According to US media reports, an 81-year-old man was trapped in his car in the snow for nearly a week during the winter storms in the US state of California. He ate croissants, cookies and candy in the six days leading up to his rescue, his grandson said.
The former employee of the American space agency NASA wanted to drive from Big Pine in eastern California to Nevada at the end of February. He thought he could avoid the approaching blizzard, the grandson said, wearing only a thin windbreaker. The car got stuck in the snow on a road northwest of Death Valley National Park.
Minus 10 degrees at night
The man kept himself warm with a towel and a thin blanket. Only occasionally did he leave his car on to warm it up. Temperatures dropped to about minus 10 degrees overnight, CNN reported.
Inyo County Police announced in early March that a person reported missing was rescued by helicopter after six days. The person waved out the window of his car, drawing attention to himself. That same evening she was released from the hospital.
A rare winter storm in late February brought a lot of snow and rain to California, which is actually sunlit. Blocked roads, flooding, freezing temperatures and power outages paralyzed life in parts of the west coast state. California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a temporary state of emergency for 13 counties in early March.
Source: Krone
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