AI6YR BenMassive traffic accident on the I-15, a truck carrying lithium batteries this morning. Northbound I-15 is closed (and jammed beyond jammed). #I15 #Barstow
Wow, the Mojave Desert is a HUGE mess. Good thing it's dark now, that would be brutal during the day. #mojave #trafficjam
Oh wow, we have ANOTHER "off the road" incident of frustrated drivers going off into the desert, misled by Google/Apple/Waze maybe?!?! 4wd!!! "100s of vehicles all over the place" 🤯 #trafficjam #I40 #mojave #mapquested
Darn, we have yesterday's traffic there, but not today. Will check another satellite. Cool thing: if you are lost in the Mojave in a vehicle, you ARE VISIBLE on Sentinel-2 satellite.
Bad thing: it takes several days... maybe 4-5... for an update.
Oooh... that sucks Caltrans CCTV map showing that traffic jam out in the freaking middle of nowhere. It's hot. Nowhere to stop. Nowhere to get gas. Nowhere to get water. #mojave #i40
Oooh. Road rage in the desert, someone pounding on the door of someone else stuck in traffic. Someone screaming and running across lanes. Semis have roadblocked I40/Kelbaker. (thinking the Semis actually might be doing some good by not pushing more people into that mess, tho). #I40 #Vegas #Mojave
Oooh, look what route you get from Barstow to Las Vegas tonight, LOL. (Routing through Death Valley ☠️ )
#desertdisaster #Mojave #Lasvegas
#desertdisaster #Mojave #Lasvegas
Here's the other route it gives you... Interesting bit of routing in the middle. Barstow to Las Vegas via the I-40 (with a detour in the desert)! #desertdisaster #LasVegas #Mojave
Aha, here's where there are "100's of cars" in the desert per CHP, around Lavic. I-40. #Mojave #DesertDisaster #LasVegas
Oh my... Google is most certainly directing people through a network of 4WD dirt track... I suspect a bunch of traction-challenged sedans got bogged down and now... no one can go anywhere. #DesertDisaster #LasVegas #Mojave #I40 #GoogleMaps
98F in Goffs there. 98F stuck in traffic, hoping you don't run out of gas and lose your A/C, and that you have enough water to survive the heat. #DesertDisaster #Mojave #I40
To top it off, someone's car got hit by a train on one of the alternate routes through the desert (at Goffs). Train is stopped, too. That's the main route for Amtrak, too... #train #accident #Mojave
MsMerope@ai6yr
so we need an emergency landing by an aircraft and maybe a hunk of space junk falling on someone.
Betcha didn't think about making a stuck on 40 bingo card!
@MsMerope There was a video of one earlier this year -- similar location, I think it was the I-15 -- but that one was in WINTER (ie, cool).
jj the Santa Barbarian@ai6yr now is this "just" because of the accident or is there some big hoop-de-doo in vegas this weekend?