[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by DoggyStargazer

YES, We were in the thick of it as we drove on Monday from The Villages to NoVa. We sat for hours on 95 packed between semi trucks, small cars, SUVs, and just watched 95 turn into an ice rink as the sun went down, and temps in the 20s. Luckily we were stuck near an exit ramp and noticed the ramp reopened after a few snow trucks plowed it from the overpass so we inched our way off 95 (took another hour just to get off the ramp). Then we drove side roads and found semi trucks jack-knifed, cars in ditches, and any gas station parking lot was packed with people sleeping in their cars. We turned around several times to find a clear passage until we discovered a little country road that would take us to Centreville, VA. We swerved around ditched cars, trucks, fallen trees on the roadway at 15 mph and 18 degrees F but made it home safely thanks to an expertly trained driver and good set of wheels. We left TV at 6am and got home at 4am here in VA. Usually it takes us 12 hours, this time it took us 22hours to make it home! More time was spent in the last 70 miles than in the previous 780 miles. It was exhausting, but we were lucky as most people couldn’t get off 95 and watched the sun rise and their gas tanks hit Empty in sub-zero temps. The whole scenario was out of an apocalyptic movie, except it wasn’t.

Probably a lot of black ice involved. Traveled from Richmond to Charlottesville once and ran into a patch of black ice and cars were everywhere in ditches and tractor trailers jack knifed all along the way.