
Shawn Varner
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@KOMUnews He sat in traffic from 3:13pm until around 3:44am when he called my wife and said he was finally moving. The hotel said he checked in around little after 5am. We still haven’t talked to him, but hotel was gracious enough to do a wellness check and he was in his room sleeping.
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@KOMUnews My 81 year old FIL left KC yesterday a little after 10am to head to a conference in STL. He stopped in Columbia for lunch around 230pm, thankfully filled up before getting back on 70EB. He called my wife at 3:13pm stating he was stuck in traffic and it was not moving.
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@KcraKarmen @hdenning33 @JusticeHorn_ We think so, can’t get ahold of him…hotel was gracious enough to confirm he checked in.
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@ShawnVarner @hdenning33 @JusticeHorn_ Is your FIL doing ok? Does he still have fuel/cell phone battery?
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🚨The Missouri Highway Patrol just told us that the east side of the interstate is completely shutdown and that we will be here unable to move for the rest there night. Several folks are low on gas or without it.
They told us to conserve fuel and that FEMA will be messaging us.
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@RubyVisor @Krodsig @MoPublicSafety @MoDOT @MSHPTrooperGHQ No joke! Hundreds of cars, black ice…they need to proactively have 10 flatbed wreckers on standby and 20 salt trucks working eastbound ahead of all this traffic!
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@ShawnVarner @Krodsig @MoPublicSafety @MoDOT @MSHPTrooperGHQ I’m in disbelief this is backed up nearly 20 miles. So thankful we happened to have a blanket in the car.
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ADVISORY: I-70 eastbound is backed up for miles in Warren & Montgomery counties. Tractor trailers are having great difficulty getting up hills due to refreezing of roadway between MM190-200. More @MSHPTrooperGHQ & @MoDOT resources continue to respond to the area. AVOID THIS AREA
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@Krodsig @RubyVisor @MoPublicSafety @MoDOT @MSHPTrooperGHQ Just heard on scanner they have one lane going again eastbound 🙏🏼
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@hdenning33 @KMOV @MoDOT I searched all STL news stations and not a word about this extremely dangerous situation! I cannot wrap my head around it. This is insane!
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@KMOV why are you not reporting about the massive screw up by @MoDOT tonight. People are stranded on I70 and no one is reporting about this. HUNDREDS of people are stranded!!! My 80 father has been stuck on
I-70 for 12 hours. DO better MO
#firstalert4
#firstalert4investigate
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@hdenning33 @JusticeHorn_ This can go from bad to worse real fast with temps dipping to low teens!! We need all hands on deck ASAP!!!!
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@JusticeHorn_ This is insane! There are too many people stranded out there!
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@KcraKarmen @fox4kc @kmbc @kmoxnews @KCStar @KCTV5 @KSHB41 @ksdknews @KSNLocalNews @KMOV @KDNLABC30 @GovParsonMO My FIL left KC around 10am to drive to STL, he has been sitting for hours on I-70. He’s 80 years old. Currently at MM 188 sitting in traffic. There is a wreck that happened at 7:17 and is still not cleared, currently shows 5.5 hours to clear! All hands on deck needed!!
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Please cover this story @fox4kc @kmbc @kmoxnews @KCStar @KCTV5 @KSHB41 @ksdknews @KSNLocalNews @KMOV @KDNLABC30 These people have been stuck for hours on I-70. Where is @GovParsonMO ?
Justice Horn@JusticeHorn_
🚨The Missouri Highway Patrol just told us that the east side of the interstate is completely shutdown and that we will be here unable to move for the rest there night. Several folks are low on gas or without it. They told us to conserve fuel and that FEMA will be messaging us.
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@RubyVisor @Krodsig @MoPublicSafety @MoDOT @MSHPTrooperGHQ Just posted a pic of tweet that’s alarming if true! This is unacceptable and unbelievable. With temps getting down to teens.
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@ShawnVarner @Krodsig @MoPublicSafety @MoDOT @MSHPTrooperGHQ Is there a single lane open to let those moving eastbound through one at a time at all?
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@RubyVisor @MoPublicSafety @MoDOT @MSHPTrooperGHQ Temps only dropping! My FIL is still not moving. Sounds like a truck is now blocking MM 190 EB. They are working on getting salt trucks there. Are you west of MM 190?
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@MoPublicSafety @MoDOT @MSHPTrooperGHQ I need any sign of hope. It feels like we’ve been left for dead. Departed KC at 4PM and we haven’t moved an inch in the last 3 hours. Freezing temperatures, burning through gas, no food and many drivers are on the road by themselves. All updates have only gotten worse.
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@GovParsonMO wake up & get to work!
Shawn Varner@ShawnVarner
@MoPublicSafety @MSHPTrooperGHQ @MoDOT My FIL left KC around 10am to drive to STL, he has been sitting for hours on I-70. He’s 80 years old. Currently at MM 188 sitting in traffic. There is a wreck that happened at 7:17 and is still not cleared, currently shows 5.5 hours to clear! All hands on deck needed!!
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@MPipons041519 @MoPublicSafety @MSHPTrooperGHQ @MoDOT Just terrible, the good news is I see movement eastbound on the modot live cameras for MM 191.6. over the last few minutes have seen 20+ cars 🙏🏼
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@ShawnVarner @MoPublicSafety @MSHPTrooperGHQ @MoDOT Same exact situation with my parents, but they’re stuck a few miles further back from yours.
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@SJosephBurns I read Think and Grow Rich in my teenage years (around 20 years ago) and I still use it as a resource today.
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