Hundreds of West Texans trapped on I-10 for 10-15 hours until New Years Eve morning
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- čas přidán 30. 12. 2020
- The Nieves family's typical 5-hour-drive from Gardendale to El Paso took 15.
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Wish someone would invent something like "weather forecasting" so the public could foresee weather situations like this.
😂😂😂
Partly cloudy with a chance of idiots who never learned how to drive in anything but perfect daylight weather.
@@RinrvUSA Michigan and Alaska here. What is perfect daylight driving?
It's been proven impossible to predict the weather with any certainty.
Imagine if a few minutes were spent sharing that info on the news!
There was two days notice for this event
sounds like some people didn't pay attention to the weather report.
They probably think covid is fake too
Weather reports aren't fast enough in West Texas...and by the way, I-10 east to west is one of the most congested major commercial truck routes in the nation. They have to roll so you can get your Christmas presents at WalMart
Fr fr smh.
Actually I live in Vermont, and Roads roads looks horrible .l that is ice and snow packed down= super dangerous. Then with all the cars that’s a mess
Or to stay home over the holidays....
In Ohio....we call that a dusting......a first layer...
In Texas we call that..."it was 90 degrees an hour ago, and now it's a blizzard." I don't think you have the concept that the area with the snow is west Texas, about 4 times more area than Ohio...with ONE road.
New Years Eve planning.....Hmmmmm..Lets check the weather before heading out. I lived in Texas for a couple of years. Unprecedented ice storm in Dallas. Funny, I was the only one that knew how to handle it......................Stay Home. :)
@@KB-ke3fi and no one who knows how to drive in an inch of snow. This "blizzard" wouldn't even slow traffic down anywhere else.
My golf cart can handle more snow than that on hills
@@KB-ke3fi If it was 90 degrees an hour ago, the snow would melt on contact with the ground...
If only we had a service, some type of advance warning of this crazy weather....... Oh wait we do it's called the National Weather Service. I am so glad that I grew up with intelligent parents who never put me in such a dangerous situation..........
But it was snow
The only thing keeping armed games from taking over Texas was the gangs were scared snow would get on their guns
@@jamesricker3997 Ya we don't have Patty cake gangs...... We have cartels.... And the snow is gone less that 48 hours.....
@@Chevy4x4dawg Growing up around cartels seems like it would be a little more dangerous than driving on snow covered roads. You sure your parents are intelligent? When you are really stupid dumb people look smart. Just saying. Happy new year too ya stay safe.
@@edeverret2320 Very good point. So back when I was born my parents moved out of DFW area to farm and ranch area in Western part of the state. So ya I think they were intelligent. Cartels didn't start coming into state till about 20 or so years ago. Mostly in South Texas and metro areas. Thanks an hey you have a great New Year as well!
just listen and do what the government tells you. Oh, and by the way, the government allowed the rona across the borders
Looking at the bright side, if the traffic wasn't backed up, there would be people trying to drive 80mph in whiteout icy conditions which would have resulted in much worse
You will always see a knight truck Jack knife in a ditch. It never fails 🤦🏾♂️
That's so true 😂
And a JB Hunt or Swift truck that somehow gets stuck in the left lane... 🙄
Oh, the irony...
That lady's last name means "snow" in Spanish.
could also mean cocaine 🤷♂️
Uh, more 'snows'
🤭
Would be ironic if her name was Blanca Nievez (Snow White in US English)
@@allaansnackbar4269 or snow bunny
Here’s a problem........ a green Christmas and New Years Eve in Ontario, Canada and snow in Texas.
Texans need to learn how to drive in the white stuff.. Heck, we got 11" here between the last two days and they haven't plowed much to speak of.. No problems at all except for a few people in 4x4 trucks that don't know what a sandbag is for, and a couple of California transplants who have now learned to switch to snow tires before the snow actually falls.
Can't be skeered of a little snow 🌨.. 🙄
I didn't realize it could snow in Texas but it did.
And it rarely snows in my part of Texas.
