Seattle Snow Storm 2010: close to a 3 hour commute ( I-5 ICE HELL)

[xfusionpower]

I was working at Bremerton discount tire at the time working a ALL DAY shift, from 730am to 1030pm by the time we closed at 6pm we still had 49 cars to work on, just remember if you buy your tires late expect to get your tires late, and dont expect us to have your size snow tire in size, btw if you buy a cheap tire get it siped but still expect to get crappy traction, on average people were waiting for their cars for almost 6 hours by noon, when i got home there were so many downed trees, i had

[xfusionpower]

a 2004 dodge durango and i bought Michelin LTX AT/2 tires omg the best, i was going all around everyone, although it still took me from 1030pm to 130am to get home only thing stopping me was the downed trees waiting for the crews to cut them out of the way, i would of went over them but my rig wasnt lifted, at one point i was just gonna pull into the parking lot of a grocery store and goto sleep, just remember to be prepared, bring food, full pack of smokes if you smoke that is, and if it looks

[1958boomergirl]

Hope summertime finds you in marvelous spirits, now. :)

[chibixcandy]

So it rarely snows in Seattle or occasionally starts to snow?

[panpancakesful]

lol it took me 9 hours to get out of DC when the snow caught us during rush hour last month. Not that 3 hours isn't a long duration to be stuck in traffic though.

[RandellScandal01]

Well duhhhhhh, next time don't drive while it's snowing!

[billythebadass1]

i love to give her crap for that, every chance i get! i love to drive her around when it snows too :-)

[billythebadass1]

my wife is from boston and used to talk about how we cant drive in the snow and ice here and how they do it over there just fine. well, she experienced our icy hills. 'what do you mean they dont salt the roads here?!' haha, i drive her around when it snows now.

[chickentinola]

@billythebadass1 Exactly, alot of people think it's easy for us in Seattle, but the hills will get you and on top of that.. We didn't have snow plows or salt trucks hehe.. I bet you always give her crap now :)

[HUSKY57887]

7:59,You'er not even in a lane,you'er driving down the middle of the road. Why do you think people are passing you on both sides?

[doongis]

@HUSKY57887 I'm in a turning lane to go down my street.. I been living there for 23 years so I know my roads!!

[KGregory7]

Wow you must have been just ahead of me... I had the same fun 2-3 hour drive that evening! Crazy you got it all on video. Lets be thankful it's warmer this time! Also I'm from Michigan and I've never seen anything like this .... I know how to drive in snow.

[doongis]

@KGregory7 Yeah, glad the snow didn't stick around this time.. :)

[Master59682]

you call this a snow storm?? in finland we have atleast 0.5m of snow everyware

[ezekielg1989]

you would have been better off just taking some surface streets, even if you have to go to everett. It would have taken over an hour but it wouldn't have been three hours. I'm speaking from experience....

[hbazley3]

woh often do y'all have those snow storms?

[SwitchTheClown]

i miss Seattle so much :(

[ccampbell576688]

noone can drive in the snow/ice were i live.

[1958boomergirl]

I have to say that this is incredibly nice camera work. Very crisp. And I'm glad you got home safely, sir. That could not have been much fun at all!

[LTEpic]

dude thats nothing you should see whats in norway.

[DnGthe1gentlemen]

o my god,,,, what camera did u use,,, this is like real look!!!! wowowowo

[judgejgamertag]

@DnGthe1gentlemen It's a NIKON D7000 and I had the Tokina 11-16mm 2.8 lens mounted..

Settings was at 11mm at 2.8 with an iso of 6400 hehe.. =)

[DnGthe1gentlemen]

@judgejgamertag I think u gave me much more than what my mind knows so far, i still have my Free Kodak 4 Mg' pixels that i got with my old laptop back in 2005, i would suggest to give me your cam and this will save u any more answers to my questions, :) thx in advance

[judgejgamertag]

@DnGthe1gentlemen hahaha why sure, I actually have 2 other cameras laying around a Nikon D90 and my Nikon D40. This was my upgrade for the year. It gets complicated when you go through camera settings, but once you know the situations.. It's easy to set them on the fly haha..

[pennylane36]

@judgejgamertag And how do u know what setting to use for each situation? I knew this was a nice camera, Did u have the camera mounted and how?

[judgejgamertag]

@pennylane36 Well the camera is indeed an expensive piece of equipment and mostly I use it for my digital photography. This is an added bonus in DSLR are capable of doing these kinds of videos, acceptable for movie productions. I been a digital artist for years now and have been playing around with settings. I can pretty much go on the fly and change the settings to fit the environment. The camera is actually just sitting on dash with the weight of the camera/lens keeping it steady..

