800 vehicles trapped on Wisconsin interstate

[bijou]

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (AP) -- Hundreds of motorists were stranded in a massive traffic pileup on Thursday, and classes were canceled for thousands of students as the Midwest dug out from a major snowstorm.


School bus riders transfer to a private vehicle after three school buses got stuck in the snow in Somers, Wisconsin, on Wednesday.

 Meanwhile, residents in the Great Lakes nervously eyed rising rivers.

In Wisconsin, traffic backed up for 19 miles south of Madison on Wednesday after semitrailer trucks got stuck on a hill. Gov. Jim Doyle later called a state of emergency, sending National Guard troops to help vehicles stuck in the jam blocking Interstate 90. Snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles were used to check on the stranded motorists and bring them food or fuel.

As many as 800 vehicles remained stranded Thursday morning, according to Wisconsin National Guard Lt. Col. Tim Donovan.

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http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/02/07/winter.weather.ap/index.html

Hope our Wisconsin members (VelvetElvis and asdf are OK). 

[asdf2231]

We got stood down all last night.

The road conditions were impassible, and the red Cross doesn't deploy you into dangerous conditions, so the service requests last night were met with a heartfelt "Sorry!"

I stayed warm and cozy through the 15-18 inch drop on our little town here, and went out and played in the drifts with my kids for a little while.  School has been canceled the last two days, but they go back tomorrow.

Thanks for the concerned thoughts though!

[Atomic Lib Smasher]

We got stood down all last night.

The road conditions were impassible, and the red Cross doesn't deploy you into dangerous conditions, so the service requests last night were met with a heartfelt "Sorry!"

I stayed warm and cozy through the 15-18 inch drop on our little town here, and went out and played in the drifts with my kids for a little while.  School has been canceled the last two days, but they go back tomorrow.

Thanks for the concerned thoughts though!

What part of WI are ya from, asdf??

[asdf2231]

We got stood down all last night.

The road conditions were impassible, and the red Cross doesn't deploy you into dangerous conditions, so the service requests last night were met with a heartfelt "Sorry!"

I stayed warm and cozy through the 15-18 inch drop on our little town here, and went out and played in the drifts with my kids for a little while.  School has been canceled the last two days, but they go back tomorrow.

Thanks for the concerned thoughts though!

What part of WI are ya from, asdf??

'Bout 15 miles East of Madison in a lil' German Lutheran ex farming village that's turning rapidly into a bedroom community.

Still surrounded by fields and woods n stuff though.  We get deer in our yard.

[bijou]

Good news asdf, stay safe!

[Atomic Lib Smasher]

We got stood down all last night.

The road conditions were impassible, and the red Cross doesn't deploy you into dangerous conditions, so the service requests last night were met with a heartfelt "Sorry!"

I stayed warm and cozy through the 15-18 inch drop on our little town here, and went out and played in the drifts with my kids for a little while.  School has been canceled the last two days, but they go back tomorrow.

Thanks for the concerned thoughts though!

What part of WI are ya from, asdf??

'Bout 15 miles East of Madison in a lil' German Lutheran ex farming village that's turning rapidly into a bedroom community.

Still surrounded by fields and woods n stuff though.  We get deer in our yard.

"Bedroom community"??? I don't get it.

Just asking because my brother lives in Waukesha (next to Madison), and has to travel on the "beltline" to go back and forth to work, and I haven't heard from him in a few days and he's supposed to come into town tonight.

[asdf2231]

We got stood down all last night.

The road conditions were impassible, and the red Cross doesn't deploy you into dangerous conditions, so the service requests last night were met with a heartfelt "Sorry!"

I stayed warm and cozy through the 15-18 inch drop on our little town here, and went out and played in the drifts with my kids for a little while.  School has been canceled the last two days, but they go back tomorrow.

Thanks for the concerned thoughts though!

What part of WI are ya from, asdf??

'Bout 15 miles East of Madison in a lil' German Lutheran ex farming village that's turning rapidly into a bedroom community.

Still surrounded by fields and woods n stuff though.  We get deer in our yard.

"Bedroom community"??? I don't get it.

Just asking because my brother lives in Waukesha (next to Madison), and has to travel on the "beltline" to go back and forth to work, and I haven't heard from him in a few days and he's supposed to come into town tonight.

Bedroom community describes a place where people live but don't work at.  Most of the folks that live here work in Madison or other places near here.