I'm in northern Ontario and got snow after Christmas!
@@yloshaw Still green in Ottawa.
I have been in storms where 27 inches of snow fell in 8 hours. Had to look at mailboxes on other side of the road to judge where I was. Did this often in Michigan. Now here in Alaska, we sometimes get the same thing and -60f degrees temperatures. No big deal, just get it done.
Was in Arkansas once when 4 inches snow came down. No sweat. Just dodge those who can't drive and make sure that tanker trailer is full!
Been in storms in Wyoming where we got more than a foot an hour! Kind of like snow balls from the above. As long as the 18 wheelers were moving so was I! Windshield wipers and heat made a clear few into almost white out conditions like when I was in Fort Greeley Alaska military style.
50 below on a warm day in the sun.
120 below in the wind at night on 6 feet of snow.
Easier to drive on snow at night.
@@timcantrell9673 drive in the snow at night with lights off. Can see much better. Atigun pass can test the most skilled drivers.
@@timcantrell9673 I do find it amusing where I am used to black ice and pushing snow with the front bumper then visiting a southern state and having a dusting of snow on the road watching everyone freak out over it. Looks like they all want to park in the ditch.
@@destry1858 yeah because you know, we're in a sub-tropical area and it happens all the freaking time. I've seen people from your area freak out because they got stuck in beach sand on the Gulf coast and panic when their car went under the waves beecause they didn't know about "high tide"...and then they complain about "how freaking hot it is"...dmba$
@@KB-ke3fi yep.. many have not played on beaches or played in Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes like I have. Different skills for different folks I guess. I used to drive a 4x4 S10 around in the Saginaw Bay of lake Huron. Get strange looks from fishermen in boats. Got stuck in muck around some cattails once. Even the great lakes have tides. Once I was on the beach at Cornelius Oregon crawdad hunting and had to outrun the tide.
Big tires with very low pressure and full lockers is the way to go.
I was stuck in the same spot back in APRIL of '96. That Texas weather!!!
like we say, don't like the weather in Texas? wait 10 minutes.
Moral of the story," always have a full tank of gas." Better to be safe when traveling.
Moral of the story is pay attention to the weather... then you won't waste a tank of gas.
And some gas in a gas can too
Maybe some people can't afford to fill their tank.
So, are you suggesting that drivers should get off the highway every half hour to purchase fuel?
After all, fuel does get consumed while driving normally and a full tank never stays full for very long.
The vast majority of the motoring public DO start long road trips with full fuel tanks.
@@zz449944 why don't u shut ur fcking mouth BIATCH!!
I never travel in bad weather or on holidays. If your family truly loves you they will understand.
Texas now has more snow on the ground than the Boston area.
Yeah we have no snow on the ground in so. NH
Yep, and it looks like they don't know how to drive in it..
maybe west texas...
I thought my little transport hot shot was gonna be a quick turnaround. It was 70F when I left Beaumont. I left El Paso on I-10E at midnight, and was stuck in this until almost 1pm. Then, the hits just kept coming and I wrecked and totaled my car in Sonora, TX taking the first plowed exit ramp I had seen in hours. Yesterday was a complete nightmare.
Beaumont CA?
@@MR-nl8xr Texas. My son used to do that route as a hot shot driver. It's almost 900 miles one way. That's what Texans call a "hot shot" or quick delivery.
Don't travel next time
@@carelesswhisper1148 she was doing her job.
@@timothypadilla1277 I don't think I was implying to the one doing her job but to the travelers who didn't stay home as was told not only because of covid but the bad weather..
ill prepared, always have a go bag in your car/truck with 3 days supplies/water/warmth/mre’s/etc.
dam son, someone served their time in the service!!
In Manitoba, there are railway crossing arms here and there along the main Highway 1 designed to close traffic down to avoid these “parking lots” when whiteout visibility conditions present themselves. Add to that the icy roadway and the wind, and you’ve got white knuckle driving while you can drive.
Wow, my husband and i should have been on that road, thank you Jesus we didn't go this year.
