2007-02-16 13:52:58 · 5 answers · asked by Jonny 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Philadelphia
Sadly, PENDOT forgot to spray the brine on the roadway that tends to melt the ice and snow and turn it into a slush before they put the salt down and plow what's left. Once somebody remembered, they decided to put down the brine anyway, which froze about 2 inches deep. Tracker trailers couldn't get up a hill and others jack knifed. Traffic started backing up as early as 8 in the morning, but the state police didn't close the entrance ramps until 5 that night. Some people were stuck there for an entire day, without food, running out of gas, and without a place to go to the bathroom. I heard of one mother who just intended to go to the next exit was stuck for 20 hours with her 8-year-old in the back seat with a 103 degree fever and strep throat. They had to call the National Guard in to get these people food and gas. They finally got everybody off the road and decided it might be a good idea if they now cleared the road of the ice and so forth. It took them four days.
2007-02-18 15:11:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We're told 78 will be open tonight. The Road Department screwed up and left too much snow, trucks couldn't make it up the hills, they forgot to close off entrances and things went from bad to worse. Heads should roll. Every major highway in PA was closed, 78, 81 and 80. What a mess!
2007-02-17 09:41:55 · answer #2 · answered by Eileen R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think I-78 was full of Jerseyites who don't know how to drive in winter weather.
2007-02-17 01:13:04 · answer #3 · answered by MaryCheneysAccessory 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pennsylvania is a backwater state that doesn't know how to prepare
it's roads for winter travel. It's a crime.
2007-02-16 23:58:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
weather-related accidents
2007-02-16 13:59:15 · answer #5 · answered by Xiomy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