[pennylane36]

@judgejgamertag That is amazing. I've been interested in photography but never quite figured out how to go about getting started. About 20 years ago before we went on vacation and before digital, we purchased a minolta maxiim 3xi with 35 to 80mm zoom, and i still don't know how to use it. Now i have a little cannon powershot A570, which i know is not even a camera compared to yours, but i can change aperature and shutter speed, i just don't know how. lol. I need a better camera.

[pennylane36]

@judgejgamertag Sorry for the long post. For what i do, i need to learn to take better pics. I design and sew custom designer childrens clothing and for etsy my photos need to be alot better than they are but i can't afford the camera u have. now for say concert footage what do u think of the Sanyo Xacti HD1000. I want a camera with good filming n shake and good sound. Suggestions?

[flyerholland]

nice! looks like hes driving a impala.

[MrLenox1986]

LOL dude got a 720p HD camera & he is driving a Ford 2002 Taurus lol.

[judgejgamertag]

@MrLenox1986 It's a 2002 Trailblazer LT and the setting is a 720 but I forgot to switch it back to 1080 from a previous shoot.. and if you open your eyes at 7 seconds you see my ride in a photo.

[Gunner3210]

@MrLenox1986 You realize that even a 1080p camera costs less than a piece of shit car right?

[violetz2s]

haha lol i live in nz

[CTJgumby45243]

haha i live in buffalo ny and if that happened i would still have to go to school

[limebread]

I always keep chains in the back of my car for times like this. I go snowboarding a lot so I'm used to busting them out when the roads get icy. I'm surprised that no one else does this. Seattle is pretty close to a lot of ski resorts.

[maychen]

When I go in Seattle I don't even bother to drive anymore. I either drive around forever looking somewhere to park, get a bogus parking ticket, pay $22 to park for a few hours at Westlake Center (ridiculous) and the whole time I'm looking to make sure I'm not going down the wrong way on a one way street... and the jay-walkers. God! I'll put up with the damn bus.

[playswithknives]

@maychen with this last snow, the busses went on snow routes, then for the holiday, they went on reduced schedules. it got ugly

[god604]

I'm just wondering if it's safe to travel on the I-5? I'm from Vancouver Canada and would like to do some shopping in Downtown Seattle. If you can give me details on the condition of the roads, weather, and temperature gauge, it would be greatly appreciated.

[judgejgamertag]

@god604 Snow is melted and it's only rain. You should be fine... :) have fun!

[god604]

@judgejgamertag :D Thanks homie!

[Siberianwolf55rus]

Dear! I invite to a month to us, to Siberia. You will laugh at such roads as on a clip))! At us at least 4 months on roads an ice! The main thing - experience!

[ydox]

in usa you really have a lot of suvs on the street

[Themonkeyslam]

oh what fun

[corkyfatman]

bremerton was just as bad, on the big hill next to my house there was like 9 cars in the ditches on both sides of the road

[phunkydinomonkey]

terrible

[MagnaV3084]

We got 8 inches in 12 hours up here in Vancouver, with similar icing conditions.

I had no issues in my personal with snow tires, or my Kenworth with highway tires.

Your CEL likely came on because your oil was overheating from the excessive amounts of idling.

That is why the P71 Police Interceptor Crown Victoria's have an oil cooler.

[kyokutyou2007]

snow tire?



[junkinmycar]

@kyokutyou2007 buy your self ICE TIRES really soft yokohama radial ice tire!!/nokian radial ice tire/blizzax radial ice tire/shop in that order aswell i have bought 10 pairs in the last 6 years my truck wifes car i still like her when i dont i'll buy here all seasons and up her life insurance!!

[westwoodea]

at leats ppl had the sense to slow rite down

[bigblockluv]

lrast u didnt get caught in the 10 hour back up on i 5

[pastuh]

wahaha 5CM snow ... we gonna DIE...

So funny video..

[tnguyen206]

i'm reporting this vid to the proper authorities. should not be driving + filming. especially in snow. shame.

[MagnaV3084]

@tnguyen206

Somehow I think there is very little to worry about, considering the majority of the filming was done at slower than walking pace.

Remember, filming takes less concentration (especially in an automatic) than you talking on your cell phone.

[Woodsaras]

WTF? There is very little snow... You people need to adapt to stuff like this easily. In my country it snows like 10x more.

[tcellsrus]

help



[marcheleasonapparel]

I am so not missing Seattle right now lol! I hated the snow when it came and from what everyone is telling me it never used to snow like this...but of course the year Iived there it snowed like 19 inches worth!

[resinated666]

my vehicle did better on that road then my own feet did. i got out of my truck when traffic was stopped multiple times to smoke and i barely could take a step without sliping. i have Non-slip water proof boots on.

[truckerjer]

Attention all dipshits who are whining that it's just snow. It was a solid sheet of ice,  there's a big difference.

