I95 Richmond to the Beltway people suck in cars for 17 plus hours

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Anonymous wrote:Tim Kaine who lived in St. Paul, Minnesota and Missouri, probably can't believe the DMV doesn't know how to handle a snowstorm.

He has lived here for eons. He knows we cannot handle snowstorms especially while it is still actively heavily snowing

I’m really surprised he left at 1pm in the middle of a snowstorm of a hellish drive. He should know better.

And all he had was an orange and Dr. Pepper.

Yeah, the lack of common sense is astounding.

This alone should disqualify him from ever being elected Senator again. What a moron.

[Anonymous]

Saw the editorial in today's Wash Post about the disadvantages of an EV in such a situation. But please help me: if you are stopped in an EV, and you are not using the heater (or A/C in hot weather), the power drain is zero, right? I mean, if you park your fully charged EV in the driveway at night, it has a full charge in the morning, doesn't it? Maybe the on-board computer is using some juice, but not much.

An ICE powered car is burning gas just to sit in idle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tim Kaine who lived in St. Paul, Minnesota and Missouri, probably can't believe the DMV doesn't know how to handle a snowstorm.

He has lived here for eons. He knows we cannot handle snowstorms especially while it is still actively heavily snowing

I’m really surprised he left at 1pm in the middle of a snowstorm of a hellish drive. He should know better.

And all he had was an orange and Dr. Pepper.

Yeah, the lack of common sense is astounding.

This alone should disqualify him from ever being elected Senator again. What a moron.

What do you all pack to eat for what you expect to be a two hour drive?

[Anonymous]

why didn't governor activate national guards?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:why didn't governor activate national guards?

By the time you cut the mob orders, mustered everyone (who might be snowed in themselves), got through MA, cut an opord, and moved to the mission site, the emergency would be done. I though maybe they could have slung pallets of supplies to people, package the materiel and get the air and ground crews in.

[Anonymous]

Couldn’t the armed forces nearby provide heavy vehicles that could get out onto the terrain and help get food and salt onto the ground between vehicles. Quantico maybe was closest?

[Anonymous]

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I'm sure many people were grateful for that bread! I would have been searching for a ham truck, a cheese truck, and a mayo truck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Saw the editorial in today's Wash Post about the disadvantages of an EV in such a situation. But please help me: if you are stopped in an EV, and you are not using the heater (or A/C in hot weather), the power drain is zero, right? I mean, if you park your fully charged EV in the driveway at night, it has a full charge in the morning, doesn't it? Maybe the on-board computer is using some juice, but not much.

An ICE powered car is burning gas just to sit in idle.

Minimal power drain if the car is off. But if that's the case, and they don't need heat or A/C, neither does the gas car. It can just turn off also.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tim Kaine who lived in St. Paul, Minnesota and Missouri, probably can't believe the DMV doesn't know how to handle a snowstorm.

He has lived here for eons. He knows we cannot handle snowstorms especially while it is still actively heavily snowing

I’m really surprised he left at 1pm in the middle of a snowstorm of a hellish drive. He should know better.

And all he had was an orange and Dr. Pepper.

Yeah, the lack of common sense is astounding.

This alone should disqualify him from ever being elected Senator again. What a moron.

What do you all pack to eat for what you expect to be a two hour drive?

NP

Someone gave him the orange.

I keep protein bars and nut mixes in my car, along with water and a blanket. Plus emergency car items. Guess because I grew up lower middle class and in the country. You never know when your car might break down and have to wait for services.

[Anonymous]

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I'm sure many people were grateful for that bread! I would have been searching for a ham truck, a cheese truck, and a mayo truck.

DW would rather starve than eat wheat bread. I asked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tim Kaine who lived in St. Paul, Minnesota and Missouri, probably can't believe the DMV doesn't know how to handle a snowstorm.

He has lived here for eons. He knows we cannot handle snowstorms especially while it is still actively heavily snowing

I’m really surprised he left at 1pm in the middle of a snowstorm of a hellish drive. He should know better.

And all he had was an orange and Dr. Pepper.

Yeah, the lack of common sense is astounding.

This alone should disqualify him from ever being elected Senator again. What a moron.

What do you all pack to eat for what you expect to be a two hour drive?

Diet coke. Mints. But I don't expect Richmond to DC to take two hours. Ever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tim Kaine who lived in St. Paul, Minnesota and Missouri, probably can't believe the DMV doesn't know how to handle a snowstorm.

He has lived here for eons. He knows we cannot handle snowstorms especially while it is still actively heavily snowing

I’m really surprised he left at 1pm in the middle of a snowstorm of a hellish drive. He should know better.

And all he had was an orange and Dr. Pepper.

Yeah, the lack of common sense is astounding.

This alone should disqualify him from ever being elected Senator again. What a moron.

What do you all pack to eat for what you expect to be a two hour drive?

All the weather advisories were telling people who must go out in the snow storm to pack extra water, food, and blanket. He's from snowy climate, I really thought he'd be better prepared.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Saw the editorial in today's Wash Post about the disadvantages of an EV in such a situation. But please help me: if you are stopped in an EV, and you are not using the heater (or A/C in hot weather), the power drain is zero, right? I mean, if you park your fully charged EV in the driveway at night, it has a full charge in the morning, doesn't it? Maybe the on-board computer is using some juice, but not much.

An ICE powered car is burning gas just to sit in idle.

That WaPo oped was just stupid but par for the course for Charles Lane.

He was just writing off the top of his head on a subject he knows nothing about. An EV is no worse off than a gas vehicle in these circumstances, and maybe better off. People seem to just assume that because ICE lose range while idling that EVs must too. Meanwhile an EV could last 3-4 days keeping the cabin a comfortable temp if needed. I guess it’s true that if the EV runs out of charge entirely it’s a little more complicated, at least today, to give it 50 miles of charge than to pour 2 gallons of gas into a car but AAA already has mobile level 2 chargers they can send out, so that’s hardly an earthshattering observation.

[Anonymous]

Why didn’t our low IQ Governor send out the National Guard? Thank goodness we’ll have better times ahead with our NEXT Governor!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tim Kaine who lived in St. Paul, Minnesota and Missouri, probably can't believe the DMV doesn't know how to handle a snowstorm.

He has lived here for eons. He knows we cannot handle snowstorms especially while it is still actively heavily snowing

I’m really surprised he left at 1pm in the middle of a snowstorm of a hellish drive. He should know better.

And all he had was an orange and Dr. Pepper.

Yeah, the lack of common sense is astounding.

This alone should disqualify him from ever being elected Senator again. What a moron.

What do you all pack to eat for what you expect to be a two hour drive?

NP

Someone gave him the orange.

I keep protein bars and nut mixes in my car, along with water and a blanket. Plus emergency car items. Guess because I grew up lower middle class and in the country. You never know when your car might break down and have to wait for services.

After being stuck with two young kids during the 2011 storm, I always have food and water in my car. I wasn't on 66, just regular roads like 50, but it still took me 1.5 hours to go a few miles.