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Drivers trapped overnight on I-95 [Virginia] after major snowstorm [ed]
Washington Exmainer ^ | January 4, 2022 | Christopher Hutton

Posted on 01/04/2022 7:09:15 AM PST by C19fan

Drivers were stuck on an interstate near Washington, D.C., after a major snowstorm struck the East Coast.

Hundreds of drivers were stuck on Interstate 95 in Virginia for hours, with some claiming to have been there for over 19 hours after one of the state's largest snowfalls in years.

The jam was so bad that "some people were seen abandoning their vehicles in snow-covered travel lanes, walking down I-95 to parts unknown," according to WTOP traffic reporter Dave Dildine, describing the incident as a "worst-case scenario."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Travel; Weather
KEYWORDS: i95; snow; traffic; virginia
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I-95 is impassable for 50 miles from Dunfries, in NoVa, south to Carmel Church. That stretch is quite hilly so one can understand the ice and snow reeking havoc. I once had an experience like that getting stuck in a car for 8 hours trying to cross the Poconos in Pennsylvania on I-80.
1 posted on 01/04/2022 7:09:15 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

I saw that on TV

I am from Buffalo, and I thought “they closed the road for THAT..???” That’s a typical morning commute here


2 posted on 01/04/2022 7:10:31 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: C19fan

The link gives “404 not found”


3 posted on 01/04/2022 7:11:40 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: C19fan

If only we could predict weather


4 posted on 01/04/2022 7:12:31 AM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: Mr. K

LOL!!!

DC shuts down with the first sign of a snowflake.


5 posted on 01/04/2022 7:12:41 AM PST by Starboard
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To: C19fan

snow is racist


6 posted on 01/04/2022 7:13:33 AM PST by wny ( )
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To: C19fan

I’d bet they don’t use snow tires, which makes driving on snow covered roads stupid.


7 posted on 01/04/2022 7:13:57 AM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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Corrected link:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/drivers-trapped-overnight-on-i-95-after-major-snowstorm


8 posted on 01/04/2022 7:14:15 AM PST by C19fan (6)
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“some people were seen abandoning their vehicles in snow-covered travel lanes, walking down I-95 to parts unknown,”

They’ll find them...in the spring.


9 posted on 01/04/2022 7:14:40 AM PST by moovova
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To: C19fan

The same “storm” went thru East Tennessee...roads are perfectly fine...dry as a bone, traffic moving right along. LOLOL at these leftist idiots.


10 posted on 01/04/2022 7:14:41 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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I’m confused, why are they referring to Fallout from Man Made Global Warming as “snow”?, Everybody knows that the “
Science” says SNOW IS IMPOSSIBLE in our Heated World, so what is the white stuff covering the ground, if not FALLOUT From Global Warming??


11 posted on 01/04/2022 7:17:15 AM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: Mr. K

Sounds like someone in the VA state government wants to make the new governor look bad


12 posted on 01/04/2022 7:17:25 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: C19fan

That section of I95 has huge traffic jams even in perfectly clear weather, on weekends.

The only alternative routes are US1, and some two-lane country roads with no shoulders, and lots of curves and hills.


13 posted on 01/04/2022 7:18:17 AM PST by brianl703
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To: eyeamok

It’s not snow; it’s SOY!


14 posted on 01/04/2022 7:19:03 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: C19fan

The new governor is to be sworn in on January 15.

Looks like that miserable Northam is being a deliberate jerk.


15 posted on 01/04/2022 7:20:22 AM PST by OpusatFR
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I grew up in North Dakota and have been to Buffalo. Believe me, neither place has idiot drivers anywhere comparable to NoVa. Do you know what the main industry is in NoVa?

And yeah, the snow is wetter there and tends to form ice much more easily, so there is that factor as well.

16 posted on 01/04/2022 7:20:35 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: C19fan

Corrected URL

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/drivers-trapped-overnight-on-i-95-after-major-snowstorm


17 posted on 01/04/2022 7:20:44 AM PST by brianl703
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To: OpusatFR

“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by incompetence”


18 posted on 01/04/2022 7:21:23 AM PST by brianl703
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To: brianl703

I’ve driven that stretch for years from Hampton Roads to DC.

What happened to the plows?


19 posted on 01/04/2022 7:21:29 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: Vigilanteman

The main industry in NoVA is screwing taxpayers.


20 posted on 01/04/2022 7:22:30 AM PST by brianl703
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