"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
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> As might be expected, the top story this morning on the KTLA Morning
> News is not the tsunami devastation, but team coverage of another
> natural disaster, the closing of Interstate 5 due to snow.
>
> I-5 has been closed for some 32 hours now, with no firm indication of
> when it will reopen. As this report shows, hundreds of Truckers are
> "stranded" in Castaic, waiting for the highway to reopen.
>
> http://www.tinyurl.com/54nf2/
>
> Say, genius, in the 32 hours you've been sitting in Castaic on your
> fat ass, you could have gone to Fresno via *Arizona* if you wanted to!
>
> What a bunch of ****ing dopes!! If you're so concerned about how much
> money you're losing, turn the ****ing truck around, and take an
> alternate route!
>
> SHEESH!!!
>

It's an insurance thing. If the cargo is perishable, a road closure means
the trucker will get all their money from insurance and all they have to do
is sit on their asses. They are bitching for show.