Hundreds of drivers are stranded in their
cars for 14 HOURS in -5F chill in Texas
after 18-wheeler jack-knifed: 95million
under weather warning and 3,000 flights
canceled as Storm Landon moves to the Northeast
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Ronny Reyes
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
2/4/2022 11:44:46 AM
Icy conditions and two major truck wrecks on a Texas interstate left hundreds of drivers trapped in their cars for more than 154hours in below-freezing weather - part of a winter storm that will affect millions nationwide. Officials said the accidents happened early Friday morning on Interstate 10 as an 18-wheeler traveling westbound jackknifed across the interstate near Kerrville, blocking the highway on both sides and backing up the road for miles. A second truck also swerved off the highway and lost control on the icy road. The highway already was congested and moving slowly Thursday night due to icy conditions as temperatures dropped to -5F,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Miceal 2/4/2022 11:54:38 AM (No. 1061356)
I'm sorry, so when did "we" start naming Winter weather patterns...?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 2/4/2022 11:58:04 AM (No. 1061364)
So - - snow showers have names now?
What's next - - Summer Breeze Harold?
SHEEEESH!!!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 2/4/2022 12:08:32 PM (No. 1061380)
Let's go Landon. A polar vortex also known as winter. Winter storm advisory stay home if you own an electric vehicle.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DVC 2/4/2022 12:12:32 PM (No. 1061383)
I've been trapped like this and crossed the median and gone in the opposite direction to the next exit, then found a way back. My wife had crossed 50 yds of grass to a frontage road to get clear of a block like this.
Once, returning to KC from Virginia...the roads were blocked with wrecks, managed to get off the interstate, and get gas and food, then started off on two lane roads. About 10 miles in...a semi-flipped across both lanes of the two lane road, and I'm in a narrow place with a 15 ft, no guardrail, drop about 3 ft off of the road. I get out and check...super slick, freezing rain, can barely stand. If I try, the cross slope and slickness will likely send me into the 15 ft drop. No go. After 30 minutes a salt truck comes through in the empty left lane. 20 minutes more, and the footing/traction check shows it can work. Got up the hill to a turnaround and drove 10 miles back to the interstate. Tried the frontage road on the opposite side, very slick but not blocked. After 15 miles of that, was past the interstate block, so back on westbound.
We drove only about 35 mph in very icy slick conditions, passing stopped traffic on the eastbound lanes for two hours. Found one place with a pair of semis on their sides across the road in Columbia, MO.
We knew our liberal, airhead friend was traveling east that day, called and warned her to take an alternate route. She said "Google Maps says this is the best way, I'll go that way". We again told her we had passed
70 miles of stopped traffic with multiple semis across the highway. She stuck with Google Maps....and spent 5 hours stuck in traffic. Did I mention that she is an airhead? With a PhD?
Driving in winter on limited access highways requires some willingness to drive over the grass, and enough skills to not get stuck yourself in the process, and to know when the correct move is NO move. That slick, angled, narrow road with a 15 ft drop.....no way out of that until the traction was 'fixed' by a salt truck.
And sometimes you are just stuck, and better have food, water and fuel on board. We always include a sleeping bag, water and snacks, plus a couple of gallons of extra gas in a well sealed can.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
bamboozle 2/4/2022 12:25:36 PM (No. 1061401)
Good thing they weren't trying to drive those magic electric cars. Would have been lots worse for them once the batteries died and the heaters stopped working.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
edgar 2/4/2022 12:45:47 PM (No. 1061427)
The headline reads from The Weather Channel. Hysteria. Oh, the humanity!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
earlybird 2/4/2022 1:00:08 PM (No. 1061440)
We have had clear blue skies and tomorrow will be in the mid-70s, with low to mid 80s next week.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
hisself 2/4/2022 1:24:07 PM (No. 1061455)
They couldn't get a big enough tow truck? Does Kerr County not own a bucket loader, a bulldozer, a road grader and a piece of chain?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
LadyVet 2/4/2022 2:40:50 PM (No. 1061494)
#8, Kerr County is full of old retired people from the North. That may provide some insight to any deficiencies.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Osprey21 2/4/2022 3:33:39 PM (No. 1061537)
One would think that it being Texas and all, they could have used a team of horses to clear that road.
4 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Norway 2/4/2022 4:37:45 PM (No. 1061584)
I hope none of those drivers had an electric car...because they were seriously f**ked.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
oldmagnolia 2/4/2022 4:44:31 PM (No. 1061586)
#6 we stopped watching the Weather Channel after Katrina. Everything for them is drama.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
ASAvet 2/4/2022 5:14:55 PM (No. 1061600)
#12 Bingo !! If there's no bad weather to report they'll just make up something. They are the meteorlogical CNN & MSNBC.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Edgelady 2/4/2022 6:15:22 PM (No. 1061682)
….”seriously killing”….?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Omen55 2/4/2022 7:19:40 PM (No. 1061743)
154 hrs!
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