Lake Arrowhead resident Brady Wade shares the story of how his wife went into labor in the middle of the historic snowstorm.
With a blizzard as a backdrop, a Lake Arrowhead couple reportedly experienced some frightening moments as they fought to get to a hospital for the birth of their second child — a girl whose name is, fittingly, Winter.
When Brady Wade, who lives in the unincorporated community in the San Bernardino Mountains, arrived home from work Feb. 23, driving along roads with 3 to 4 feet of snow, his wife, Crystal, told him she was having contractions. He immediately began to load their truck with supplies to take to the hospital, 50 miles away in Fontana. But because the horrific weather had blocked roads, the truck wasn’t parked close to the home. Wade’s trips to the car were costing them time.
Wade, a Lake Arrowhead resident for five years, said he had “never seen anything close to this. I have neighbors who’ve been here for 30 years. They said they haven’t seen anything like this since, I think it was the ’76, ’79 storms. This is biblical. Seriously, it’s unmanageable at this point. We’re lucky to be safe and secure.”, Wade said that when they headed home from the hospital the next day, they found that the storm had forced authorities to shut down major roads.
After retrieving their son from their friends’ home, the Wades had to be practical. They wrapped Winter under Crystal’s coat and, with Brady holding his son, trekked through snow to return home.
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