Comments on: Rhode Island Lockup

By: jon_a_thon

jon_a_thon — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:24:07 +0000

There were reports of such things on the news, but most dismissed them as madness.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:03:09 +0000

my moms was also stuck that day

she stayed on the highway the whole way, it took her 7 hours to go from Boston to Foxboro! - Jason

By: jon_a_thon

jon_a_thon — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:11:46 +0000

Hi ct! Yes, this was Thursday’s storm. Hope you were smart enough to avoid the crowds

Norwood seemed well. Good to see the old stomping grounds!

By: _wendybird_

_wendybird_ — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:43:22 +0000

Really weird and amazing story. Thanks for sharing.
You know, you're in Mr. Kathy's relatives' neck of the woods. Maybe that explains the gridlock. Did you see the silhouette of a burly man with an axe running across the highway?

By: sunshinehigh

sunshinehigh — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:17:56 +0000

Providence was this your first experience with snow?

Ahhh...I hear the "Beatitudes" principals in operation here..."it is more blessed to give than to receive"...put into action when you gave the stuck motorists a good hearty push.(quote Jonathan)In fact, it was downright fun.(quote end)

C & U also provided Angela the opportunity to be more blessed when she gave the two of a refuge from the storm...her outstanding hospitality made her also feel good, most likely.

Regardless of what everyone thinks about the risk you took venturing out on a storm report day??? somehow when push comes to shove in making decisions about visiting a friend one lubs and has not seen for a long time most of us choose to let our hearts rule our heads...gee emotions are so powerful !

As far as Providence goes and their Transportation Department goes what happened is inexcusable absolutely terrible. It is just simple everyday trusting Americans again being not well served by the people we pay our taxes to...it bringsback the memories of Katrina and all the shock when we saw how poorly prepared the City of New Orleans, LA was.

Jonathan your number system sounds good but why don't they know that and why didn't they have it in place several hundred storms ago??? duh??

I am not happy to read that it is possible for elementary school age children to be held up in a school bus for all those hours...what about women in labor on their way to the hospital and sick folk what if you were having a heart attack ??? keeping above a traffic gridlock has to be addressed before it happens.

Thank God there were lots of good ole helpful Americans around and no fatalities reported...sure hope a system of prevention is set in place before the next storm.

By: ctegan

ctegan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:35:42 +0000

At some point as I pushed a car, the lady driving rolled down her window and said “I’ve been watching you for a while! You’re aweomse!”.

You *are* awesome.

Glad you and your sister made it to safety. Was this Thursday’s storm? There was gridlock in the Boston area as well though we constantly reported on it! *g* Your poor sis! You two had a great attitude about it all, quite the adventure. My coworker opted to drive home at the same time thousands (probably more than thousands *g*) did, and it took her six hours to get from Norwood to Weymouth. She was not pleased.