FaninAma
3/13/2006, 04:17 PM
At least it seemed that way yesterday.
Driving back home from Oklahoma on I-40 we ran into a massive traffic jam between McLean and Groom. As we sat there for about 20 minutes the flames and smoke got closer and closer to the highway. To make matters worse there was a psychotic trucker behind me who would honk if I stepped on my breaks even though there was another semi in front of me. And then he would get about 2 inches from my rear bumper. My kids were terrified and the 4 year old was crying. I finally got out and climbed up on the step-up to his cab and asked him what the hell his problem was. The jackass looked like a burntout hippie and he was from Ohio...at least his plates were.(Are there any decent human beings from Ohio?). He said I was stepping on my breaks too much. I asked him if he thought I should drive up the truck's *** in front of me and then I took his license plate number and called him a dumbass and got back in my Explorer.
As the flames got higher and the smoke got thicker and the kids got more frightened and with the psychotic trucker still riding my *** I decided it was time to make a strategic retreat so we four wheeled it across the median(which was pretty steep on that part of I-40) and headed back to McLean where they were just starting to evacuate the town. We were lucky enough to get gassed up and then we headed south to Hedley and Clarendon. Once we got to Clearendon it was bumper to bumper because of all the diverted traffic. We finally got home at 9pm. It took 5 hours to make the part of the trip that normally only takes 90 minutes.
And I think the fires are at it again today. I learned that 7 people died in the area we were in yesterday. This has to be hell...I am sure of it.
Driving back home from Oklahoma on I-40 we ran into a massive traffic jam between McLean and Groom. As we sat there for about 20 minutes the flames and smoke got closer and closer to the highway. To make matters worse there was a psychotic trucker behind me who would honk if I stepped on my breaks even though there was another semi in front of me. And then he would get about 2 inches from my rear bumper. My kids were terrified and the 4 year old was crying. I finally got out and climbed up on the step-up to his cab and asked him what the hell his problem was. The jackass looked like a burntout hippie and he was from Ohio...at least his plates were.(Are there any decent human beings from Ohio?). He said I was stepping on my breaks too much. I asked him if he thought I should drive up the truck's *** in front of me and then I took his license plate number and called him a dumbass and got back in my Explorer.
As the flames got higher and the smoke got thicker and the kids got more frightened and with the psychotic trucker still riding my *** I decided it was time to make a strategic retreat so we four wheeled it across the median(which was pretty steep on that part of I-40) and headed back to McLean where they were just starting to evacuate the town. We were lucky enough to get gassed up and then we headed south to Hedley and Clarendon. Once we got to Clearendon it was bumper to bumper because of all the diverted traffic. We finally got home at 9pm. It took 5 hours to make the part of the trip that normally only takes 90 minutes.
And I think the fires are at it again today. I learned that 7 people died in the area we were in yesterday. This has to be hell...I am sure of it.