That happened to me around 2007 or 08 in between Amarillo and Wichita Falls, Texas on Christmas Eve. The whole highway shut down with commuters on the highway through the night. We all slept in our cars.
WASNT THAT THE BAD BLIZZARD YEAR? 1978 AND 2008?
I used to drive from southern AR to Eloy, AZ weekly. The weather along I20 and I10 can be unpredictable.
I was iced in at Tye, TX for about 12 hours.
To be fair, where westbound I20 merges with westbound I10, there is a pretty good grade. If the road is slick, semis will have lots of trouble, because of slowing for the merge. Cars, as well, have issues.
"Can't see the lanes or the pavement" and welcome to a little game of what we call, Northern Driving: Make your own lane!"
I drove from Austin to El Paso under great conditions with light traffic last month and it took around 8 hours. I was doing 80 mph... those poor poor people.
As a Canadian, I'm just laughing so hard right now. Really guys?! That's nothing.
It is a rare event for that area to get snow.
As a desert dweller we say to you north birds that 115 degree temperature is nothing.
Snow is kryptonite to Texans
Snow and hills are foreign to Texans.
They should have known, don't people watch weather report
Hope you got photos. It will be the family story for years to come. I’m in Texas but was brought up in Connecticut so was glad to hear you were only doing 10 mph. Not recommending this because it could be tragic but when we had a whiteout or fog so dense we couldn’t see, my husband would walk right in front of the car and tap the hood for me to stop. He could see the line in the road. The very bad part about doing this is the person that somehow made it through and might be going 40. Wouldn’t have been time to stop. But it was the 60s and nearly everyone had more common sense. Of course we didn’t have enough gas to keep the car warm all night and it was very slow. We were young so we thought nothing could kill us.
I stay home it saves me trouble out there
They all just sat there waiting for the government to solve their problems?
This happened to us back in the eighties driving from Lubbock to Waco (i was a teenager) and before cell phones....People got out of their cars and started mingling....I remember seeing a man get out of his car and fall straight back on the ice.......
Little do people know that in Michigan, driving in that stuff is routine during the winter months....regardless of tires, cars can always go 30mph and be okay....don't tailgate, don't slam on your brakes, don't be an ass, put it in 4x4 if available, awesome if you have a stick-shift, most cars are FWD which is a wonderful feature in icy/snowy conditions....so that is all your own damn faults!!! Keep your high beams off if it's snowing like crazy, and if you can't see very well, follow the tail lights in front of you and hope they have better vision than you. It's just that easy folks! And, NO! You don't need the plows to come out: its better to drive on snow than on an icy road, at least the snow provides some traction, as odd as that may sound! You realize you cannot drive 75mph anymore. Accept it and slow it down to 30 to 45 mph and you'll get to where you need to go. It's called using some of that stuff that not too many drivers have: COMMON SENSE. I have no sympathy for y'all. If someone goes in the ditch, well that's where they belong for being stupid!
Lived in that area for 13 years and remember only one snowfall big enough to accumulate - sister and I scrapped the entitle front yard clean to build a single small snowman. Doubt Txdot has the equipment or manpower needed for a once-in-a-decade snowfall. Beside, there were miles of stuck traffic on all lanes. How were snowplows or salt trucks supposed to get through?
Txdot has plenty of salt shakers, but only stock up two bags of salt.
At some point during the 15 hours somebody in the family must have had to relieve himself. That sounds like a family adventure they could have shared.
When I use to live in Corpus Christi my coworkers would call in sick if there was frost! 🤣🤣🤣
the most dangerous part is the other drivers when they see the frost!!!!
What!! Snow ❄️ in Texas.
We has a few snow ❄️ flakes in Vegas.
If only we had some sort of technology that warned us about any potential hazardous situations that may occur in the near future..........🤔
I have a thermometer and it's worked fine so far.
The Weather Channel
@@A3Kr0n ...nice. See how it works from El Paso to Ft. Worth. I'm sure you can watch it go from 100 to zero while you try to pass a 18 wheel rig with no gas stations or stores for 450 miles.
