‘It feels helpless’: San Diego family trapped in the snow in San Bernardino Mountains

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Residents and guests in some areas of the San Bernardino Mountains remained trapped Saturday in a blanket of snow that has paralyzed the realm.

“It feels helpless proper, and it’s form of a irritating sort of helpless,” mentioned San Diego resident Kirk Taylor, who has been at his household’s cabin in Working Springs since President’s Day along with his spouse and two youngsters.

A whole bunch of personnel from the Nationwide Guard, Cal Fireplace, and California’s Workplace of Emergency Providers are within the space attempting to clear huge quantities of snow that has blanketed the mountains.

Greater than 50 firefighters from San Diego have been deployed to assist dig out folks caught within the snow.

Taylor mentioned his household is getting determined to depart their cabin, however they’ve sufficient meals and gasoline to outlive within the meantime not like a few of his neighbors.

“They don’t have any gasoline, no gasoline for decent water. They’re form of caught,” he mentioned

Earlier this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency after snow within the space left roads impassable and a few residents with out entry to meals.