California communities stranded in snow-covered San Bernardino Mountains | Rush Hour

Growing frustration in some parts of California as they try to get help amid life-threatening winter weather. About 20 percent of roads remain closed in the San Bernardino Mountains. People who are running out of supplies. Others trapped in their homes without electricity. No heat for a full week. After a record

snow

fall, the news station's Nancy Liu is live. Nancy's emergency responders are working 24

hour

s a day, that's right, Nicole and the

snow

-capped

mountains

surrounding downtown Los Angeles are a clear barometer of the dangerous conditions in those areas of San Bernardino County. The search and rescue unit has been transporting people off the mountain for days, but others remain snow-

covered

with up to 10 feet of snow in some places.

Digging is a very difficult task. Help has been pouring in since this desperate plea in the snow of the San Bernardino Mountains late last week; just the day before, Sheriff's Department crews transported at least 22 people to area shelters. You think you may not see snowplows in a number of things. The people who are here to help you, let's dig. You guys get out and about, the California National Guard has been delivering food and fuel and helping remove snow, but some roofs have already collapsed, including that of the only grocery store in Crestline. There is now growing concern about gas leaks.

My husband had to respond to one where The smell was so strong that it reached the gas meter and gas was coming out the bottom, so we had to deal with this ourselves and luckily we had the right tool to be able to turn off the meter. gas. Okay, this is bad. one faces very strong this is a lot of swans I have come across emergency responses hampered by the conditions some residents have risked their lives to turn off meters on their own in other cases gas explosions have caused at least 10 As fire emergency crews struggle to not only get to the scenes, but also to find hydrants under all the snow, residents can finally venture out, not being allowed to return unless there are police escorts.

I had to go down to get my son's medications and when he had to go up. At five o'clock they no longer had the escorts so I was sleeping in the

mountains

trying to get up every day. The uncertainty even has one breast cancer patient worried about returning home even though she was given permission to go to chemotherapy this week. Of them said yes, it's fine, but they wouldn't go up again. Residents say it's a nightmare both on and off the mountain. Closing could be tonight and I won't be open tomorrow night or the day after or the day after or the day after now like you.

I have heard that about 20 percent of the roads remain impassable. San Bernardino officials now admit to a lack of preparation for back-to-back storms that dumped so much snow so quickly that the usual snowplow team and their usual strategy proved ineffective Nicole, well you've got so much snow out there, okay, thanks Nancy, Thanks for watching, visit newsnationnow.com to find Nation news on your TV provider and don't forget to click the red subscribe button below for more Nation news. unbiased fat-driven coverage