Sorry for the Fox link. These poor souls have been stuck on 95 for 15+ hours and last night temperatures dipped into the teens. There really is no excuse for this, it looks like nothing was done to put down salt or move snow. We didn't get that much snow, even here in the mountains, so I would guess that's the cause. They're saying up to a foot of snow but the only headline I saw said 5-8 inches. I used to drive up and down 95 all winter from Northern Virginia to Richmond and the only time I saw anything like this was a February snowfall when the state claimed they had run out of road chemicals. And it wasn't this bad.
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I was traveling for work once and witnessed not even one full inch of snow in DC / Tyson’s corner area. I have never seen anything so ridiculous in my life. There was like a 70 car pile up on the highway, wheels and axels everywhere. I have never see anything like it. I don’t even think they have salt there.
DC is a freshwater swamp -- no salt, other than tears.
Northern Virginia can see gridlock if there's sun in drivers' eyes. Yes, they do have salt. It looks like either they didn't use it or didn't buy any.