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Snow traps thousands of cars on Italy motorway, 200 occupants rescued
Reuters ^
| February 2, 2019 1:19 PM
| Giulio Piovaccari
Posted on 02/03/2019 7:21:47 AM PST by Olog-hai
Thousands of vehicles were stuck in long queues caused by heavy snow on Italys A22 motorway on Saturday, and firefighters rescued 200 people who had been trapped for hours in cars and buses.
Queues on the route connecting northeastern regions to Austria reached 16 km (9.94 miles), said a spokesperson for the firefighters of the autonomous province of Bolzano.
He added it was hard to assess the number of vehicles involved, but they were in the thousands.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
TOPICS: Local News; Weather
KEYWORDS: a22; bolzano; climatechange; climatechangehoax; globalcooling; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; italy; snow
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posted on
02/03/2019 7:21:47 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
AOCommie will cure that by outlawing fuel.
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posted on
02/03/2019 7:23:33 AM PST
by
bray
(Pray for President Trump)
To: Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
They should switch to elephants. Worked well for Hannibal.
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posted on
02/03/2019 7:35:52 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: Olog-hai
Thousands of vehicles were stuck in long queues caused by heavy snow on Italys A22 motorway In England, a "motorway" is what we in the US call a freeway. In Southern California, "motorway" is a designation given to some dirt roads up in the hills.
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posted on
02/03/2019 7:36:24 AM PST
by
Fiji Hill
To: Olog-hai
Been there, done that. Thanks to Michael the "tankman".
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posted on
02/03/2019 7:36:41 AM PST
by
C210N
(Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
To: Olog-hai
When I traveled northbound along that same route on January 1, 1962, it was a two-lane highway. It was clear and dry, but snow was piled up high on either side of it.
The last time I passed through there, in July, 1966, we saw the freeway (called Autobahn in Austria and Autostrada in Italy) being constructed next to the two-lane highway. We wished it could have been completed because it took a couple of hours to get over the border from Austria into Italy due to the traffic.
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posted on
02/03/2019 7:40:06 AM PST
by
Fiji Hill
To: Olog-hai
Calling all gorons! ❄️☃⛷🏂🎿⛸ I-80 in the Sierras is looking REAL dicey the next couple of days. Even looking at substantial white fluffy in Reno through Tuesday morning.
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posted on
02/03/2019 7:50:45 AM PST
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: C210N
That looks like lake-effect snow.
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posted on
02/03/2019 8:18:36 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
It’s the “blizzard of ‘78”. Cars were stuck essentially in mid-trip wherever they happened to be, including the Route 128 belt.
MA illustrious gov, and eventual US illustrious ‘Rat candidate for pres, saw fit to close the State for business for a week, and having the National Guard dig out thousands of cars on 128.
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posted on
02/03/2019 8:23:03 AM PST
by
C210N
(Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
To: Olog-hai
Brenner Autobahn.
Drove that road 40 years ago in a crazy fast BMW.
When you hit the tunnels at 125MPH your ears pop.
Those were the days...
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posted on
02/03/2019 8:36:37 AM PST
by
glasseye
("24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ H. L. Mencken)
To: C210N
That was a blizzard combined with a hurricane. Wind speed hit 110 mph in some places.
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posted on
02/03/2019 8:40:26 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
An electric car with 25% left of energy will last maybe 12 hours in those conditions. A diesel car with 50% left of fuel, closer to 12 days. Gasoline car with 50% fuel, maybe 2 or 3 days (no sensible person would travel with less than half a tank of fuel in those conditions - electric cars have little choice on long trips).
So, they better learn to respond REALLY FAST if they’re going to force everyone into electric cars, or they’ll be digging out frozen bodies.
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posted on
02/03/2019 8:44:15 AM PST
by
BobL
(I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
To: BobL
I am not sure they care, the left will sacrifice others for their agenda.
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posted on
02/03/2019 9:22:53 AM PST
by
Chickensoup
(Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
To: Chickensoup
Given their history (100 million dead, so far), I doubt a few hundred more will matter much. But, eventually, it will matter to their subjects.
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posted on
02/03/2019 9:34:32 AM PST
by
BobL
(I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
To: bray
Dont drive in snow if AT ALL POSSIBLE just wait. Its not that important. It cant be ESPECIALLY DONT DRIVE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES IN SNOW ❄️
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posted on
02/03/2019 11:09:22 AM PST
by
Truthoverpower
(The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
To: rktman
Im JEALOUS !
( here in Marin ).
JEALOUS I TELL YOU !!
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posted on
02/03/2019 11:10:34 AM PST
by
Truthoverpower
(The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
To: Truthoverpower
❄️😳🚒🚓-------I-80
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posted on
02/03/2019 11:15:19 AM PST
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Truthoverpower
Unless you are going skiing then you have to.
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posted on
02/03/2019 11:27:52 AM PST
by
bray
(Pray for President Trump)
To: BobL
the sheep will need to be aware of the predators.
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posted on
02/03/2019 2:31:58 PM PST
by
Chickensoup
(Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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