YoYoMoMa OP t1_j199fuy wrote
Reply to comment by ladyelizabeth_2nd in Traffic warning: Flash freeze around noon tomorrow after tons of rain by YoYoMoMa
I lived through the craziness that was January 2011, and this has all the makings of something similar.
temptags t1_j199zpw wrote
My wife (along with a bunch of others) had to abandon her car on I-83 during the late January snow storm we got that year.
YoYoMoMa OP t1_j19cd31 wrote
I barely got home! And by home I mean I got about a mile away and parked and walked. Had to go past my blocked exit ramp on 83, go north, turn around and take the only free one going south. Shit was like the walking dead that night.
temptags t1_j19lkj1 wrote
Yeah, it was crazy for her that night. She was fortunately able to get a ride with a good samaritan and I managed to pick her up from the gas station nearby. Others abandoned and started walking like you mentioned!
s2theizay t1_j19s9z5 wrote
Weren't there like, 700 accidents before rush hour even got fully underway that morning? It's seared in my memory
YoYoMoMa OP t1_j19u2ps wrote
It was afternoon IIRC. Everyone went to work and then the rain turned to ice and snow at like 2 or 3 and then things descended into thunderdome. I almost got hit by a fishtailing tow truck.
s2theizay t1_j1aa2oj wrote
That's right. I just remember being asked if I was going to work and laughing them off the phone
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