Knew it was coming..here's an idea stay home if u don't gotta go anywhere

I guess I did the smart thing and got off and rode Jeff Davis all the way up to Alexandria. I was navigating mostly back roads from the north of Richmond and onward. I was on I-95 for about 30 minutes last night and knew that I'd be stuck there all night if I stayed on the interstate. I peaced out somewhere between mile marker 150 and 155. Jeff Davis was a life saver.

Since covid lockdowns have ended I have seen so many, most all, cars speeding, drafting other vehicles, and cutting off other vehicles that I'm surprised it wasn't worse. Slow down people, and leave room. It's better to arrive alive.

A LOAD OF CRAP!!! POOR Management!! Worse snowstorm has happened over the years with NO Issues. I know I uses to remove the snow in Northern VA.

Hey news guy, tell us about the experience of the folks in electric vehicles. Batteries dead from running heaters..or not? Anybody got video of Teslas on trailers? Post 'em.

We used these obviousIy very rare items caIIed ceII phones at 3 AM to find out it was fIipping from rain to ice since 1am and decided it wouId be best to miss work instead or we wouId have been stuck on 95. You'd think these peopIe they interviewed thought this was the first time cars got stuck for hours on VA roads, it wasn't and won't be the Iast because we get these crazy storms every coupIe years. Be prepared or don't go out in incIement weather.

When I was in the National Guard we had a 24 hour notice/timeframe to report when we got “the phone call“.

Local and state police department should've shutdown the highway to prevent more traffic from pilling on as soon as they got the report of the accident. Have cars from the end of that traffic jam turnaround to the nearest exit while the state and locals block anymore incoming traffic from the highway or ramps.

Stay home when the weather is bad. We knew the storm was coming.

what do these people expect someone to do? OMGOSH?? are they supposed to send a helicopter to airlift you off the interstate? you made the decision to get on...that was the risk you took

Victimized. Crap. Live in Alaska and stay home when there is 4 feet of snow

Exit 104 is Ruther Glen and 152 is Dumfries...Got it backwards in the report there....

Someone in govt and state officials need to be held responsible…

Imagine people who deal with anxiety and being stuck for hours. Horrible Pretty sure there was Atleast one person having a panic attack.

GET OUT HERE WITH THAT HORSEPUCKY,I HAVE BEEN TO WESTERN NY AND STILL WENT THRU A MANY SNOWSTORMS DONT HAND US THAT.

Would been nice if vdot would of preppted for the storm. Not once did we see a salt and sand truck out until after the storm. Failure of our state government to be properly prepared for the storm.

Sounds to me that there wasn't a single one of these people they talked to actually needed to be on the road during the storm. At what point do reporters start asking these people, why did you decide to travel when you knew there was a major snowstorm forecast in your path of travel?

What snow removing equipment does the National Gaurd have that I'm unaware of ?

Sounds like my job. A lot of finger pointing and no one taking responsibility for anything

Weather forecast, they are warning a lot of snow coming, people don’t trust them or not and probably people don’t care about it. So people have learned the lessons. If you don’t really need to get out of the house. Stay home and get off the snowy icy roads

Theres not enough pla es for trucks to go. To through that aria. The land and regulations are outrageous and prevents anyone from building truck facilities that are not filled to capacity within an hour of a situation like that. There are no good backup routs for commercial traffic through that aria and most anything off the exits is illegal to trucks except local delivery to keep commercial traffic funneled through the dot stations. The number of truck parking spots in this part if the country compared to the number of trucks that operate through this. Corridor is grossly mismatched. I cannot count the number of twist ups on winter slick roads caused by combinations like the fed ex truck in the front of this mess. Single axle double trailers. Companies that operate this type of combination, have the money and unions if not both to prevent regulation to keep them from operating in certain winter conditions. I drove trucks through that Corridor for thirty years and the auto traffic there is extremely aggressively operated around Trucks, save for miami and Chicago. Not even northern new jersey or New York city are this aggressive. Va has always been slow to bloom on winter roads and this was an exceptional storm. Anyone that drives this aria on any kind of regular basis and looks at the weather should ha e been able to predict this. No room for whining commercial and non commercial should have foreseen this, how fortionate this happened and noone Is dead, only inconvenienced for not looking and planning ahead.

