed heads. And then argue about it!
@@jdcaldwell5088 untrue
PLEASE SEND GAVIN TO HELP US !!!!
Don’t bother him. He has a reservation at the French Laundry to keep.
They should install zip lines to carry food and supplies to the mountains. They must have zip line companies in California that can help out with this-it could be very effective.
I hadn't thought about that idea. Great idea! There are more storms on the way.
And fun
"We are trapped and i cant see my friends"..... ARE YOU SERIOUS? YOURE ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF FOOD
Whoa. Okay, I'm thinking about all the times I said "yeah, when Hell freezes over".
trump will drop some mcdonald’s soon air drop some food no worries where there’s a will there is a way!🙏❤️
Praise the Lord H.A.A.R.P 👏
Skinny jeans guy is funny
BRING OUT UR BLOW TORCH..❣
This is when you need to have hunting equipment or make some sort of trap to feed your family
think survival
This is a perfect reason why we should have drones. The larger drones ( Not Military ) can carry food to these people.
Real miracle that cloudseeding
I live here. It was like a flash flood but with snow. It came too fast and wouldn’t stop. So no matter how much you dig out you’d have to dig again and again. Your body starts to hurt, the older houses are collapsing, and it smells like natural gas everywhere from buried gas regulators
Uh yah it’s called a blizzard 😂
Been up there several times as a college student from the Sierra Nevada Mountains visiting something that I thought would be similar to 'home' for a respite from the bustle of LA/San Diego. The layout, zoning, community planning, and everything always felt like a movie-parody of Mountain communities. It's horrible that you're stuck up there and hopefully the Human cost will be very low. Yet, I cannot excuse you. Southern California goes 'nuts' when 1/2" of rain is in the forecast coupled with 25 mph winds which goes to show the lack of preparation for weather. Good Luck.
Yeah, we know. That’s what a blizzard is.
Aren’t you guys digging up out your gas regulators, if that helps? We have to dig stuff out of the snow all the time.
You shovel and come inside to warm up, eat, and hydrate. Then you go back out and shovel again. Take a nap. Repeat. That’s what a blizzard is.
Check the roof to see if it will cave in. Try to get the snow off, at least part of the roof to lessen the weight.
Yes, we know, we do this all the time. You can even learn about it free on RUclips.
But yes, we know what it’s like. I hear your temperatures are in the twenties. Our blizzards often include lots of wind, temperatures near zero and below zero windchill. So yeah, we have an idea about what it’s like.
I don't understand why they don't bring in a bunch of Chinooks?
That is the real world bud...
Oh man that must suck lol
My prayers are with you guys and all who need help there. 🙏