jimnyc
01-04-2022, 01:00 PM
I have made this trek so many dang times. From when I was a kid camping in Fort Pierce, Florida. Cousins also in the area and elderly cousins down by Miami. Then later in life, camping and staying at places with the entire family in South Carolina and North sometimes too. Then Jeff moved to Georgia and Dad to South Carolina. Then Dad to Florida now. And of course this lead to many trips, a few flying and many driving.
The worst memories are of when I was a kid, not enjoying the road at all and being in the back of Dad's truck for a couple of days to get to Florida. And always on that damn I-95. And always in traffic jams in the Northern Virginia area.
If this happened to me I would freak and want out! I guess if you have enough gas and heat you are OK, but what are the odds of everyone having water/drinks or any food? That's a LONG time to just be sitting in the snow!
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I-95 Shut Down in Virginia All Night as Drivers Stuck in Cars for 11 Hours in East Coast Blizzard
Massive winter storm shuts down interstate 95 in Virginia stranding drivers overnight.
The AP reported this morning on the snowstorm on the East Coast.
Road crews struggled to reach hundreds of motorists on Tuesday after they were stranded all night in freezing temperatures along a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Virginia. Both directions came to a standstill after tractor-trailers jackknifed in the ice and snow, state police said.
Both directions of traffic on I-95 came to a standstill Monday between Ruther Glen, Virginia, in Caroline County and exit 152 in Dumfries, Prince William County, the Virginia Department of Transportation said. At around daybreak on Tuesday, the agency tweeted that “crews will start taking people off at any available interchange to get them.”
The amount of snow led to accidents and stopped traffic on I 95.
Crews were working to remove stopped trucks, plow snow, de-ice the roadway and guide stranded motorists to the nearest exits along the U.S. East Coast’s main north-south highway, the transportation agency said. By 9 a.m., a single lane of traffic was creeping forward between many stalled trucks and cars in one direction, while people could be seen walking down traffic lanes still covered with ice and snow.
“We know many travelers have been stuck on Interstate 95 in our region for extraordinary periods of time over the past 24 hours, in some cases since Monday morning. This is unprecedented, and we continue to steadily move stopped trucks to make progress toward restoring lanes. In addition to clearing the trucks, we are treating for snow and several inches of ice that has accumulated around them to ensure that when the lanes reopen, motorists can safely proceed to their destination,” said Marcie Parker, the agency’s Fredericksburg District engineer.
The impasse began when a tractor-trailer jackknifed in the ice and snow, causing a chain reaction of other commercial vehicles losing control and becoming disabled in the traffic lanes, state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said Tuesday. As hours passed and night fell, motorists posted desperate messages on social media about running out of fuel, food and water.
Between 7 to 11 inches of snow accumulated in the area during Monday’s blizzard, according to the National Weather Service, and state police had warned people to avoid driving unless absolutely necessary, especially as evening and freezing temperatures set in.
Rest - https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/interstate-i95-shut-virgina-night-drivers-stuck-cars-11-hours-east-coast-snow-storm/
The worst memories are of when I was a kid, not enjoying the road at all and being in the back of Dad's truck for a couple of days to get to Florida. And always on that damn I-95. And always in traffic jams in the Northern Virginia area.
If this happened to me I would freak and want out! I guess if you have enough gas and heat you are OK, but what are the odds of everyone having water/drinks or any food? That's a LONG time to just be sitting in the snow!
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I-95 Shut Down in Virginia All Night as Drivers Stuck in Cars for 11 Hours in East Coast Blizzard
Massive winter storm shuts down interstate 95 in Virginia stranding drivers overnight.
The AP reported this morning on the snowstorm on the East Coast.
Road crews struggled to reach hundreds of motorists on Tuesday after they were stranded all night in freezing temperatures along a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Virginia. Both directions came to a standstill after tractor-trailers jackknifed in the ice and snow, state police said.
Both directions of traffic on I-95 came to a standstill Monday between Ruther Glen, Virginia, in Caroline County and exit 152 in Dumfries, Prince William County, the Virginia Department of Transportation said. At around daybreak on Tuesday, the agency tweeted that “crews will start taking people off at any available interchange to get them.”
The amount of snow led to accidents and stopped traffic on I 95.
Crews were working to remove stopped trucks, plow snow, de-ice the roadway and guide stranded motorists to the nearest exits along the U.S. East Coast’s main north-south highway, the transportation agency said. By 9 a.m., a single lane of traffic was creeping forward between many stalled trucks and cars in one direction, while people could be seen walking down traffic lanes still covered with ice and snow.
“We know many travelers have been stuck on Interstate 95 in our region for extraordinary periods of time over the past 24 hours, in some cases since Monday morning. This is unprecedented, and we continue to steadily move stopped trucks to make progress toward restoring lanes. In addition to clearing the trucks, we are treating for snow and several inches of ice that has accumulated around them to ensure that when the lanes reopen, motorists can safely proceed to their destination,” said Marcie Parker, the agency’s Fredericksburg District engineer.
The impasse began when a tractor-trailer jackknifed in the ice and snow, causing a chain reaction of other commercial vehicles losing control and becoming disabled in the traffic lanes, state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said Tuesday. As hours passed and night fell, motorists posted desperate messages on social media about running out of fuel, food and water.
Between 7 to 11 inches of snow accumulated in the area during Monday’s blizzard, according to the National Weather Service, and state police had warned people to avoid driving unless absolutely necessary, especially as evening and freezing temperatures set in.
Rest - https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/interstate-i95-shut-virgina-night-drivers-stuck-cars-11-hours-east-coast-snow-storm/