[kharyn21]

Damn! My dad was stuck for 7 hours! What was wrong with your car? Thanks for sharing this...glad you made it home too!!

[1958boomergirl]

Oh, eeek! Are we going to have storms like this EVERY year?? I don't believe it! I don't WANT to believe it!

[RowdyMuffin]

@1958boomergirl Not really. Some winters we only get rain :d

[farquaon]

I left just in time to avoid most of the problems still took me a good 1 1/2 hours.

[HB45175]

There's barely any snow on the road! Get proper tires for winter!

[Angelikwaah]

I was traveling from Southcenter mall heading north to my house on Beacon hill (about ten miles) and it took me four hours to get home. I-5 was a parking lot is was horrible!

[cloudwriter]

It looks like we overreact in the NW here, but this is from Associated Press:

"...State troopers were dispatched to more than 1,500 crashes..."

[redhookrockys]

you people are the worst drivers in snow  that was a piddling bit of snow

[SpongiformSpongee]

@redhookrockys It's ice, not snow, that's the problem.

[JmacGirl252]

I feel your pain! I left school early to avoid the ice and snow and barely made it home!

[SMDB82]

can't believe people sat on roads for 8+ hours just to get home last night. insane.

[cafe9802]

@judgejgamertag I'm from up north here in Vancouver Canada. It dosen't take much of that white stuff to snarl traffic if it hits a city unquarded and unproteted at the right time. I believe that what happened in Seattle has happened here too when you least expect it. Temperatures well below freezing, rush hour traffic about to start, city workers in a layback mold & WAMMO, next thing you know, people leave the malls to head home with bald summer tires on & theres no salt on the roads!!.

[naswi]

What type of camera did you use to record your event? Thanks for sharing.

[bballdance94]

i live in seattle and its just insane!! i heard ppl had to wait on the freeway for up to 5 hours and then gave up and abandoned cars... crazy

[truehazeleyes]

That sucks to commute 3 hours. I work in Downtown Seattle. I received an e-mail saying the office was closed due to snow. lol Glad I didn't have to make the trip for nothing.

[abfsailor88]

Rocking C89.5 Hell yeah Baby!

[YouthHealth]

Yeah took me 2 hours to ge from U District to Northgate....

[virtualbush]

Hills Hills everywhere!!

Some people where stranded for many hours. Folks that do not live around Seattle just do not understand that there is not a road for miles that doesn't have some sort of hill attached to it. And because of the ice that always forms under the snow it might as well be an ice rink.

[andyman1975]

I was stuck in this too. It took me 13 hrs to get from Redmond to Kent going South on I-5. I got home at 4:30am.

[autocrossaholic]

i took me twenty minutes to get from capitol hill to ballard. but i was on a bicycle. lulz.

also, all this video made me want to do is go buy a d7000.

[seanetal]

You're lucky you got on the road as early as you did, took us nearly 5 hours to go from Pioneer Square to Kenmore.

[seanetal]

You're lucky you got on the road as early as you did, took us nearly 5 hours to go from Pioneer Square to Kenmore.

[emilyseven]

Thanks; I shared this with my family back east. At least they have snow plows there!

[bellarose232]

thanks for posting this only a couple videos out there so far I live in Spanaway, left the Boeing end of Canyon Rd at 530 got stuck on 512 in between the 2 meridian exits for over an hour cause of a semi and a bus colliding took the Meridian exit, my man had to walk up south hill. took 45 minutes to get to the Fred Meyer , past the Fred meyer on the way out to Graham was closed so everyone detoured down Gem Heights, We didn't get home till 9 I didn't go 15 miles.

[B11video]

@bellarose232

I got on 512 east at s tacoma way at 4.30 headed for 143rd and merredian . When i got there at 6.45 and 3in had fallen. a police car was in the right lane on narrow 143rd and the car in front of me and i both got past him going down the hill. another car came at us saw the cop and pulled a u turn right in front of us. we both went into the ditch. I left my car and called for a ride back home to tacoma. when i got there, the power was off. the cop sat in his car the whole time.

[sykop8ntballer]

Took me two hours to get from Kirkland to Shoreline yesterday. It's nuts how retarded people are when it snows.

[eukodol]

My drive home was only 90 minutes...but it was less than a mile. I could've walked home faster than driving.

[tifotter]

I love the end "Oh thank God... ooooh thank God, holy shit. Oh Jesus... that's fun."

[00UltraViolence]

where do you live?? that's pretty much how it was on my drive home too =\

but I live in everett.

[MaZoku82]

I left work in Ballard Wa, at 4:30pm. I didn't get home until 1AM (renton) I had to ditch my car at fred myers and walk about 20 mins home!

