I woke up at 5:15 wondering if my friends who were coming to Tahoe late last night made it through the storm. They weren't here, I had no texts since before I went to sleep, and they didn't respond to a text asking about status. I was pretty panicked given the likely road conditions. Thankfully they answered the phone when I called and they are safe but stuck a few miles away. They made it over Donner Pass with cable chains in white-out snow and barely moving traffic, but then they had to wait at the top before the downhill side was reopened. After making it down, they got trapped at a roadblock because Highway 267 that gets them to the condo is closed to cars without link chains or "z-chains." Now, they are back in Truckee trying to find z-chains or a four-wheel Uber driver to get them here. They have been on the road about 10-11 hours.
I doubt we'll be able to get to the ski area this morning, but at least we're not slogging it out like them.