TRUCKEE, Calif. — This week's Word on the Street question: How are you preparing for the winter season at Tahoe-Truckee?

Check out the below answers, as asked Monday in downtown Truckee:

Gustavo Pena Espinoza, party rental company owner, Truckee: "Most important is to put on good tires on cars and keep water at home and in cars."

Phoebe Landre, Realtor, Truckee: "Bracing myself by going to Mexico."

LeAnne Fletcher, works in retail, Truckee: "I'm getting good snow tires."

Jerry Blackwill, retired, Truckee: "I'm so used to it that I've already hired SnowTech to do (snow) removal, I drive a 4-wheel drive vehicle and I own a snowblower."