Posted on 12/23/2004 4:08:09 AM PST by Cheetah1
HUNDREDS OF CARS STRANDED ON I-24
NEWS MEDIA IS REPORTING THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN CALLED OUT.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN CARS.
ONE STRETCH OF I-24 HAS FORTY MILES OF CARS BACKED UP.
THIS IS THE MAIN ROAD THROUGH THIS ENTIRE REGION.
News Media is having people call in from cars. Serious situation here in Western KY. Temperatures are falling into the lower teens and single digits. They are attempting to get people out.
We have 14 inches of snow. This is the most snowfall ever recorded in Paducah, KY. Drifts are up and over cars.
Never seen anything like this here.
Prayers for those stranded.
Those poor people. My prayers are going out to them now.
State of Emergency in many counties.
News media has some reporters that have been stuck in their cars all night. They are phoning in and talking on the air.
Travel is now not allowed in many areas of Southern IL and Western KY.
FORTY MILES !!!
News media here is saying hundreds of cars and perhaps thousands. Cars are everywhere.
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Prayers...
Offering prayers.
WoW. Keep us informed.
Photo links?
More victims of global warming.
Seriously, I pray that they are all okay.
In years past, I headed home by bus, and our route went right through that area. Now I am able to fly down, and the only worry I have is Memphis.
It's snowing like crazy in Toronto, and under the impression that we are in Jamaica, the Breakfast Chat show is begging everyone to stay home.
Prayers for the safety of the foolish multitude who watched the weather warnings and decided that they were lying and drove out into the middle of a blizzard and got stranded. The Lord looks after drunkards and fools.
I truly do hope everyone is okay but I have some questions:
1. Didn't anyone see the weather forecasts? This has been on weather channel all week.
2. Didn't these people realize they don't know how to drive in snow?
3. 14" is really not that much snow. (Yes, I know everything is relative.) Again, it seems as if a lot of people were unprepared.
Prayer Ping... dear Lord!
Should we start a pool on how long before they state it?
Sounds like a chance for Onstar to make more annoying commercials.
This is all I could find. Do you have any photos of it?
In Paducah in western Kentucky, 10 inches of snow fell, prompting state police to declare all roads in the area impassible.
Not to make light of a serious situation, but how many of these people are driving SUV's and think they are big ATV's that can handle bad weather
http://www.wpsdtv.com/emm-bin/homepage.cgi
Hundreds Stranded on KY Interstate; Entire Region Paralyzed
Several Western Kentucky counties have declared States of Emergency and the National Guard is rescuing stranded motorists as the region battles the worst winter storm in a decade.
Photos? :) yeah if I can get out I will get you one!
Check WPSD TV 6 NBC
Right. It's the global warming-- er- cooling, I mean the Day After Tomorrow,uh The Day After nuclear disaster movie, um...
Man, I'm glad Im not an environut. How do they keep their story straight?
Yikes! Prayers for the safety of the motorists and the rescuers.
Hundreds Stranded on KY Interstate; Entire Region Paralyzed
Staff Report
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Several Western Kentucky counties have declared States of Emergency and the National Guard is rescuing stranded motorists as the region battles the worst winter storm in a decade.
Travel is nearly impossible except in a few cities like Paducah and Carbondale where snowplows have opened some major streets.
A major developing story is a 40 mile traffic backup on Interstate 24 from Mile Marker 25 in Marshall County to Mile marker 65 in Lyon County. Hundreds of cars are stuck on the highway, some for eight to ten hours. A massive rescue effort is underway. Kentucky National Guard units from Madisonville, Marshall County, Trigg County and Christian County have been mobilized and are evacuating stranded motorists to shelters. They are:
Lyon Co. High School
Kuttawa First Baptist Church
Blue Springs Baptist Church
Many of the cars are running out of gas. Semi drivers are offering refuge for entire families in their trucks. Emergency phone lines are jammed.
Sources tell NewsChannel 6 that the problem started about 3-pm Wednesday when a delivery truck was involved in an accident. As cars waited for the wreck to clear their cars were snowed in.
