Hundreds stranded on Hwy. 402.....(near Sarnia)

**Pharm Girl** · 12-14-2010, 03:08 AM

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SARNIA, Ont. - Hundreds of people have spent a cold night huddled in vehicles awaiting rescue along a snow-clogged stretch of highway in southwestern Ontario.

Police in Sarnia, Ont., said drifting snow and zero visibility had trapped about 300 people in some 360 vehicles since Monday on Highway 402 between Sarnia and County Road 22, about 30 kilometres east of the city.

Provincial Police Const. Chrystal Jones told The Canadian Press early Tuesday there had been no let-up in the poor weather that began sweeping across the area on Monday.

"It has not changed _ the conditions are still very poor to no visibility. We have snowing and blowing snow _ the 402 is still closed," she said.

Emergency Management Ontario had issued a Red Alert late Monday for the area because of the snow and lack of visibility.

Storm near Sarnia, Ont., strands 300 people on highway - Winnipeg Free Press

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They’re good _ we’ve been giving them coffee and feeding them donuts."

Snowmayne · 12-14-2010, 03:19 AM

wait, 300 people in some 360 vehicles...

notsureifsrs

**Pharm Girl** · 12-14-2010, 03:21 AM

^ you caught that eh??

but they're all on donuts!!

osirus2020 · 12-14-2010, 07:23 AM

They didn't say whether or not the people were dismembered.

Jonas · 12-14-2010, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Snowmayne

wait, 300 people in some 360 vehicles...

notsureifsrs

People who are prepared - ie warm clothes, gloves, hats, boots, etc. - could have abandoned their cars and walked somewheres....

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Some people caught by the storm have taken refuge at a Tim Hortons doughnut shop east of Sarnia and just south of the blocked highway.

osirus2020 · 12-14-2010, 10:10 AM

I would have a bonfire in the road.

**SageTree** · 12-14-2010, 10:12 AM

Cars, in that kind of snow, would pretty much be the easiest and most accessible combustible, since the wood is likely wet and under 5 feet of snow.

farmergiles · 12-14-2010, 10:35 AM

They always burn too quickly.

Except for the tyres.

kitch · 12-14-2010, 10:36 AM

so there's a road they can bring donuts in on, but not one they can bring people out on?

**Pharm Girl** · 12-14-2010, 10:41 AM

^ when the cops get involved you can be sure there's a Tim Horton not far.

**SageTree** · 12-14-2010, 10:41 AM

You can't stretch the resources too thin

!!!!!

osirus2020 · 12-14-2010, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by farmergiles

They always burn too quickly.

Except for the tyres.

Well there's 360 of them.

Parallax · 12-14-2010, 05:18 PM

maybe there's a bunch of cars being towed, a bunch of those car moving trucks that are fully loaded, etc etc

**Pharm Girl** · 12-15-2010, 06:22 AM

Update: We are now hearing there were 2 stretches of the 402 with stranded cars. The 55 vehicules we dint hear about were not being 'handled' by cops...(so no donuts nor chopper ride)...these cars were on the 'odder' side of Sarnia...

Poor truck drivers all stranded with their Wabassos!!!!

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Pharm Girl Weeding the Garden.~ Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 4,540 Blog Entries: 13 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 1,176 Times in 894 Posts	Update: We are now hearing there were 2 stretches of the 402 with stranded cars. The 55 vehicules we dint hear about were not being 'handled' by cops...(so no donuts nor chopper ride)...these cars were on the 'odder' side of Sarnia... Poor truck drivers all stranded with their Wabassos!!!! __________________ .....The Time has Come to 'Walk the Talk'.....~ ......A message for ALL from the Deer Tribe...~ It is a great journey — but you must do the walking and have the willingness to change and make the leap into the next level of human evolution. Become an inquisitive free thinking individual that takes responsibility for your life and the spiritual accountability to live life to the fullest. *Fuck the Monkeys*

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