In for a Doozy': Severe Oregon Sandstorms Come Early Burying Homes

Can you imagine having to dig your home out of this mess? Once would be enough more than enough, right? But residents of Waldport, Ore., deal with this problem every year -- several times. But this year they're staying the storms have come early and they seem worse.

Watch the Fox News Insider report of the mess here:

KEZI local news has more on the storms:

Residents along Oceania Drive have to deal with it every winter.

"How do you do, you just have to dig it out and dig it out and dig it out and dig it out and it's over and over again," said Carol Botelho.

But this year is different.

"Not in November, not in November, it's never this early, not as bad as this," said Botelho.

KEZI reports that the storms don't usually hit until January or February. The winds have reached up to 50 mph and sand is piling up to 30 feet high. Most of the homes are classified as vacation rentals and many are vacant.