On Wednesday, emergency crews in California scrambled to shuttle food and medicine to mountain communities stranded by back-to-back winter storms that have dumped so much snow some residents can barely see out their windows.
that have dumped so much snow some residents can barely see out their windows.
The county has set up a hotline for residents dealing with issues like frozen pipes, roof problems and food shortages. The San Bernardino Mountains are a major tourism and recreation destination but also home to a large year-round population in small cities and communities around lakes and scattered along winding roads. About 80,000 people live either part- or full-time in the communities affected, said David Wert, a county spokesman.
"I woke up this morning and there was another two-and-a-half feet on them," he said."It was kind of like Groundhog Day." "We've been through some big storms … but this is just unreal," David Góra said."I've never seen anything like it anywhere." a state of emergency for 13 counties due to the storm, including Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.
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