WASHINGTON — As snow fell across the region during rush hour Wednesday, major roadways . Many frustrated commuters took to social media and other mediums to air their grievances.
Below are some of the tweets, Facebook posts and audio messages collected by聽海角精品黑料 about the hellish commute, which lasted more than six hours for some people.
Who better to tell their stories than the people who experienced it themselves?
In a SnapChat video, Arlington resident Samantha Ziegler documented her seven-mile commute on I-66 that lasted six hours.
Other聽motorists took to Twitter asking聽where snow plows and salt trucks were, and why local highway officials weren’t prepared for the snow and icy conditions.
Irate driver on 395south stuck in traffic 4 hours and still going 鈥� Lori Montenegro (@lorimontenegro)
is ever going to show up on the northbound side with salt trucks to help southbound traffic? 鈥� Lori Montenegro (@lorimontenegro)
4 salt trucks show up In HOV Lanes road 395S 12:55 am traffic still not moving 鈥� Lori Montenegro (@lorimontenegro)
Super scary commute. What happened to road treatment? 鈥� Sarah Miller Bate (@Smillerbate)
This cannot be right…I have not moved in 4 hours!!! Where are the snow trucks??????
鈥� Laima Bashir (@lalagak)
3.5 hours from DC to Potomac. Tons of accidents. Not one road pretreated, not one or truck seen 鈥� Omid Jahanbin (@omidify)
& did a great job w/ the 1″ storm, can’t wait to see how u handle 2′. U tax us to hell, but can’t treat roads? Cc: 鈥� Chris G (@MrTweeterers)
absolutely unforgivable that Virginia did not pretreat roads yesterday. Wx service said up to an inch of snow. Why weren’t trucks out?
鈥� Chris G (@MrTweeterers)
Why haven’t BW/Prkwy north and south bound been treated? 鈥� Tee Swann (@ChooseyLovah220)
WB 66 in arlington is not moving. Drivers have turned cars off. Not a salt truck in sight. 鈥� Susan Chiarolanzio (@SuzyC925)
3.5 hours Bethesda -Bmore. No trucks!
鈥� Lisa Ortiz (@LisaNoCultJam)
Wow, so sorry for you! The lack of preparation is inexcusable. 鈥� Kimberly A. Woodard (@BeingKimmie)
husband still at a dead stop 495 OL near Conn. Ave – where are the salt trucks? I guess they r supposed to spend the night on 495?
鈥� Julie Millar (@jmillar1101)
Hubby stuck on OL 495 over Georgia Ave since 8:00pm! Not moving. No EMS or Salt trucks anywhere. 鈥� Poli N (@realpoli)
my little sister is stuck in this because you guys, thanks (not you 海角精品黑料 thank you for the updates) 鈥� Matt Ellis (@MkyleEllis)
I hope VDOT is proud of itself. Hope someone gets fired for this mess. 鈥� dubbleaa (@dubbleaa_)
Think you can spare a truck to salt/treat 66W? Been between MM 74 and 73 for 5+ hours. Seen zero trucks on 66. 鈥� MikeBurke4 (@meburke4)
5 1/2 hours still not home. failed 2 prepare the roads, shameful and dangerous. 鈥� Texdallasgirl0397 (@Texgirl0397)
. where were snow crews? Normally they’re staged for flurries for hours!! …Off guard isn’t an excuse!
鈥� Voting for Trump (@UberGrump)
No roads treated. Early weather advisory. 2 hour commute to go 7 miles, and got rear-ended. 鈥� Renee Belisle (@ReneeMB27)
not true… Old Georgetown road was not treated as of 30 min ago. Cars sliding all over
鈥� Meghan Rodgers (@megrodgers23)
Scary 2mi drive GU to Palisades. pls salt MacArthur Blvd; slid out twice. My cracked wheel cover and abandoned car thanks you!
鈥� Madeline Vitek (@MadelineVitek)
Have not seen any plows/spreaders on 66E or 66W for several hours. 66W is stopped. Pre-treating only works if you actually do it. 鈥� MikeBurke4 (@meburke4)
took me an extra half hour to go 1/4 mile up Telegraoh Road tonight in Alexandria. It was pure ice and no salt truck in sight. 鈥� Emily (@emily_chauncey)
Took me 3 hours on major roads Bethesda to Silver Spring, and not one sand/salt truck. Roads not even pretreated. Outrageous! 鈥� Kathryn K Johnson (@KathrynKJohnson)
If 1 inch of snow = disaster, what do 10 inches equal?? Ten times as many reasons not to pretreat? sheesh. 鈥� brandon labonte (@vapilot75)
over 3.5 hours to get from Annandale to Montclair. Whoever at decided to not pre-treat the roads needs to be fired. 鈥� Clyde Conklin (@cconklinjr)
I would like to note of in the past 4 hours, there have been ZERO plows or road crews going down I-66 east. 鈥� Richard Barnhill (@wolfpackwx)
Many motorists vented about their hours-long commute home and the treacherous road conditions.
