Posted on 01/04/2022 9:46:13 AM PST by simpson96
Furious drivers stranded on I-95 in Virginia for more than 20 hours without gas, food and water are demanding that Governor Ralph Northam speed up rescue efforts as they resort to calling DoorDash in a dire effort to get food.
'We have to find a way to get national guard here. Diabetics and babies down here. People are going die here,' a friend told NBC's Jim Scarborough, who tweeted the quote in a plea to get people rescued faster as the 50-mile stretch of highway south of the nation’s capital was still closed Tuesday morning after six tractor-trailers jackknifed the day before.
Jim DeFede, who has been stuck on the interstate just south of Quantico for the past 24 hours, called I-95 'a complete parking lot' and was growing angry as his woes weren't answered and emergency personnel were not coming to his rescue.
'I don't know who's in charge but somebody better do something because there are cars and families just trapped here this entire time and nobody seems to be coming.
'I haven't seen a state trooper in at least 12 hours. I haven't seen a tow truck in at least 14 hours,' DeFede said in a video posted to Twitter.
Meanwhile, it appeared as though Northam was hoping the sun would help melt the snow and clear traffic. 'Sunlight is expected to help @VaDOT clear the road,' he said on Twitter.
But DeFede said that as of this morning, the road was still covered in ice.(snip)
Virginia State Senator Tim Kaine (snip) revealed that he is one of the people stuck in the snowy pile-up in a tweet early Tuesday that read: 'I started my normal 2 hour drive to DC at 1pm yesterday. 19 hours later, I’m still not near the Capitol.'
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We just installed a 26 kW Briggs & Stratton generator to run our whole house in the winter if the power goes out. Our area is subject to week-long or longer outages every few years.
It runs on natural gas, so we are keeping our fingers crossed we never have a dual outage of both gas and electricity!
Sounds like a reply from the lips of Ulysses Everett McGill.
Mine is 17 miles away
The guy who built our house died out by the barn - heart attack.
The neighbors said he hated snow and was getting it off of the concrete ramp leading to the barn door.
It was 1/2” deep.
I hear Pensacola, FL is also nice this time of year. How do I know? Because that’s where I am. :-)
I just LOVE driving in snow!
I once was up at 3AM just to drive when no one else was daring to go out!
So quiet!
So peaceful...
Sad that people don’t travel with at least a few supplies in the back of their car: wool blanket, tarp, maybe some granola bars, etc. Hell, I’d have a nice little campsite set up just off the road.
Pensacola is chilly right now, but still all green, with no snow.
I’m packin’ some food next time I go on a long distance road trip.
That’s a big one!
Mine’s about 8K
Agreed...
To the idiot, infantile drivers; There is this item named a ‘weather report’ readily available in this modern age of electronic access.
Stranded? Plan ahead you dummies.
I pack some wherever I go!
I keep it just above my belt.
Is it on a gas line or a tank? I’m only asking because at least some of the pumps that keep pressure in the lines use electricity themselves.
My Mom got 8” in Easton on the water. I got the same in Tijeras, and shrugged. But I’m at 7500’ and used to lots more.
All this over 7 to 11 inches of snow?
I wouldn’t think that amount of snow would be that unusual there. I know when I lived in the NC Appalachians we had that much several times. Why isn’t the DOT able to handle this?
Governor Blackface undoubtedly wanted to prevent “another” January “insurrection.”
That made me laugh.
I’m happy to tuck that in my pocket.
Went to school in Meadeville in the 70’s. That place gave the Amazon a run for its money as far as precipitation was concerned.
Just like Brad Delp!
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