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>>> GETTING REPORTS OF CLOGGED
ROADS, ABANDONED CARS IN AND
AROUND SEVERAL MAJOR CITIES.
CHRISTINA MARTINSON IS JOINING
US VIA SKYPE RIGHT NOW FROM
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA.
I KNOW YOU'RE PREGNANT.
AND AS YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF,
VERY, VERY PREGNANT.
WHAT MONTH ARE YOU IN RIGHT NOW?
>> I'M IN MY EIGHTH MONTH.
>> YOU'RE IN YOUR EIGHTH MONTH.
TELL US WHERE YOU WERE.
YOU WERE STUCK ON THE ROAD AND
HAD A YOUNG CHILD WITH YOU.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> MY HUSBAND AND I CAR POOLED
IN THIS MORNING IN CASE THINGS
SHOULD GET BAD BUT IT HAPPENED A
LOT MORE QUICKLY THAN THEY WERE
ANTICIPATING.
BY THE TIME HE GOT TO ME, IT
TOOK US ABOUT THE BETTER PART OF
TWO HOURS TO GET TO AS CLOSE TO
OUR SON'S DAY CARE AS WE COULD,
THEN HE JUST LEFT ME IN THE CAR
AND TOOK THE STROLLER AND WALKED
THE LAST QUARTER MILE TO PICK UP
MY SON.
AND WHEN HE GOT BACK IN THE CAR,
IT WAS PRETTY CRAZY.
MY SON WAS LIKE, I'M WEARING TWO
PAIRS OF PANTS.
AND THEN IT TOOK US ANOTHER TWO
HOURS TO GET HOME.
AND THAT'S A DRIVE THAT USUALLY
TAKES US ABOUT TEN MINUTES.
WE SAW SO MANY PEOPLE JUST
LIKE -- CARS PILED UP AND LEFT
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND
WRECKS.
AND WE HAD TO TURN AROUND THREE
OR FOUR TIMES.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY BAD, AND IT
GOT BAD SO QUICKLY THAT PEOPLE
JUST WEREN'T READY.
EVEN THOUGH WE WERE WARNED, IT
JUST HAPPENED MORE QUICKLY THAN
YOU WOULD THINK POSSIBLE.
>> WERE YOU EVER REALLY
FRIGHTENED, SCARED WHAT WAS
GOING ON?
>> ONLY ONCE.
THE THIRD TIME WE TURNED AROUND
WE ENDED UP HAVING TO CUT
THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S
NEAR OUR HOUSE.
WE WERE GOING DOWN THIS BIG HILL
AND SUDDENLY IT JUST BOTTLENECKS
AND PEOPLE HAD COME THROUGH AND
TRIED TO PUT SAND, SO THAT YOU
COULD MANEUVER THROUGH THE CARS
THAT WERE JUST ABANDONED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN A
WRECK OR IF PEOPLE GOT STUCK
TRYING TO GO UP THE HILL, BUT
NICE THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WERE THERE
DIRECTING TRAFFIC AND HELPING US
THROUGH.
BUT I MEAN, WE WERE TOO SCARED
TO BREATHE.
I TRIED TO TAKE A PICTURE FOR
YOU GUYS, BUT IT WAS TOO CRAZY.
>> WE KEEP HEARING THE SAME
STORY.
WHEN YOU GOT UP THIS MORNING, IT
WASN'T TOO BAD.
YOU THOUGHT YOU'D GO TO WORK,
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN AROUND
NOON, 1:00, IT REALLY GOT BAD
AND EVERYBODY BASICALLY LEFT
WORK AT THE SAME TIME AND GOT
STUCK FOR HOURS AND HOURS.
WE HEARD THE SAME STORY A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO IN THE ATLANTA,
GEORGIA, AREA.
SO WHAT'S THE MAJOR LESSON
YOU'VE LEARNED FROM THIS?
NEXT TIME THEY SAY IT'S GOING TO
START SNOWING, WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO?
>> IF THEY SAY IT'S GOING TO
START SNOWING AT 1:00, I THINK
I'LL HEAD HOME AT NOON THIS
TIME.
>> SOME PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T EVEN
GO TO WORK.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN A GOOD DAY TO
JUST STAY HOME.
>> WELL, IT WAS SO CRAZY BECAUSE
YOU LOOKED OUTSIDE AND THE
STREETS WERE COMPLETELY DRY.
I MEAN, IT DEFINITELY LOOKED
LIKE SOMETHING WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN, BUT THEY KEPT CHANGING
THE TIME.
SO IT WAS LIKE, WELL, WE'LL GO
TO WORK AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PLAN
TO LEAVE EARLY.
AND THEN IT WAS JUST BY THE TIME
WE ALL GOT OUT OF THERE, IT WAS