"Don't look at me!"
Posted on 12/17/2020 2:50:06 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Shocking photos show what happened when a dozen tractor-trailers skidded out of control on snow-covered Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania during Wednesday night’s winter storm — killing one person and injuring a number of others.
The 66-vehicle pileup, including 55 trucks and 11 passenger vehicles, over a mile span on the westbound side of the highway happened around 3 p.m. Wednesday in Clinton County, State Police said Thursday.
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Oh, crap... that’s awful...
Wolf will demand to know who, on this pileup, was not wearing a mask...
Probably he will threaten them with jail...
"Don't look at me!"
LOL, we know who the old farts here are.
Though I was proud of the Municipal Court and cell in the basement of the Vet.
THIS is the peak of classlessness, though it could come from Pitt.
“What’s up with the weather channel giving names to snowstorms in recent years? “
How about naming rain showers and sunny days?
By the way, its not ‘snowstorm’ its ‘severe snow event’.
"...drone warns of troubles ahead..."
Not necessary. Only one was killed. This is a combination of heavy lake effect show, wind causing white-out, ice, and dark. I've been in some beauties in NY, PA, and OH in these at night. You think, "Why didn't I wait until this was over?"
If you've ever in that mix, you now it is a white knuckle, pounding heart trip. It can go from pretty good to heavy snow and wind in just a few hundred feet.
You have to drive a few feet away from the tail lights of the vehicle in front of you, hoping they know where they are going.
If you want to get off, you might not be able to see the exit. Pull off to the side? What's there? A drop down? A stopped vehicle. Then you plow into it. Then the guy who followed you plows into you.
A torrential rain storm is similar.
If you've never been in this, close your eyes in traffic for a mile with your eyes closed.
“Without a steady flow of trucks along I-80 people in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, etc. would be faced with empty stores.”
Plan B.
“Black ice is a big danger this time of year. Since it’s the same color as the road you only know your on it if you feel a slip. Best just to lay off the speed and be alert.
If you overdrive conditions you are relying on every driver in front of you not being stupid, and these days that’s a bad bet.”
This wasn’t black ice, unless you consider thin icy spots UNDER snow in that category. There was a considerable amount of snow coming down and lots more predicted; however, at 3 p.m. it wasn’t yet deep (at least not one county over). Visibility may have been quite poor, and there may have been icy conditions under the snow that the vehicles came upon suddenly. I know I found some in our driveway around 1 p.m. when I moved the car to a spot it would be easier to dig out after the snow. The ground and drive both felt perfectly fine underfoot with just a little snow, but the tires had a different experience. ;)
There have been other big pile ups along this general section of road over the years, and I’m sure some of them were caused by black ice. Whenever, I hear of one in PA, I automatically expect it to be on I-80 in or near Clinton County. But, yeah, the truckers are always over driving conditions, and anyone smart isn’t on the same road with them when conditions aren’t the best.
I have a brother and sister in law who were run off the road by a trucker out of control in winter conditions on I-80 in Wyoming. Some truckers seem to think they can drive a big rig like their Ford F150 but they are nothing alike.
Gale, please.
Yep. And I was watching the Weather Channel for a minute earlier, and the talking guy was demonstrating how to use a snow shovel. He was lifting like two inches of snow. “Use your legs, not your back!”
We had a bit over 3 feet here. It’s impressive. But unlike the Weatherman, I had to shovel down 3 feet, and about 50 feet long (further I think) across our side yard to get to the side street so that we could approach our driveway from the street in front of the driveway. We have to MOVE all that snow out of the way too. Hubby shoveled the walkway in front of the house while I did the side.
It’s tough clearing snow the correct way when it’s this deep. The cars looked ridiculous, and mine is still only half uncovered. :)
Oh.... my........
It also happens with the first snow of the season.
You’d think people never saw snow before and I can’t figure how someone who grew up driving in snow can forget how to do it over the course of one summer.
But it happens every year. they drive like idiots for the first couple storms.
I try to stay off the roads until people have their winter driving skills someone refreshed.
I’m sorry to hear about your brother and sister-in-law’s experience. I hope they were ok. We’ve had a couple hair- raising experiences with them over the years. One in particular (on a warm, sunny day) left me shaking for a couple hours afterward.
One of our neighbors, LOL... this afternoon. THERE ARE CARS UNDER THOSE SNOW MOUNDS
I remember the Rendell debacle. That won’t happen to Wolfie. I wouldn’t drive on 80 or 81 on a sunny summer afternoon.
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