It’s snow...why are people complaining?
What do people expect?
Obviously you don't live in West Texas.
I live in the very center of Texas
100 miles north of I-10
I’m weird, I was at home sleeping.
I'm glad I made it home to elpaso Texas I'm a,truck driver and got home on the,23rd dec.
Amazing !!!
What makes this worse is that area is hilly to bluffs to mountains in spots, which means higher elevations & more snow. Yes, even in texas!!
It’s alway the same problem every single time it snows. These counties need to take accountability, or whoever is responsible for that stretch of highway and get those roads cleaned up and not wait until everyone on the road wrecks causing traffic to get backed up and endangering lives. It pitiful the way the situation was handled.
From the video there is almost no snow on the road ? So what was the problem ?
An inch of snow in Texas.
The horror of global warming!!!!
Maybe the government really can control the weather and Trump is gonna freeze all the illegals trying to cross over. It could potentially save millions in tax payer money in the long run
It was a foot, not an inch.
LOL, I live in the Northeast, if you can still see the black asphalt through the snow, I would slow down from 65 to 60.
If you can see pavement it's not even a 5 mph event..
If the drifts are hitting your bumper it might be time to slow down to 59 or so.
As long as you let up the gas on the icy bits you're good to go!
It had rained and sleet all day then froze. The road was solid sheet of ice under the snow.
That must have been some of the quickest melting rapper in snow I've ever seen. It's amazing how in 15 hours a blanketed cover Tundra could turn into wet ground
Another good reason to keep emergency food and water and other items in your vehicles
I love Texas.
I drive all over the US, year round. Just check weather forecasts on your phones and go around or wait. And ALWAYS be prepared for being stuck....carry the basics. Things like this are TOTALLY UNNECESSARY.
Always fill your tank with fuel when driving in snow and keep a hat, gloves, blanket or two in your vehicle just is case it happens to you.
Also, a small box of sand in the trunk goes a long way when you get stuck and cannot get any traction.
As a Subaru driver from the PNW I'm looking at all that open land wondering what the problem is and hearing the canyonero song from the simpson play in my head.
AWD should be mandatory on all vehicles irregardless of where they are sold, along with winter driving training.
@@RinrvUSA BS
From Alberta ... Was like what's problem?
From Wisconsin.... welcome to my life every winter.
Wisconsin to Idaho.. We all know what to do with snow and driving..
@@tamrakds Same here. Shovel snow, wait for plow, shovel again. Repeat all Winter.
@@RinrvUSA What's behind us isn't important!
texass hubris
That's why you keep your tank filled and a host of emergency equipment aboard, including a five gallon bucket to take a dump in it
or a little shovel!!!
What if you had to use the rest room? What a nightmare!
Does anyone know what Nieves means?
I'm in Jersey, been driving since 1962.lesson, don't drive in snow.
Nothing like shitting On the side of the road at 3 am to make u reconsider why your out there to begin with 😂
Don Jr, "Snow?!" "Oh, nevermind."
lmao just a litle snow, What the hell with the plows not doing their jobs. Minnesotan's drive in that to work every day.
The reason this happens here is, we don't have ANY snow plows or snow handling equipment in Texas. This is a fluke deal and won't happen again for at least 10-20 years. What amazes me is this much traffic in that area. I drive through there several times a year and you never see more than a half a dozen cars at any one time.
Welcome to Canada !
I drive professionally for Fedex ground doubles, and for own experience Texas can get worse than Wyoming sometimes, very rare but still can happen, my best advice for you is, when situation like this happen just pull over the closest town available and wait till the the storm is gone and sun arises because the plow system you got is not still the best one compare to the Rockies or the Northern States, nor you have the skills necessary to drive on those conditions - you're not pros- so stay alive , find shelter, and let's mundane stuff like New Year's for some other time, your life depends on it.
