And are stuck at work/on the road/etc?

2/12/2014 6:09:33 PM

Warm and cozy in my recliner. OFF HARRISON.

2/12/2014 6:10:37 PM

A couple of years ago, they didn't shut down businesses or the govt. on time before a big snow storm hit. Tons of people ended up stuck in traffic trying to get home. Some overnight.... Some only for hours. Tons of accidents.

Anyway, there was hell to pay later. The govt. was chastised for not closing and letting people go home. Businesses got the sour end of the stick as well. Anyway, now everyone is so gun shy that if there is going to be snow, everyone is either let go far ahead of time, or stuff just gets cancelled.

2/12/2014 6:17:02 PM

work here

2/12/2014 6:17:22 PM

I'm about to try to get from North Glenwood to Crossroads in Cary

2/12/2014 6:37:45 PM

Glenwood ave.

2/12/2014 6:38:09 PM

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" Anyway, now everyone is so gun shy that if there is going to be snow, everyone is either let go far ahead of time, or stuff just gets cancelled."

How'd that work out for lots of people that had to go in today?

2/12/2014 6:42:40 PM

My wife and I just stayed in and worked from home today. I do think my cousin got stuck in Raleigh and won't make it home to Clayton though tonight

2/12/2014 6:52:52 PM

^^^ Seriously? Damn. How fast was the guy on fire going?

2/12/2014 7:10:36 PM

^ It may have overheated. A friend of mine overheated her car from revving the engine too hard/much while trying to get un-stuck.

2/12/2014 7:48:51 PM

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"How'd that work out for lots of people that had to go in today?"

I'm not sure I understand your question. I don't live in RDU. I was talking about what happened up here in DC a couple of years ago.

2/12/2014 8:07:50 PM

EMCE how much is your area sposed to get...I keep seeing like 6-10 down here

2/12/2014 8:13:31 PM

Earlier estimates said between 5 and 14 inches.

Now, it looks like its been revised to between 5 and 10

2/12/2014 8:20:07 PM

only one class on Wednesday, got out at 10.

went to Food Lion for my bread and milk around 12:30. wasn't snowing when we went in, lot was completely covered by the time we got out. Took 45 minutes to get from the Food Lion on Western back to my apartment, which is near where Western and Hillsborough merge. We made the mistake of taking Hillsborough, thinking it would be better.

[Edited on February 12, 2014 at 8:43 PM. Reason : .]

2/12/2014 8:42:10 PM

I had better sense than to go out today. Been home since last night. Got beers, food, and bud. Good to go.

2/12/2014 9:10:39 PM

man, that sucks for whoever's car overheated like that. i foolishly tried to run to the store right after it started snowing. was going to drive two blocks to cameron village's harris teeter, but had to settle to stop at the pharmacy just bc traffic was so bad. my 4wd truck was beasting it, tho

2/12/2014 9:18:17 PM

Hotel. The car on fire explains the long short trip from work to the hotel

2/12/2014 9:30:46 PM

We all expect a collage to document your experiences

2/12/2014 9:32:42 PM

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"Tons of people ended up stuck in traffic trying to get home. Some overnight.... Some only for hours. Tons of accidents."

ahh yes, carmegeddon

took one woman 12 hours to get 22 miles... took me about 2 and a half to get a mile -i had no idea how bad the roads were and was stupid enough to go out in it

2/12/2014 9:33:58 PM

My boss is in a hotel

2/12/2014 9:35:10 PM

2.5 hours from North Hills to Cary (near Harrison Pointe)

2/12/2014 9:36:17 PM

I SAW A LADY HIT A FIRE HYDRANT.

IT WAS CRAZY.

LIKE GTA CRAZY.

2/12/2014 9:45:38 PM

I work from 7 tonight til 7 in the AM. The drive INTO work last night was so bad that I highly doubt I'll get home tomorrow. I dont know what I'm going to do.

2/12/2014 10:09:59 PM

I got to work today, only for my boss to tell us to close down within an hour of getting there. Tonight, after roads are definitely worse than they were when we closed, he tells me to come in at 7, 2 hour earlier than scheduled.

2/12/2014 10:17:22 PM

If any of y'all are stranded, I can help out

LMK

2/12/2014 10:22:10 PM

#CALLOUTFTW

2/12/2014 10:24:55 PM

yo tell us about the hydrant hit

a long time ago my friend hit one and when he told me I was like "Did water shoot everywhere and fill your car like in superman?" when he told me that nothing happened and the thing just broke and fell over I was like "Well, that's disappointing". He said "That's exactly what the policeman said". Haha

2/12/2014 10:29:10 PM

She hit it (that's what she said).

Water was spewing everywhere.

She backed off of the hydrant.

