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colorado_ufo

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11. Great list!

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 4, 2022, 11:44 AM

Jan 2022

Sounds like you are a Colorado driver, mentioning I-25 and i-70! You travel the mountains enough times and you are bound to get stuck. The plains can be just as bad, with blizzard conditions. Thank you so much for this wonderful list and also for all the people on this thread who have made great suggestions!

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I 95 in Virginia on northbound is stopped for over 15 hours now [View all] Beachnutt Jan 2022 OP

Too practical. 2naSalit Jan 2022 #1

20 years now I pack my car with a winter survival kit.... Granted, I'm in the West, but... hlthe2b Jan 2022 #2

Absolutely a great idea Beachnutt Jan 2022 #3

Add one of those shiny reflective "space blankets" for each passenger zeusdogmom Jan 2022 #4

that use to be SOP for just about stopdiggin Jan 2022 #5

Good! Not so good here in GA since we no longer drive Hortensis Jan 2022 #6

I keep all that stuff in my truck too... Grumpy Old Guy Jan 2022 #9

I do too - living rural if there is an accident you might have to wait hrs - often for a helicopter womanofthehills Jan 2022 #13

Great list! colorado_ufo Jan 2022 #11

I have all the things mentioned, PLUS a trauma kit. I don't know all the medical... FailureToCommunicate Jan 2022 #15

...and cash. Totally Tunsie Jan 2022 #16

Further north, it's evacuate the people first and tow the vehicles after the weather clears. Eugene Jan 2022 #7

Makes too much sense.. mountain grammy Jan 2022 #8

Southbound not northbound Old Okie Jan 2022 #10

Fire Extinguisher - Don't Forget DanieRains Jan 2022 #12

Among those stranded in the area: US Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia diehardblue Jan 2022 #14

Once trucks get stopped, they are hard to get moving without chains or a tow Klaralven Jan 2022 #17

Like it was 30+ years ago..blizzard '78..Massachusetts..will never forget.. asiliveandbreathe Jan 2022 #18

I feel sorry for the truck drivers being paid by the mile. Emile Jan 2022 #19