{"id":1186731,"date":"2022-01-04T10:36:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T15:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1186731"},"modified":"2022-01-04T10:36:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T15:36:06","slug":"blizzard-strands-senator-tim-kaine-hundreds-of-drivers-more-than-19-hours-on-highway-in-northern-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blizzard-strands-senator-tim-kaine-hundreds-of-drivers-more-than-19-hours-on-highway-in-northern-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard Strands Senator Tim Kaine, Hundreds Of Drivers More Than 19 Hours On Highway In Northern Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblizzard-strands-senator-tim-kaine-hundreds-of-drivers-more-than-19-hours-on-highway-in-northern-virginia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1186731&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Monday, a winter storm dumped as much as 14 inches of snow in some areas of Northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C., region leaving hundreds, if not thousands, of drivers completely at a standstill for nearly the last 24 hours on the I-95 highway. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and NBC reporter Josh Lederman were stuck overnight and recounted their experience via Twitter and T.V. interviews from their car.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started my normal 2 hour drive to DC at 1pm yesterday. 19 hours later, I\u2019m still not near the Capitol,\u201d Kaine tweeted Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I started my normal 2 hour drive to DC at 1pm yesterday. 19 hours later, I\u2019m still not near the Capitol. My office is in touch with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VaDOT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VaDOT<\/a> to see how we can help other Virginians in this situation. Please stay safe everyone. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sz1b1hZJZ5\">pic.twitter.com\/Sz1b1hZJZ5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Kaine (@timkaine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timkaine\/status\/1478357477158756352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lederman told MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe\u201d that his ordeal was a pretty \u201cinsane\u201d and \u201cdystopian\u201d experience Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy 7:30 [PM], we were just at a standstill\u2026meaning the thousands \u2014 I can see thousands of cars from where I am on the highway on I-95 \u2014 have been in their cars overnight without out food, without water, it\u2019s been 26 degrees outside and nobody knows how long we\u2019re going to be here or how we\u2019re going to get out,\u201d Lederman told MSNBC\u2019s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshNBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoshNBCNews<\/a> joins us from his car on I-95, where he has been stuck overnight with his dog as a result of the winter weather. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s2nN4uaqp6\">pic.twitter.com\/s2nN4uaqp6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Morning_Joe\/status\/1478323150211489793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lederman also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtvr.com\/news\/local-news\/tim-kaine-stuck-i95-nightmare\">told<\/a> NBC\u2019s \u201cThe Today Show\u201d that many motorists were forced to shut off their cars to conserve gas:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe started to see a lot of drivers turning their cars off to conserve gas, people running out of food and water, kids and pets holed up for so many hours, people letting their pets out of the car to try to walk them on the street. And in the meantime, no signs of any emergency vehicles that we could see,\u201d Lederman said. \u201cYou really start to think if there was a medical emergency, someone that was out of gas and out of heat \u2014 you know it\u2019s 26 degrees and there\u2019s no way that anybody can get to you in this situation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) tweeted Tuesday morning that emergency crews had been working on the situation overnight and that an \u201cemergency message is going to all stranded drivers connecting them to support, and the state is working with localities to open warming shelters as needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also urged drivers to stay off the road today. \u201cWhile sunlight is expected to help <a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VaDOT\">@VaDOT <\/a>clear the road, all Virginians should continue to avoid 1-95\u2033:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An emergency message is going to all stranded drivers connecting them to support, and the state is working with localities to open warming shelters as needed.<\/p>\n<p>While sunlight is expected to help <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VaDOT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VaDOT<\/a> clear the road, all Virginians should continue to avoid 1-95.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Ralph Northam (@GovernorVA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovernorVA\/status\/1478355092654993410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This morning, crews were able to make some headway as motorists tweeted that they had begun moving again, albeit very slowly:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">8:41am \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VaDOTFRED?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VaDOTFRED<\/a> FINALLY!<br \/>After over 11 hours of not moving an inch, I-95 NB is crawling forward. Any movement is exciting at this point. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bHwaIgzHkS\">pic.twitter.com\/bHwaIgzHkS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Susan Phalen (@SAPOTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAPOTUS\/status\/1478363897153347584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, a winter storm dumped as much as 14 inches of snow in some areas of Northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C., region leaving hundreds, if not thousands, of drivers completely at a standstill for nearly the last 24 hours on the I-95 highway. Sen. 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