Grab your bear can or camp chair, kick your feet up and chew the fat about anything Sierra Nevada related that doesn't quite fit in any of the other forums. Within reason, (and the HST rules and guidelines) this is also an anything goes forum. Tell stories, discuss wilderness issues, music, or whatever else the High Sierra stirs up in your mind.
I guess a lot of the big-boy snow blowers use on the highways also broke. I read that a fraction of them were in working condition at one point in the storm. My daughter has a house at Soda Springs. They will have to eventually dig to get in. She has two teenage boys- just about as good as snow blowers.
Actually, my daughter hired someone to dig them out this year since they would not be able to get up there for two weeks. It probably cost them more than a new snowblower. And yes, shoveling at our age is out of the question - wrecking your back would cost more than a new blower.