Every winter when it starts getting near freezing temperatures I pack a backpack with a change of socks and underwear a very warm soft blanket, bottles of water granola bars tuna and crackers kits sardines pop top canned fruit and nuts. I do not regularly eat these items other than the water but if I’m ever in a situation like this it’s a nice comfort to have. I have contemplated bringing a butane stove and canned soups or chili,and a small pot, but that is a lot to leave in the car for 3 months. I’d honestly be more uncomfortable with trying to use the bathroom.

The heads knew if they waited it would be cleared in daylight. Let the people sit and wait. Man, does any government official ever just see a problem and say, do it.. lend help now?? Even if it was taking people food!! Pitiful.

Someone is not taking responsibility for this major blunder.

That's a politician for ya, state wasn't prepared and neither was the governor with his Dr. Pepper and his sad little orange

Less drama and more snow tires Team America

Wyoming closes the roads

had that happened in East TN there would have been people bringing food and water from everywhere.

A lot of people were going to work. I spoke to a hotel housekeeper and a manager who had to report to work even in these conditions, the owners are heartless. Why not have staff pull a double and some spend the night in advance at the hotel like I did when I worked in a hotel in college? Virginia dropped the ball. DC and Maryland, but especially DC, was on top of the salting and plowing. I was on 295 Maryland side and we were moving slowly & stalled for a while in Laurel then moved pretty fast once in DC. This is the same region, greater DMV area. Virginia dropped the ball big time and put people in danger unnecessarily.

People whine and complain if they get stuck in a big storm. If you have to pee outside your car deal with it. Its just like camping. You should not be on the highway in the first place. You victimized yourself.

East coast people would never survive winters in the upper mid west.

Common sense tells you to stay off the roads with a known winter storm coming. Truckers don’t have a choice, it’s their job.

Makes my day that Cain was stranded . When I travel I always have water ,food, blankets ,etc . And I lived around that area and they don't get that much snow and so they don't have the snow removal equipt. And lets face it people now a days do not know how to drive in bad weather .

What do you do if you have kids in the car and you're stuck on the road for hours after hours like this ???

Funny to see the amount of people that decide to go out despite being told not to. Most people just “trying to get home from vacation” should have considered maybe a extra day

Plows should be used as maintenance after the highways have been SALTED a day or two prior to a snow event like this.

Umm. We all had access to the same weather forecast. Don't go on the road during a known storm. Stay home. Zero sympathy.

Highways officials and the DOT OUTFIT OF VA, MD AND PA ,ARE BUNCH OF WICKED MOBSTERS

“If anymore could have been done”??? MMMMMH YEA, it’s called not traveling during a snowstorm! I mean we have the technology to KNOW what the monthly forecast is. Or maybe next time travel w a handheld urinal, or a go-girl.

1,000 dollar ticket for idling after 3 min in the states of NJ and CA....... Can we please get one of these environmental wackos stuck in this please, then ticket them for trying not to freeze to death

I love warm weather, this is what cold weather brings, how can you love sitting in this mess with no heat, and no food. What a blessing warmer weather is.

national guard you have to get the soldiers out of there jobs, to deploy would take 48 hrs at least

imagine dopes blaming drivers trying to get back home after the holidays, and not the ppl that handled it poorly. they didnt close entrance ramps to 95 even passed 7pm last night. it kept piling up. well after the storm was over.

Governors are brought and paid for office holders who are put forth to support policies of people who give money and access. DON'T count on polictians during an emergency.

What government official is responsible for not closing the highways?

SHTF........Be prepared for it at all times. End of story

Quit crying. It's mother nature finally calling us on our abuse to her planet.

Always somebody else's fault. I bet alot of those folks could have just stayed off the interstate. I guess they just need to do like they do in Kansas and Colorado and just shut down the interstates to keep these yo yo's home or off the road til things let up.

