I know this may sound cliche...but i'll say it anyway, make sure you keep survival stuff in your car in case you are stranded, like in the above. Boots, socks, sweaters, snowpants, gloves, hats etc etc. keep your phone charged up, your tank full and a few chocolate bars in the glove box is a good idea too.
This video was made a few days later after vehicles were initially stranded. Some drifts were several feet high. Snowmobiles couldn't get to everyone. Our weather is unique. We have extreme winds combined with flat terrain. Southwestern Ontario also get freezing on road surfaces that those from areas with much more snowfall typically don't understand. (I know I've lived all over.)
I did hear that while driving through Sarnia on Highway 402 past the walls that visibility was fine. Then suddenly when the walls ended, it was an instant white-out in which you couldn't see 3 feet in front of you. This was just outside of Sarnia to the east.
Some morons moved the barricades and drove on the blocked highway anyway. They didn't put the barricades back so others drove on a closed highway without knowing, only to get trapped. Most of the stranded were from the United States and Toronto.
The snow, wind or white-outs were not the problem. The problem was the douche bags who drove past barriers onto the highway, and consquently got stuck. They should have to pay the bill out of their own pockets, not out of my tax dollars. Police and rescue vehicles that got stuck can't be faulted: they only got stuck because other people got stuck, despite being warned.
I'm only wrong if no one got stuck, but that's not the case, is it? Weather is never a problem - only lack of preparation is. What's the only difference between people who get stuck in the weather and those who don't? Good sense.
@hankfletcher yea haha like 300+ people were stranded on the 402 highway, it's just that our city isn't use to that amount of snow in that short period of time. while London may get say 3 feet usually Sarnia doesn't get more than like a couple inches.
The majority of those stranded were already on the busiest highway leading to the busiest Canada/US berder crossing when the storm hit at rush hour. The case with the barrier being moved was one isolated incident and was caught and corrected.
Glad you weren't on the highway with these poor souls because I have a feeling that even if your vehicle was as well stocked as mine is for such an emergency you wouldn't be using it to help anyone else.
I know this may sound cliche...but i'll say it anyway, make sure you keep survival stuff in your car in case you are stranded, like in the above. Boots, socks, sweaters, snowpants, gloves, hats etc etc. keep your phone charged up, your tank full and a few chocolate bars in the glove box is a good idea too.
68buickwildcat 2 months ago
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ryan4o4nyc 1 year ago
@ryan4o4nyc Near some place called Canada I think, not even sure where that's at though.
ScienceAndLogic 8 months ago
@ryan4o4nyc like that joke hasnt been made a thousand times
jollyrogger51 4 months ago
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ryan4o4nyc 3 months ago
This video was made a few days later after vehicles were initially stranded. Some drifts were several feet high. Snowmobiles couldn't get to everyone. Our weather is unique. We have extreme winds combined with flat terrain. Southwestern Ontario also get freezing on road surfaces that those from areas with much more snowfall typically don't understand. (I know I've lived all over.)
sawmillfan2803 1 year ago
I did hear that while driving through Sarnia on Highway 402 past the walls that visibility was fine. Then suddenly when the walls ended, it was an instant white-out in which you couldn't see 3 feet in front of you. This was just outside of Sarnia to the east.
akon14089 1 year ago 3
Some morons moved the barricades and drove on the blocked highway anyway. They didn't put the barricades back so others drove on a closed highway without knowing, only to get trapped. Most of the stranded were from the United States and Toronto.
akon14089 1 year ago 2
really,,, seriously? our roads are like this every day...
derickblair 1 year ago
@derickblair
Our relatives from northern ontario couldn't get over the white-outs produced by the severe blowing winds combined with the flat terrain.
akon14089 1 year ago 2
Not even 2" of snow in Toronto, I hope everybody is safe and sound out there.
401RoadWarrior 1 year ago
GET TO THE CHOPPAH!
42959 1 year ago 10
looks like a minor snow fall in Northern Ontario
paulyblog 1 year ago
@paulyblog the snow fall wasnt the problem. it was a complete white out. 90 kmh wind.
nezzy14 1 year ago
@nezzy14
The snow, wind or white-outs were not the problem. The problem was the douche bags who drove past barriers onto the highway, and consquently got stuck. They should have to pay the bill out of their own pockets, not out of my tax dollars. Police and rescue vehicles that got stuck can't be faulted: they only got stuck because other people got stuck, despite being warned.
hankfletcher 1 year ago
@hankfletcher wow are you even from that area? cause you are so wrong it's funny.
nezzy14 1 year ago
@nezzy14
I'm only wrong if no one got stuck, but that's not the case, is it? Weather is never a problem - only lack of preparation is. What's the only difference between people who get stuck in the weather and those who don't? Good sense.
hankfletcher 1 year ago
@hankfletcher yea haha like 300+ people were stranded on the 402 highway, it's just that our city isn't use to that amount of snow in that short period of time. while London may get say 3 feet usually Sarnia doesn't get more than like a couple inches.
FreakyPenguins 1 year ago
@hankfletcher
The majority of those stranded were already on the busiest highway leading to the busiest Canada/US berder crossing when the storm hit at rush hour. The case with the barrier being moved was one isolated incident and was caught and corrected.
Glad you weren't on the highway with these poor souls because I have a feeling that even if your vehicle was as well stocked as mine is for such an emergency you wouldn't be using it to help anyone else.
What goes around comes around.
lesterclaypool1 1 year ago