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Originally Posted by Jenn218   Were they taken by surprise w/ this ice storm? Most interstates keep that melting stuff on it (some sort of liquid) and sand. I know two ice storms back, here, the interstate was at a stand still because of tons of wrecks and horrible conditions....they made sure they were on top of it this last storm! |
No, there was no suprise, just 8-20 inches of snow on the ground and 30 mph winds blowing it across the roads. They couldn't keep it clear. And thousands of people on the highway that maybe should have waited to travel. But I guess you go when you can. We knew for days this was coming.
Today they say there were thousands of people stuck in their cars and closer to 1400 cars stuck. The semis couldn't get up the hills and so the traffic just kept backing up. At midnight the Nat'l Guard counted 2000 cars on that stretch of highway. The alternate highways were in worse shape so they couldn't redirect traffic. You can believe there's been alot of flack against the State Patrol for not asking for help sooner. I'm just glad I didn't have to drive that way yesterday. The area is about 10 miles from where I live in Madison.