traffic so bad I parked car and walked 6.2 miles home! From 495 to route one! 鈥� Jake Wilkins (@jakefrmstfarm3)
Pileup of 6 cars and black ice all over. Bus at jackknife. 1 police car just arrived MD410 鈥� BMWonders (@BMWonders)
U/D: 3:30am Beltway movement. 3:55am Conn Av-Wisc Av-River Rd, conditions- fair and salted. 4:09am Home. 鈥� Rochelle Metzger (@RochelleReports)
O/L I-495 btwn GA & Conn Av’s. Speed: 0 mph, Current time: 257am, Travel time: 7 hrs, ETA: sunrise. 鈥� Rochelle Metzger (@RochelleReports)
left College Park 1830hrs in Bethesda 0311! 37 more miles to get home! Had to get gas on E! 鈥� LuminoUSCowboy (@LuminoUSCowboy)
O/L I-495 btwn GA & Conn Av’s. Speed: 0 mph, Current time: 257am, Travel time: 7 hrs, ETA: sunrise. 鈥� Rochelle Metzger (@RochelleReports)
I got off of work after 8 and was driving on pure ice. It was hell on wheels. Driving slow prevented accidents. 鈥� Ranaldo Robinson 63 (@rrobinson1988)
we’ve moved about 2/4 mile in 4 hours!! Check the ice on the road!! 鈥� LuminoUSCowboy (@LuminoUSCowboy)
Insane 2mph traffic at 11:15 pm on 395 S from DC to exit 5. Going on 5 hours! 鈥� Michele Pyle (@heytweetthis)
still sitting on 495 outer loop near Conn. Ave in MD home is Mclean, va – he said peeps r sleeping in their cars
鈥� Julie Millar (@jmillar1101)
16th/Patrick Henry area & hill at Washington/McKinley in Arlington is an icy mess. Several accidents.
鈥� Alex Yoder (@AlexYoder)
Help needed to direct the traffic at MD410 and Connecticut Pls don’t run the red light for sitting traffic! 鈥� BMWonders (@BMWonders)
– How about asking passengers stuck on EW Hwy and Cypress If we’re okay? I’m not. I need my blood thinner medication.
鈥� Mimi J Kay (@MimiJKay)
entrance of 395 鈥� Mustafa Akhwand (@MAkhwand)
Guys WALKING on 395, having a smoke, and moving faster than traffic.
鈥� 7Y Bus Fail (@7YFail)
An hour later we’re still waiting on MD410 鈥� BMWonders (@BMWonders)
40 minutes Mark Center to Penrose taking 395 North. Pike is still bumper to bumper a quarter past 10. No salt, tons of black ice.
鈥� GrandstandFan (@GrandstandFan)
It took me 1 hour and 45 minutes to get to Woodbridge from Lorton which it normally takes about 20 minutes. 鈥� Jenny Li (@JennyLi399)
4 hours from Arlington to Leesburg 鈥� Maxine (@Maxineiswaiting)
took 3 hours from Capitol Hill to Vienna tonight! What a mess. Arlington was horrendous.
鈥� Ekrem Sarper (@english_guy_79)
Suitland parkway is a parking lot, not moving at all 鈥� Matt Foresta (@MattForesta)
3.5 hours to get from Tyson’s to randallstown. Normal commute at 6pm is about 1.5.
鈥� PhillyFan77 (@PhillyFan77)
two hours from NoMa to downtown Silver Spring 鈥� Jane Norman (@JaneNorman)
. I left my second job 2 hrs ago. I’ve gone a mile. in
鈥� Douglas Ullman, Jr. (@dullman82)
cap hill to Route 1 Alexandria 1.5 hours normally 20 mins 鈥� Stacy Hickman (@pirateskigirl)
Almost three hours Alexandria to Silver Spring. Last 8 mi or so took an hour. Slippery – in low gear a lot. Happy be safe at home.
鈥� Eva KL Miller (@evakl)
I left the Navy Yard at 830 and have gone three miles in two hours. Stand still on the BW Parkway. Thanks for the updates. 鈥� Ben Myers (@Myers_Benjamin1)
It took 3 hours to go from downtown to Tenleytown via Massachusetts and Wisconsin. Normally 30 minutes tops.
鈥� Caleb Skeath (@calebskeath)
Georgetown to Logan Circle: 75 minutes 鈥� Mullet Grrl (@mulletgrrl)
3/12 hours from Fairfax to Fredericksburg.
鈥� Josh McCormack (@mccormack_josh)
Even President Obama’s motorcade was stuck in traffic last night —> 鈥� NBCWashington (@nbcwashington)
Been on beltway since 8pm myself. I am literally sitting at Georgia Ave NOT MOVING. Its been 6 HOURS!! Whats the deal??
鈥� Rochelle Metzger (@RochelleReports)
While a majority of commuters took to social media to vent聽their frustrations, others reached out to thank good Samaritans and emergency personnel for helping stranded motorists.
“Thanks to US Army volunteer Good Samaritan Matthew from Mississippi for pulling me and Mustang Sally (and many others) out of the ditch we slid in about a mile from home tonight on icy, untreated Old Mt. Vernon Road in Alexandria!! Our Knight in Shining Red Pickup Truck!” – read one comment from “Mustang Sally” on 海角精品黑料’s .听
Finally made it home at 2:27am, and after walking only about a mile鉂勶笍鉀勶笍Thanks to all good samaritans out there 鈥� BMWonders (@BMWonders)
the VA Troopers Allen and Kramer who deserve a medal on 395S Close to pentagon. For helping drivers
鈥� Lori Montenegro (@lorimontenegro)
Here he is lone TROOPER hero pushing cars one by one on 395S at 11:58pm and traffic nightmare continues… 鈥� Lori Montenegro (@lorimontenegro)
I am going to get this officers name. He is a hero. Pushes cars one by one on 395S and f#VDOT a no show
鈥� Lori Montenegro (@lorimontenegro)
a usual 27min commute took 6 hours, abandoning my car, and walking a mile to apartment. glebe and columbia pike area an icy mess 鈥� shannon marie (@niallthorans)
Passengers get out and push people, your ride will come along shortly? Good luck yall
鈥� PuddleFreak (@PuddleJones)