I watched 3 videos about this and still don’t understand the problem. Nobody watched the forecast? Truckers don’t carry chains? They couldn’t let air out of their tires? There are no tow trucks in Virginia that can clear wrecks?

So they couldn't activate the active component of the Guard to at least fly in and drop food and water and maybe even fuel?

We live in a nation whose leaders refuse to do anything to even secure it's borders, What makes you think they can secure a highway?

Not much of a storm lol come on people would laugh at you in wisconsin .

That's worst than when it snows on Seattle.

It’s is winter what the f##%# are you people

Tim Kaine is obviously a man of the people after this if you didn’t think he was before. And his humble ride did not go unnoticed by me.

Hahaha! What an f-ing joke! Get that Gov the hell out of there!

They'll be fine.

The world is like no one cares way to long waiting

Well, maybe we can encourage another 20 million new undocumented migrants to cross the border this year to help jam up the roadways and put an even larger strain on our supply chain and limited energy supplies, that should fix the problem, Right Brandon?

at Least i Dont Have to put up With That Crap.

Swift?

Cry cry it's winter

People this does have to happen

Good thing to have a 4x4

Soneone pass a bicycle or 2. Please always carry food water blankets and bicycle trust me you'll sweat in minutes. So sorry you all are having problems. God bless you guys . And if anyone can snow you guys out of there.

Poor 4wheelers

Police nowhere to be found when needed.

301 best route instead of 95

Driver's that I watched on this need to learn how to drive .all these people live in a bubble that 2 inches of snow wouldn't be a snow day here in Maine .people are soft

There were huge warnings from weather forecasters on East Coast before this storm. Did anyone heed the warnings? Many did not. When a crisis happens, get out the Patriot handbook and create a solution, don't rely on the government. In this situation, cautiously turn around your car and head to the nearest on ramp as an exit. That's what we do in Oregon.

4:41.....True Dat

Well, tell the governor if it takes day's to call out the national guard, he ain't doing his job.

Odd ... maybe if more people had common sense they would pay attention to weather reports and had supplies in their vehicles in advance.

be glad you had a car to sleep in at all... had to have been just horrible.. and horrifying ... cant imagine how these people felt staying in their cars all night.. i bet some got their cars smashed so much they didnt have a car to sleep in!

How was it being stranded by all of those electric car drivers?

I honestly wish they'd quit salting the roads and go back to plow, cinders and sand. If you don't have 4WD..you don't go. I absolutely can not get a car to last 20 years in the Northeast despite my best efforts. And you want to talk about deteriorating infrastructure? chlorides are super bad for bridges, rebar, etc. Where are all the environmentalists concerned with the run off into rivers?

People car can stop pretty well a simi can't stop on a dime it take 4 foot ball field to stop a truck

Uhm you actually watch the weather before you drive.

What the hell were u'all doing out there, Maybe u'all were not comfortable @ home

Way to pass the buck governor.

Put salt on the roads and drive with winter tyres.

I heard that tractor trailers got permission from their companies to disperse food to people! Not sure how true it is though!

What are you learning Bruce? Well, absolutely nothing, kind of like any other news broadcast.

No bathrooms oh dear

I was taught to eat my own poop in situations like this..

Truck drivers likely navigating I95 inappropriately for the road conditions. Too fast.

Welcome to reality, That fantasy world you think you have been living in where everything is always fine and dandy only exists in your mind.

Where's everyone sgitting and pissing ? 🤪

That governor should be ashamed of himself

OMG...he had to pee outside his car! AOC will sponsor some new legislation I'm sure though... don't worry buddy.

Damn the whole Virginia DOT has Covid??

No state troopers? Oh, remember "defund the police"?

I saw a car in front of the rect

Wonder how many EV's were stuck in this mess and how did they fair?

I don't feel bad for him

Va doesn’t want to spend the $ to clear the roads.

What could have been prevented

The police wouldn't stop for anyone! They tried to stop them in the hov lane.They handed out Nothing until the next day!

It’s a good thing I always ride my snowmobile instead of my Jeep

The snowflakes in the cars were melting faster than the snow.