Drivers say they had no warning of the severity of the problem and they drove into the area becoming trapped. Many complained that they were unable to obtain information from authorities.
hate to say it, but it's Bush's fault....
hopefully they will get out of it ok though....
Or how many are driving silly little gas sippers which couldn't make it over a speed bump? They're really screwed!
Weather
The big scoop begins after storm
Snow turns Indiana interstate into parking lot
Thursday, December 23, 2004 Posted: 7:00 AM EST (1200 GMT)
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Snowfall in double digits
The winter storm dumped double-digits of snow from western Pennsylvania to Wyoming, the Texas Panhandle to the Great Lakes. Salem, Indiana, received 19 inches of snow by early Thursday and Greenville, Ohio, recorded 13. Cincinnati was looking at about 20 inches before the system, with its high winds and freezing temperatures, moved on later Thursday.
Snowfall in some parts of Kentucky might end up equaling half the yearly average, said Norm Reitmeyer, a weather service meteorologist in Louisville. "It's going to guarantee a white Christmas for a lot of counties in Kentucky."
Parts of Arkansas looked forward to only the ninth white Christmas in 120 years as the storm barreled across the state, closing businesses, shuttering restaurants and snarling traffic.
At least six weather-related traffic deaths -- three in Ohio and one each in New Mexico, Arkansas and Oklahoma -- were reported as well as hundreds of fender-benders. Hundreds more went unreported as overwhelmed police told motorists involved in minor accidents to exchange information and fill out a report later.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/12/23/winter.storm.ap/
------ to us in NE, no it is not much...to people who have never driven in it..it huge, and who knows why they would chance it
From an online article:
"Sources tell NewsChannel 6 that the problem started about 3-pm Wednesday when a delivery truck was involved in an accident. As cars waited for the wreck to clear their cars were snowed in. "
http://www.wpsdtv.com/articles/stories/public/200412/22/00zr_local_news.html
Here in SE Virginia, entire school systems closed with just a dusting of snow.
Prayers for the safety of those stranded.
Here's the link to the story folks: http://www.wpsdtv.com/articles/stories/public/200412/22/00zr_local_news.html
Don't show up to work on the week before Christmas--you're fired.
Don't show up for a test--you flunk school.
I could go on...
These people made perfectly rational, calculated judgments. They didn't realize that a double-digit snowfall is a lot different than the usual flurries they get.
Forty miles of cars backed up? This is not good...people will run out of gas and freeze.
When we lived in CT both of our cars had emergency provisions like a blanket, extra gloves and scarves and crackers and water and we tried to make sure the car was gassed up all the time.
A good reminder as to why survival kits with candles, energy bars,warm clothes, sleeping bags etc. are good to have in vehicles in the winter. I hope these folks can get rescued soon.
just wow...
I pray they'll be safe. In NE FL looking at a high of 72 today!UGH! I'd love to see some snow!
Prayers for all...
In Oklahoma, we are all cold, but at least the snow didn't hit in my area...
24" west of Cleveland, about a foot where I am, but it's raining and this stuff weighs a TON. This is not the nice fluffy stuff. When it goes down to zero tonight and this stuff solidifies, anyone who didn't go out today is not getting out for days.
They can't and they don't. That's why they are KOOKS.
I'm in Tampa. I have no desire to see snow. People that live in those places are plain crazy, IMO.
Sources tell NewsChannel 6 that the problem started about 3-pm Wednesday when a delivery truck was involved in an accident. As cars waited for the wreck to clear their cars were snowed in.
Drivers say they had no warning of the severity of the problem and they drove into the area becoming trapped. Many complained that they were unable to obtain information from authorities
I dont care where you live 6 inches of ICE will take everything out...trees, power lines...NO travel at all for anything except snow mobiles...
They wont get relief until they get 45 degree daytime temps and above freezing nights....
Aren't they! Merry Christmas!
Prayers for the unfortunates.
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