[Rbzi]

@MaZoku82 jesus christ that sounds like a horrible experience!

[ccaioli]

Boeing Field- Lynnwood 7hr 30 min...

[Shpleckitty]

coming from Canadian Prairies - I used to think it was absurd how people here panic when the weather slightly changes - but the snow and the hills here really do not mix well. I am glad karma bites those who feel the need for speed even in inclement weather!

[LowRoller420]

well even when i lived in IL i needed carbide studs on my snowmobile to run on a frozen lake or a packed trail. 

[tri132]

I am only 14 and understand how it is to drive here in hell. We also actually have our cabin back in Minnesota so to me i over look driving in snow ice... etc. not that im hating but the people here in seattle cant drive in the rain let alone snow or these "icy" conditions. i just find it hilarious how bad the public tranportation is. how bad people drive. and how people drive durring this little situation.

(bad grammar) go talk to my honors la teacher.

[oneawkwardgirl]

@tri132 yeah but you forget, most cities that expect snow... they sand. NOT Seattle. It was a giant sheet of ice. Also... more than 60% of the people that drive in Seattle ARE NOT from Seattle, they moved from other states. I'm from Seattle, and I find rain just another form of air.

[resinated666]

@tri132 it was a nice 2pm surprise and a 4pm (oh lets give 50mph wind and suddenly drop the temputure 20degres) caused thick ice on the road. so the "work force" getting off work were caught by surprise. very few people even had chains.

[tri132]

@resinated666 i know but besides the dot sucking ass the people dont know how to drive.

[MrRubberduck12]

are u listening to 106.1?

[junkinmycar]

up here in canada a good front wheel drive (enough weight up front not all front wheel drives are the same) and a good set of BRAND NEW nokian radial ice tires and you can give er!!!dont cheap out i buy brand new ones every year! 19% grade hill i climb every day two switch backs 1/2 mile long.

[MagnaV3084]

@junkinmycar

I agree, but I prefer my 2wd pickup with a couple hundred pounds of weight in the box, and I run Yokohama Winter S401's on all four corners as winter shoes.

Dedicated summer wheels and tires, dedicated winter wheels and tires for my baby.

[junkinmycar]

@MagnaV3084 good for you yoko are a good choice no kidding i use to run them on a nissan micra it was funny i could have made a commerical one day after work i had just put them on at tire store i got to the bottom of our hill 16 vehicles sitting waiting for the sand/plow truck glare ice i walked right up the hill 5 guys at the top unchaining a van they had pulled up with 4x4 chained up tires lol. IT WAS PRICELESS they could'nt believe it!

[cloudwriter]

What camera and editor did you use? The quality is excellent. I love the part on the highway where you had the road all to yourself for awhile. You must have good tires because when you got the chance on Interstate 5 you accelerated. I would have still been crawling along! You wrote on the film it's "scary." So true. Even if YOU do everything right you can't know what others will do... and those semis and tankers out there don't make anyone feel safer either.

[khalilasbro]

crazy what 2 inches of snow will do to people in Seattle...come to Dekalb, IL, and you people would go crazy...get at lease a good foot of snow every week during the winter.

[Pri06]

@khalilasbro all i got to say: itsonlywords55.wordpress. com/2008/12/18/in-defense-of-s­eattle-drivers/

[lindos]

@khalilasbro Seems you have no clue how hilly Seattle is.

[cloudwriter]

@khalilasbro, instead of us coming to Dekalb it sounds like you should consider coming to the NorthWest. :) I moved here from MINNESOTA. Need I say more? Haha. The first years I laughed at these folks, closing schools when there was 2 inches of snowfall, reporters bundled up reporting on the "storm" when it was actually just a light snow flurry. I'm laughing out loud thinking how silly these folks looked. But NOW, I am ONE of them. Proudly, and never moving back that way. It's beautiful here.

[khalilasbro]

@cloudwriter im here in seattle

[murphicus]

@khalilasbro

As another Minnesotan who has lived in Seattle for 20 years, I will tell you that you have no clue what Seattle is like in the snow. If Seattle hills magically showed up in Dekalb, you would appreciate how different it is. With how rare snow is in Seattle, the city (@600,000) had 30 snow plows. Add to that, Seattle is not a grid city, flat as a table top, it's on a fjord! There is only one street in Seattle that goes straight from Puget Sound to Lake Washington. Look at a map!

[murphicus]

@khalilasbro

Here is what it's like in a city with ice covered HILLS:

watch?v=dooKpdIwwR4

[hoolahooop]

@khalilasbro

We would be fine here if they had any snow removal equipment that worked. All of the snow plows have rubber blades that do nothing but polish the snow off of the ice and make the ice slicker. They work more like a zamboni than a plow. Also doesn't help that all of the streets in Seattle are built on steep hills.