It's been over 2 hours and my sister is not home yet.
By reinydawn
@reinydawn (11643)
United States
February 5, 2009 9:50pm CST
My sister stopped by my house tonight on her way home to pick up some stuff from my other sister. She lives about 10 minute away, and she's still not home yet. She called me when she had been in her car for 2 hours (and had to pee) because she wanted to let me know that she was sitting in traffic. Where she lives can be a royal nightmare when there's an accident. There's only one way in and one way out - by land - so you can't go anywhere until they clear the accident up. She's been sitting on the road, waiting for over 2 hours just to get home. Everything I bring up on the internet tells me that the accident is about a 1/4 mile in front of her (there's two places we figured it was and this was one of them) and everything says the road is closed in both directions and to find alternate routes. Well, there are no alternate routes! That's the only road in for her.
It's actually been about 2.5 hours and I've just talked to her again. It looks like traffic is moving, she's seeing some vehicles coming from the other direction. I'm sure it was a nasty accident, but I'm glad my sister wasn't involved in it. If she hadn't stopped at my house on her way home, she might have...
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@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
12 Feb 09
I am glad she did stop at your house and did not get involved in the accident. I hope by now she got home after a week of sitting in her car she would be stinking by now.
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
12 Feb 09
HAHAHAHAH, yeah, she's home. It was a really bad accident though.
@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
11 Feb 09
Hi reinydawn. Yikes... that must have been soooo frustrating for her! I can't imagine having to sit for that long when it usually only takes her 10 minutes. Poor thing! It has been 6 days, I see, since you posted this discussion so I SURE hope she is home by NOW!
@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
12 Feb 09
Yes, she made it home that night. It was a very bad accident with one fatality, that is why the road was closed.
@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
8 Feb 09
Glad your sister was okay and she didn't have any other type of accident as well. The other day to work was a nightmare. A barge had hit one of the bridges and they closed the bridge down for awhile. Well traffic was backed up for at least seven miles while everyone was taking a detour to the other two bridges available. Luckily though the other bridge that was closed after about twenty minutes of me sitting in traffic and only made it about a mile from my house, I turned around I finally made it to work in about 65 minutes which is usually a twenty minute drive.
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@singlemommy (2955)
• United States
6 Feb 09
Man, I have been on the roads so many times and come across an accident and thought, man, I'm glad I was running late today. Everything happens for a reason. I know your sister will be glad when she gets home and I'm sure she is very thankful that it wasn't her in the accident.
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
6 Feb 09
Once when I talked with her, she was telling me how some of the guys in the truck behind her we walking into the woods to go to the bathroom - she was very envious. I know she was thinking it was better to be stuck in traffic than be stuck in the accident.
@prasanna1990 (816)
• India
6 Feb 09
fine call her and ask its waste posting a disscusion for ur sisiter who is just a bit small distance away from you very sad
@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
6 Feb 09
If she knew it was going to take that long, she would have come back to my place and waited it out - at least she could have gone to the bathroom!