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#1 Jan-27-11 5:52AM
- Curly
- Patagonian Toothfish
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Last Night's Snow Gridlock
Took my sister-in-law 6-1/2 hrs to get home from work. 
Took my brother-in-law 7-1/4 hrs.
Glad I left at 3 pm ad was home by 3:15. 
Hell or High Water...........I'm Fishin!!
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#2 Jan-27-11 6:21AM
- Ernie
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- From: Ashburn VA
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Re: Last Night's Snow Gridlock
Maryland was worse than VA by about 2 hours....ridiculous either way.
DC area folks cannot drive in this stuff..... 
I got very lucky that I did not make it to CT. They got hit hard....worst set of storms since 1978.
I am now attending the meeting by phone and playing on the Forum!
Time to go fishin' again!
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#3 Jan-27-11 9:44AM
- Thai
- Northern Snakehead
- From: Alexandria
- Registered: Dec-07-09
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Re: Last Night's Snow Gridlock
2 hours for a 10 minute commute...
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#4 Jan-27-11 9:47AM
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7 miles in 1.5 hrs left at 4pm... I pushed a car over to the side just so I could get through the ramp at the pentagon. I have a video of the guy that made the problem before he got to the hill. Guy would just gun it then slam on the brakes. DC drivers are the worse, who does that????
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#5 Jan-27-11 10:04AM
- Ernie
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Re: Last Night's Snow Gridlock
Redfish12 wrote:
DC drivers are the worst
No question about it....hands down!
Time to go fishin' again!
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#6 Jan-27-11 10:24AM
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It was a lot worse but I didn't get it on film. He eventually turned sideways and blocked both lanes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFDyyhefPRw
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#7 Jan-27-11 10:44AM
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Redfish12 wrote:
It was a lot worse but I didn't get it on film. He eventually turned sideways and blocked both lanes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFDyyhefPRw
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#8 Jan-27-11 10:58AM
#9 Jan-27-11 12:20PM
- mudkart
- Northern Snakehead
- Registered: Mar-13-09
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Re: Last Night's Snow Gridlock
Pacemaker wrote:
Redfish12 wrote:
DC drivers are the worst
No question about it....hands down!
Except the two drunks in Burke who smashed into our parked van ~11:45 last night. What a stupid, stupid night to get tanked at happy hour. Not that anytime is good to drink and drive, but, c'mon. The passenger got out of their vehicle to stagger down the street. The driver got out and promptly fell on his a**. 
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#10 Jan-27-11 12:30PM
- Ernie
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Hopefully, they will pay for more than just the car.....
Time to go fishin' again!
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#11 Jan-27-11 4:24PM
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First I have to say it's nice being retired and not having to deal with that crap. Even when I was working our philosophy was when the first flake fell on you it was an act of God, the second flake was your own damn fault. I worked in construction for more than 40 years, and I learned that lesson when I was an apprentice and the beltway was still new. The other side of that coin, if the snow fell after work we always went in the next day, hardly ever any traffic.
Yesterday was a perfect example of poor timing. The snow came hard and heavy and the government released early. Most other offices go by the Feds and leave at the same time and it all hit at quitting time for construction workers. Last time I remember all of those coming together was when Air Florida crashed into the river along with an underground Metro fire for good measure. I left after the first flake and still got trapped.
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#12 Jan-27-11 5:04PM
- Ernie
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Osprey wrote:
Last time I remember all of those coming together was when Air Florida crashed into the river along with an underground Metro fire for good measure.
Thankfully, I crossed that bridge about 90 minutes before the plane hit the bridge. Same kind of snow.....
Time to go fishin' again!
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