Winter Weather Wreaking Havoc Along I-80

NYACK (CBS13) — A bid of wintertime storms is making upland and foothill question tricky, but galore are determined to marque it location for the holidays aft COVID-19 canceled Christmas plans past year.

People are anxious to observe the vacation with household and friends this year, but immoderate person already deed a fewer snags connected the highway.

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It’s a unreserved connected the roadworthy to get location for the holidays, whether done snowfall oregon pouring rain. But for Jose Calderon, erstwhile it rains, it pours. He and his woman sat successful their overheated van, stuck successful Nyack.

“Well it got overheated due to the fact that they had an accident. So we were stuck successful postulation for what, astir six hours,” said Calderon.

A existent beingness nightmare earlier Christmas, but seemingly it’s worthy the risk. AAA predicts astir 110 cardinal radical volition deed the roadworthy betwixt present and January 2. That’s almost 34% much than past year.

Joe Deaser has a vacation ngo connected the road getting his 8-year-old grandson Josh backmost to Reno from Sacramento.

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“That’s wherefore I’m connected contiguous due to the fact that it volition beryllium truly atrocious time and I’ve got to get him location for Christmas,” said Deaser.

Steve McCrary urges drivers to enactment put, particularly since he’s the 1 changing tires connected the broadside of the highway.

“I’m up present putting tires connected semis and they’re moving implicit chains blowing retired tires near and right. And I’m stuck successful the postulation fractional the time, and it gets to beryllium a mess,” said McCrary.

It’s a messiness with a mission. Calderon knows that each excessively good aft an mishap added six hours to his roadworthy trip. But getting location for the holiday, makes it each worthy it.

“So I anticipation we’re bully truthful I tin marque it backmost for Christmas. I’m astir there. I mean, I’ll marque it. Little by little, but I’ll marque it,” said Calderon.

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A bid of wintertime storms is expected to driblet respective feet of snowfall done Tuesday.

Marlee Ginter