Twenty hours and counting: The wheels in Virginia go nowhere in massive snowjam catas

[Tahuyaman]

Just what I thought..."A few liberals"...first words of the article.
In other words...no body, no one of any significance.
LOL

As predictable as ever

[BenjaminO]

now it’s time for you to go into denial mode.

lol
You are goofy

[BenjaminO]

As predictable as ever

Yes you are. So what?

[Tahuyaman]

Yes you are. So what?

Lol.

[Peter1469]

That's the second time I've heard that but can't find any actual confirmation that that happened.
Do you have any links for this?
Was it an entire group or party or just one individual?

It seems to just be normal people on Twitter. Not the "media" or democratic operatives. Perhaps an indication of how bad public schools are these days.

DeSantos also got blamed.

[Peter1469]

Had big rigs been stopped at appropriate points along I-95 this may have been avoided.

[Dr. Who]

Had big rigs been stopped at appropriate points along I-95 this may have been avoided.

There was also a multicar accident at noon that was blocking the road. I have no idea how long it took to clear it.

[Peter1469]

Virginia officials defend response to snowy gridlock on I-95

A winter storm that started as rain — meaning roads couldn’t be pretreated — followed by an unusually heavy snowfall and plunging temperatures resulted in the stranding of hundreds of motorists along a stretch of one of the nation’s biggest interstate highways, Virginia officials said, as they defended their response to the gridlock.

There were no reported deaths or injuries from the calamity on Interstate 95, but plenty of outrage from motorists, some of whom were stranded overnight Monday into Tuesday, posting pleas for help on social media.


“We all need to be clear that this was an incredibly unusual event,” Gov. Ralph Northam said at a news conference, adding that he could understand drivers’ “frustration and fear.”


Problems began Monday morning, when a truck jackknifed on Interstate 95 between Richmond and Washington, triggering a swift chain reaction as other vehicles lost control, state police said.


They mounted throughout the day as snow fell at a rate of up to 2 inches an hour, said Marcie Parker, a Virginia Department of Transportation engineer leading the effort to clear the interstate.

“That was entirely too much for us to keep up with,” she told reporters. “Consequently, with the amount of traffic that we had on the interstate, the trucks and the cars couldn’t make it up and down the hills because we had too much snow and ice out there.”


Lanes in both directions eventually became blocked across an approximately 40-mile stretch of I-95 north of Richmond. As hours passed and night fell, motorists posted messages on social media about running out of fuel, food and water.

Several years ago I got stuck on a back road because a hill was too icy for most cars to get up it. I went 4 wheel drive and slowly wound my way around cars up to halfway up the hill and turned into a neighborhood. Slipping and sliding I made my way into someone's front yard and found all the traction that I needed. I drove through yards for two blocks to get past all the cars blocking the road and made my way home. Several others with 4 wheel drives followed. I wonder what those home owners thought. That was another pile up with people spending the night in their cars.

[BenjaminO]

It seems to just be normal people on Twitter. Not the "media" or democratic operatives. Perhaps an indication of how bad public schools are these days.

DeSantos also got blamed.

People are blaming Northam also which is goofy. VDOT had plows staged everywhere ready to go. I'm sure you've seen them also.
I maintain it was the adults who made a bad decision to drive in that snow storm after being continually warned not to do so that should bear the brunt of the blame. The big rig drivers should have also known better as they are the ones who caused the blockage in the first place.