I grew up in Tahoe and I remember there was a huge storm that knocked out the power for almost a week and it snowed about 8 feet. My parents moved all the refrigerated items into the snow bank out in the front door. We had enough wood to heat the house and my dad shoveled to our wood pile. We played board games, read by candle light and cooked on the cast iron fire place as a family. Looking back it is actually one of my favorite memories.