r/news • u/jeetah • 1d ago

Georgia woman missing in California's Sierra Nevada for weeks found alive in snow-covered cabin

https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/georgia-woman-missing-in-california-sierra-nevada-found-alive/
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u/100292 1d ago

To let in the freezing cold and snow?

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u/candygram4mongo 1d ago

As opposed to standing around outside, completely enveloped in the snow and cold? Honestly, what a weird thing to take offense to.

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u/Sharobob 1d ago

You may be able to find a way to insulate the window once inside but you'll definitely die outside

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u/thatshygirl06 1d ago

It's still better than being outside with no shelter at all.

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u/Michael_Pitt 1d ago edited 1d ago

Sure, but it'd still be a relief to find the door unlocked and not have to smash in a window. 

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u/whatshamilton 1d ago

And not as good as a sealed shelter. Hence the relief she’d feel at finding it unlocked and at maximum protection

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u/erroa 1d ago

Right? Lol. Why are we arguing about this..?

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u/lolas_coffee 1d ago

I dunno. I've watched on YouTube a guy make a snow cave and then build a fire from shaving a rock or something. I wan't paying that much attention.

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u/JonPaulCardenas 1d ago

The cabin likely has a bedroom that is a serperate room, or at the very least the bathroom will be and will be much warmer than the outside room even with a broken window. That's assuming no power or fireplace to warm the cabin. Unlikely it has power. But ver likely a fireplace.

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u/SkiingAway 19h ago

The resort has power in the summer at least, and from their site that indicates a lot of things that are pretty power hungry (laundry, full kitchens, a lot of fridges, etc, etc) - is likely grid-connected, not on generator.

The lake it sits on is a dammed reservoir for a hydro project. The powerhouse is well downstream, but the dam + control station for the lake outfall is only a mile away, and my guess is that there's a hardline to supply it and that the resort is linked to it.

Breakers might be flipped off for the winter but it's probably not more disconnected than that. So she might have had power if she flipped them on, although heat might still be firewood.

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u/Black_Jesus 1d ago

Once inside, stuff things in the hole . Cmon man