If this global warming continues we are going to be in another ice age!! hahahaha
Its warmer in Denmark right now than in Texas.....and FYI, Denmark is located in the Arctic Circle. By all accounts it should always be colder than Texas😐
@@Excremental_Discharge Denmark is not in the Arctic circle, you are misinformed
@@miguelmills1293 Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States (Alaska), Canada, Denmark aka Greenland, and Iceland are the 8 countries containing land in the Arctic Circle.
You can easily look this up yourself
Denmark is shares a border with both Norway and Sweden
LMAO
@@Excremental_Discharge
Denmark is a bit south of the arctic circle.. Try Sweden or Norway.
WOW , what a horrible mess! Here in the South Carolina low country we don't have to deal with this mess .
This is not the 21st century I was promised as a child of the '60s.
You must be an “old fart” by now then ,lol.😎🇨🇦
2020 sticking it to you until the very end.
One tire on the fresh snow and one on the road help for traction unfortunately them the people before them stayed in one lane here in the Midwest we drive all over the road until you can finally see the lines..
You also put salt and sand on your roads.. And plow.
Here in the pacific northwest we have to rely on 4 wheel drive and studded tires.
Maybe looking at the weather forecast would have helped them. Once the snow falls and the winds pick up, there is nothing but ice and this happens.
come see Erie PA on a good snowy day.
It's called winter as far as I know.
Whaaaaa,how does it feel????
Bummer
WTF . There's no snow on the road ?
This is why I avoid highways....if theres an accident you can be stuck for hours.The backroads may take longer but at least you can turn around if you encounter a backup.
Maybe check the weather forecast? Use GPS?
It's not fast enough for west texas desert/mountain weather. It can change in 15 minutes, and there's no place to go. Been that way since, oh, million years ago?
Look at bright side...the snow and ice makes hideous West Texas look halfway decent. Temporarily. 🤣
I never knew Texas had snow,this is crazy...
That location is known to ice up all the time in winter
There was plenty of warnings but no one listens
15 hrs that ridiculous! They shld have been told that the rds wld have been closed. That's dangerous!
Crazy Texans can't drive in a little snow. It's something we do daily here in northern Minnesota. A couple tips....go slow, no cruise control, no quick moves. Easy peezy.
Of course....we don't do barbecue well....so I guess it's a give / take thing.
It had rained and sleet all day then froze. The road was solid sheet of ice under the snow. Northern states have stockpiles of salt and huge equipment to clear roads. Texas doesn’t
Hope everyone had plenty of gas.
Ah yes a mild michigan storm that only slows you down on the way to work
In some parts of the country when they say snow stay home !
Rockstar games removed snow in Los Santos but not from New Austin.
Oh no
I was stuck 4 hours, no place to pee
What a mess. Thankfully, they all made it home alive.
The cars aren't 6 feet away from each other, how dare they!!!!!
Good way to social distance. Good job, Texas.
Welcome to winter ❄️!!!!!!!!
Wow that’s messed up 😩
I was stuck in that for over 15 hours.
Simulated?
I changed my channel name no wrong in that
Cool cool
Im glad I'm off the road.
Holy crapola, this is funny! Seriously, like a 1/4 inch of snow, but nobody is prepared and this is what happens.
I have driven that section of the 10 several times, it is the freaking DESERT, and this should prove climate change.
please be safe ice poseidon
All these people amazed that it snows in Texas. Parts of Texas like the panhandle get snows that rival northern parts of the country. They have gotten snow as early as late September and as late as early May. 1 and 2 foot snows are not that uncommon and with the wind they have recorded snow drifts over 30 foot deep in places.
Oh well it is that time of year.
Happy New Year 🎉
Sorry ! What away to start a New Year 🎉
Went to highschool with her. I'm coming from DFW and we've been stuck for 10hrs between Big spring and Odessa
I didn't know that it snows in Texas.
Every year is the same, but people like to test the limits.
Yet in other countries people are at the beach.
Not quite ,been raining ,showers off and on last two days and before Xmas, been windy ,not really been beach weather, too unsettled.( South Island New Zealand.)