Looked like snow (of course it was water though) was in a blender that was shooting 60ft up in the air.

This was at the Shell gas station right as you get in Garner (sign says 'Welcome to Garner') off of 70 coming from 40.

[Edited on February 12, 2014 at 10:33 PM. Reason : /]

2/12/2014 10:32:51 PM

I saw a minivan hit a power pole this afternoon. I was sitting at a stoplight making sure I had my 4wd High on and all the sudden all of the stop lights and lines started shaking violently. I was all, "WTF!"...then I noticed the minivan off of the road up against the pole. The best part was that the bastard put it in reverse, straightened it out and kept on truckin.

2/12/2014 10:36:01 PM

Surprisingly, I didn't see a single car hit anything. Expected to see a few.

2/12/2014 10:38:47 PM

Took me over 2 hours to go 3.8 miles. Some nice lads pushed my car up the Lake Wheeler/I40 overpass. Should not have put the Cherokee in the shop the other day

2/12/2014 10:48:30 PM

I must have gotten lucky then. It took me only 2 hours to travel about 25 miles.

2/12/2014 11:08:22 PM

that picture I posted ITT made it to Reddit front page #2. top of wtf and the number one on front page was a pic of the same accident (#1 on pics too). I didn't post to reddit but it's interesting.

2/12/2014 11:13:09 PM

they even had it on the internet!

(Where's my boy dweedle at)

2/12/2014 11:16:34 PM

Left RTP yesterday minutes before snow started, 4 hours to get to Fuquay. I'm estimating 50% of the bad traffic was caused by lack of consideration, assholes. There are not 8 exit lanes at the end of 540.

Positive note- a manual tdi jetta has no problems with icy hills.

2/13/2014 6:19:37 AM

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"I'm not sure I understand your question. I don't live in RDU. I was talking about what happened up here in DC a couple of years ago."

I guess that makes more sense now. The triangle had a light dusting that shut the world down back in 2005, I thought you were referring to that incident. It would appear that triangle businesses/people learned nothing or forgot because now they are going through the exact same thing.

2/13/2014 10:36:30 AM

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" they even had it on the internet! (Where's my boy dweedle at)"

http://www.bills-bbq.com/aboutus.html

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"Newspaper’s showing the flooded restaurant and news clippings flooded in from all parts of the world, even as far away as Hong Kong. Major network news in the USA and other parts of the world ran lead stories showing Bill’s Restaurant, the internet even carried the story. This was major news. Everyone wanted to know about Bill’s Barbecue."

2/13/2014 10:49:31 AM

Quote :

"She hit it (that's what she said). Water was spewing everywhere. She backed off of the hydrant. Looked like snow (of course it was water though) was in a blender that was shooting 60ft up in the air. This was at the Shell gas station right as you get in Garner (sign says 'Welcome to Garner') off of 70 coming from 40. [Edited on February 12, 2014 at 10:33 PM. Reason : /]"

pics?

this guy that is not on TWW stayed at my house last night because it was near where his truck was stuck

2/13/2014 3:49:39 PM

^^i knew I was messing up the line.

2/13/2014 4:57:28 PM

I'm stuck on the road

good thing I brought my modem with me

2/13/2014 5:01:35 PM

^^^ No pics sorry! I was driving and I was so paranoid about letting go of the wheel taking out my cammie. But yo, I am about to leave work now. If I see anything interesting I'll be sure to snap a pic this time.

[Edited on February 13, 2014 at 7:23 PM. Reason : /]

2/13/2014 7:23:16 PM

I'm still in the hotel. I could go home, but my company is paying for the room and they have good free breakfast.

2/13/2014 8:09:12 PM

I did not see anything interesting.

2/13/2014 8:47:07 PM

4 hours from RTP to Edwards Mill and Duraleigh. Although over an hour of that was getting from my office to 40 which normally takes 1 minute. Front wheel drive ftw. Got stuck behind a Maserati and a BMW on Edwards Mill until they slid to the side while redlining.

2/13/2014 8:47:13 PM

I haven't stepped foot outside my house all day.

2/13/2014 8:48:39 PM

I'm about to go to sleep. Crashing on my couch since I tossed my mattress during this move and haven't been able to get a new one yet. I feel like such a poor college kid right now.

2/13/2014 8:53:28 PM

2/13/2014 9:00:13 PM

I work from home.

In light of that I was out messing around and had no one to blame it on when I got stuck out in the traffic.

2/13/2014 9:26:50 PM

I made it home this morning and back to work tonight. I actually got stuck in my neighborhood as it was just a block of ice. Once I stopped, I couldn't get it back moving until it started melting and I had some nice neighbors help.

2/13/2014 10:43:50 PM

set em up to get em home ---------->

2/14/2014 1:14:44 AM