Update from the ice cube

My neighbors pitched in to shovel me a path down the staircase, so I am no longer trapped! They also let me use their shower and clothes washer, so I'm at their place right now, clean and eating a quesadilla, while my clothes get washed.

Other than that, the truly spectacular clusterfuck of a so-called disaster response continues. Everyone is still pretty trapped. Our cars are all buried and trapped behind 12 foot ice walls. The neighbors dug out part of mine and apparently the windshield broke under the weight of the snow.

I forgot to mention that a smallish tree snapped and fell on my shed. I think the shed is OK though. Hard to tell, it's largely buried.

If anyone leaves the mountain, they're not allowed back up. So everyone is trapped but unable to leave because they're afraid they'll be stuck elsewhere. They're saying people may not be allowed up for at least another week and possibly to the end of the month! So if I leave because I have no running water, I won't be able to get back home.

Internet and texting is very intermittent at home.

I spoke to ABC News over the phone. Hopefully I will get to show them my street.

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