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ChristinaAL Little House Lady
Number of posts : 2761
| Subject: weather conditions worsen Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:58 pm | |
| I don't know what's wrong with the people in charge, but ever since this snowstorm hit, the conditions in my town and surrounding areas have been atrocious. On Wednesday, we were declared a "state of emergency" and the highways were shut down. Parts of the highway were shut down again Thursday and even Friday - I took the backroads to get my interview. The problem with this is that they make an announcement that they're shutting the highways, then they do. They don't make a cut off where new cars would be getting on, and they don't let the people who are on get off. Pregnant women, children, entire families, have sat on the highway in the frigid cold for as long as 17 hours. The temperatures were too cold for them to leave their cars and attempt to walk anywhere. I think this is absolute insanity. If it was up to me, they would block off the highway traffic and not let anymore cars on, and any of the ones that were already on would be routed onto the nearest exit so they can at least get into town and try to find a place to stay. Or, have rescue vehicles come in and take the people to a shelter of some sort where they could at least have warmth and food. One man who was stuck for 17 hours reported that the people in his car ran out of liquid to drink, so they reached out and grabbed snow to eat!
Aside from that, a large portion of the streets have not been plowed, some that have have iced over, and we're supposed to get another snow showere tonight. Only an inch or less from what I've heard, but with the conditions already the way they are, I'm afraid it will make the streets ice up again and make the conditions even worse. Sorry for venting, it's just so frustrating to know that this is how people are being treated - in dangerous situations, left stranded. "It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures and to be cheerful and have courage when things go wrong." | |
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Savannah "Psalm 34"
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| Subject: Re: weather conditions worsen Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:43 pm | |
| Oh my word, that's awful! People could die in that kind of situation. How frightening! | |
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Debbie Mom Of 2 Kitties
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| Subject: Re: weather conditions worsen Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:04 pm | |
| I am soooo dissapointed in Penndot... I had to miss 2 days of work this week because the roads were so horrible.. I saw the news reports that parts of a couple of major highways were shut down, and those poor people were trapped there for hours... I think they did eventually send the National Guard out to help the stranded motorists with gas,food and water.. The local news stations interviewed some truck drivers that have to travel through PA and they all said that we have the worst roads in the country.. | |
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ChristinaAL Little House Lady
Number of posts : 2761
| Subject: Re: weather conditions worsen Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:22 pm | |
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HarrisonCrosby4387 THE #1 Survivor fan
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Lily "Beautiful Life"
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| Subject: Re: weather conditions worsen Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:21 pm | |
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ChristinaAL Little House Lady
Number of posts : 2761
| Subject: Re: weather conditions worsen Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:31 am | |
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Debbie Mom Of 2 Kitties
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| Subject: Re: weather conditions worsen Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:30 am | |
| They are calling for some more snow and ice here on Sunday. I hope they can do a better job cleaning it up this time than last time.. | |
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