Sarnia Storm Update

An update on the rescue efforts taking place along Highway 402 east of Sarnia.

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News & Politics

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• Highway
• 402
• Sarnia
• snowstorm
• Canadian
• military
• snowmageddon
• stranded
• motorists

[42959]

GET TO THE CHOPPAH!

[akon14089]

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.

[68buickwildcat]

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.

[jollyrogger51]

@ryan4o4nyc like that joke hasnt been made a thousand times

[ScienceAndLogic]

@ryan4o4nyc Near some place called Canada I think, not even sure where that's at though.

[lesterclaypool1]

@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.

[sawmillfan2803]

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.)

[akon14089]

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]

@derickblair

Our relatives from northern ontario couldn't get over the white-outs produced by the severe blowing winds combined with the flat terrain.