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'People are going to die': Furious drivers snowed-in on Virginia's I-95 for more than 20 HOURS demand Gov. Northam speed up rescue efforts as they run out of gas and water - and call DoorDash for food! [Tim Kaine stuck}
U.K. Daily Mail ^
| 1/4/2021
| Shannon Thaler
Posted on 01/04/2022 9:46:13 AM PST by simpson96
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To: Jim Noble; All
Yup. Someday a similar occurrence will happen with deadly results for those driving all-electric cars.
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posted on
01/04/2022 12:10:21 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
To: metmom
Huron county here...3 inches in the gravel driveway... not enough to fire up the tractor for...
142
posted on
01/04/2022 12:11:16 PM PST
by
joe fonebone
(bush league chamber of commerce worshiping republiCAN'Ts are the enemy)
To: EBH
I don’t understand why they got on the freeway to travel when there already were storm warnings? Without food, water, blankets, etc. A lot of them are probably…you know…government employees.
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posted on
01/04/2022 12:12:14 PM PST
by
Allegra
To: DUMBGRUNT
Looking at the pics and did not see any EVs?Nope....But if they were there, once they run out of juice, the only way they're getting out is by tow truck and taken to the nearest charging station. Wherever that might be.
As for the gassers who might have run out of fuel, a quick gallon of gas will get them up and running....LOL!
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posted on
01/04/2022 12:16:19 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(They call me mellow yellow)
To: ConservativeMind
I always had emergency foil blankets, a protein bar or two, and a large drink with me when driving in winter conditions. We have always stored emergency supplies in our vehicles, including water bottles and snack bars. No matter where we go, or the weather conditions. Especially when driving over snowy mountain roads where roads can be blocked.
145
posted on
01/04/2022 12:18:53 PM PST
by
roadcat
To: ridesthemiles
The Sierra Nevada between Reno & Sacramento got over 16 FEET of snow. And many up there are still without power!
146
posted on
01/04/2022 12:21:29 PM PST
by
oldteen
To: simpson96
Not many blizzards in Amarillo, TX but we had a sudden 14 inches one time. My car was in the shop so I had hired a cab driver for a week to take me to and from work.
I didn't expect him to show up but he did - in his own car. It was one of those huge cars from the '70s with just regular tires.
I asked him how he was able to drive and he grinned "I just filled up the trunk with cinderblocks!"
147
posted on
01/04/2022 12:22:43 PM PST
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
To: Dave W
The problem is, those people KNOW how to drive in that weather, they just don’t think it’s going to happen to them! They get in a hurry and “DAMN THE STORM, FULL SPEED AHEAD!”
I have had trucks and cars pass me doing about 70 in an area of blinding snow or heavy fog, and doing 80 in rain, all on the Illinois tollway.
Egotistical Overconfidence, I call it. They’re the only ones on the road, doncha know?
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posted on
01/04/2022 12:23:55 PM PST
by
telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
To: Bob434
It wasn't just the snow, it was the aftermath of the melt then subsequent freeze that turned the freeway into solid ice. I live in Michigan where winter is the norm and icy roads a problem. But from looking at those pictures, I've never seen such ice conditions such as those.
It's understandable that nobody was going anywhere and for the fools expecting to be rescued, there is no way that was going to happen unless by dog sleds off the freeway.....
To: Eleutheria5
One snowstorm, VDOT dumped so much salt that the windshield on my car, which hadn’t been driven and which was parked 90 feet from the road, was crusted with salt residue.
This snowstorm, they used no salt at all.
Consistency.
To: simpson96
Any incidents of cannibalism yet? You know...like Katrina?
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posted on
01/04/2022 12:26:37 PM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
To: EBH
Someone said elsewhere that VDOT plows were plowing the on-ramps to I95 even when the mainline hadn’t yet been plowed.
A “wipe before you poop” type of situation, but that’s typical for VDOT.
To: bk1000
This portion of I95 is south of the Mason-Dixon line...
To: simpson96
Just as Kerry blamed Nixon for having ordered him into Cambodia in December 1968 the Rats are blaming Virginia's Governor Elect for the fiasco on I-95!
To: telescope115
I’ve had idiots pass me in conditions like that on I-81 south of Syracuse.
Only to pass their overturned vehicle in the median a few miles up the road.
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posted on
01/04/2022 12:36:11 PM PST
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
To: ridesthemiles
THE absolute dumbest thing I have ever heard.
IF your car cannot move or get OUT-—HOW do you expect Door Dash to GET IN??????
IQ of a snail.
...It's a highway in the middle of a city. Dude can drive through the neighborhood / frontage road closest to your car, then meet him in the median.
Heck, why didn't they just get out of the car and walk 100ft to the gas station? I'm sure they had taco wraps or something there!
To: simpson96
OK, I've looked at the pictures and that ain't nothing - compared to what happened to us over the Christmas weekend in Idaho and Utah. We had all that plus 70 mph winds. The highways were iced over in Pocatello and Price, Utah over the mountain pass.
That looks like a beautiful, sunny day with roads in great condition.
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posted on
01/04/2022 12:38:10 PM PST
by
atc23
(The Matriarchal Society we embrace has led to masks and mandates and the cult of "safety")
To: Cobra64
Great point! And how long to get any useful charge into a single car? Say one service truck can charge two or maybe three cars from a single point, then you have to reposition the tow truck — compared to a minute or two to pour a couple of gallons of gas into the tank.
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posted on
01/04/2022 12:38:23 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
To: simpson96
During the Blizzard of ‘78 (in New England) many people died while stranded on I-95 near Boston. But that was 30 inches of snow that fell in just a few hours.
To: Seruzawa
"When danger is minutes away FEMA is days (or weeks) away. Lol. Has anyone heard of a 72 hour kit? You put them in your car in winter."You are exactly right. FEMA is not a first responder. They come in after the event is over to help with recovery. First responders are the local police and fire and emergency management, which generally includes everybody from school bus drivers to the guys who cut trees off the road when they fall, and plows and salt and Red Cross for setting up shelters.
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posted on
01/04/2022 12:42:30 PM PST
by
Grammy
(When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. Thomas Jefferson)
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