BC snowstorm causes traffic mayhem-Metro Van.

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"Commute from hell":

BC snowstorm causes traffic mayhem in Metro Vancouver

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Jan 12, 2024 #GlobalNews #BCstorm #BCsnowstorm

A cold blast and a dump of snow right before the end of the workday resulted in a "commute from hell" across Metro Vancouver in B.C. on Thursday, as many streets turned into ice sheets. Traffic moved at a crawl with cars and commercial trucks spinning out, with drivers facing limited visibility and snow-covered streets. Troy Charles reports. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10221002/c... Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #BCstorm #BCsnowstorm

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@slhs19922 hours ago

Glad we missed this down here in Seattle. Hope you guys get some favorable weather soon! Hang in there BC!

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@xboxrules84721 hour ago

It wasn't like this everywhere in the Metro, i had a normal commute.

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@stevenmuranetz790948 minutes ago

Here in Victoria it snowed a bit last night but it's gone now

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@christopherbuckley75441 hour ago

Born and raised in BC, lived in Vancouver for 10 years, still laugh every time it snows like that down there and see all the incompetents learning how to drive!!!

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@SFXMAC4 minutes ago

sick bro you are so hardcore with mad driving skills. Show us some vids of how awesome you can drive so we can all learn from you.

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@therealmorningstarkeke68421 hour ago

It took my friend over 2 hours to get home, which is usually a 20 minute drive. Buses, at the beginning of the snow which lasted 20-30 minutes, were spinning tires. Come on Vancouver, it wasn't even an inch. I went out at the beginning, went to the bay for half an hour, came out and it was done. No more snow but it was cold.

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@chriskitchen47721 hour ago

It's the icy roads, not so much the snow.

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@aynrandfan74549 minutes ago

Winter tires don’t do much when it’s ice in snow it’s good but mixed with ice you will still spin out

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@CanPat7773 hours ago

It's the same thing every winter.

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@bobwoods13021 hour ago (edited)

What's your point? Are you saying it's not news worthy that roads and highways are pretty much impassable? I guess you don't drive or work or have other responsibilities

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@fridericusrex981246 minutes ago

You would think that a country that gets snow wouldn't design its cities such that they are dependent on cars for getting around.

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@fridericusrex981245 minutes ago

 @bobwoods1302  "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results". Keep building car-dependent cities, this is what you get.

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@DudeGeBoBJones43 minutes ago

 @fridericusrex9812 or you know, people on the coast could buy winter tires and be prepared for the weather, like the rest of the province does, without issue.

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@WizzardofOdds22 minutes ago

Same story every year, every time snow hits Vancouver. You know it's going to happen at some point in the winter, yet everyone is caught off guard. Perhaps people aren't watching the weather or MSM and rely on other sources to get the weather, which are also failing them.

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@Behappyrightnow2 hours ago

Why do people think they can drive in this weather without snow tires?? It never ceases to amaze me. Leave your car at home or work…

@Timberland19638 minutes ago

It’s to bad that there is no way to predict this kind of weather and transmit that information to people.

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@jimedge83011 hour ago

Lived there for 5yrs and always walked to work when it snowed , people didn't respond well to snow

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@static_Tricolor_camry28 minutes ago

British Columbia usually some areas never see snow, that's why they're all skidding cause they don't have Winter tires which makes sense if you live in a place that would never see snow until an unpredictable weater storm happened.

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@elevatorbernie49241 hour ago (edited)

2 inches of snow in stupid towns that refuse to plow and salt. Its criminal!!!! What are we paying taxes for?

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@TomZart44 minutes ago

WINTER'S SNOW - 2024** Over the heads of all I meet Falls winter's life giving snow. Upon the rooftops and the streets Filling the sky and earth below. Dancing, swirling, skimming along, Like the snows of yesteryears. There's lots of ice on the windows As my lashes freeze over with tears. It's so cold; it's too cold to snow Yet the snow continues to fall. The land is covered blanket white As the winter winds wail their call. There's a red-hot fire awaiting me That will thaw out my every part. It's not the glow of a fireplace But the love that dwells in my heart. By Tom Zart!

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@markadler89688 minutes ago

Even if you have an excellent off road vehicle with winter tires driving in Vancouver when it snows is just foolish because virtually everyone else either has little driving experience in the snow or a vehicle incapable of driving in it. Even though I have a vehicle that can easily handle the snow/ice I make sure to run all my errands before a storm hits so I don't have to go anywhere for several days and just wait it out. Worst case scenario I will drive late at night or early on the weekends to get somewhere.

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@fantabuloussnuffaluffagus1 hour ago

This happens every couple of years, why don't Vancouver drivers learn?

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@forzanerazzurri23391 hour ago

They all showed up in Canada like 5 min ago

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@Derbysboy34 minutes ago

But, but, surely "Canadian Expereince" means everyone can drive in the snow!

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@gabriel547852 seconds ago

this one is different from the ones before... I live around metrotown, the snow is not that heavy last night, I guess it just snow a little bit but freeze up after, it turn out there is a lot of black ice which is causing the big trouble here, like I can;'t shovel off the snow this morning as they are half now half ice...

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@FlaviaOroz3 hours ago

A symphony of intellect and humor; a fusion that resonates with the essence of every viewer.

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@stevocanuck1 hour ago (edited)

might be a dumb question but what do you do in the sitatuion where your ends up in a pile like that? Claim ICBC? The snow was crazy. Within 30 minutes we had an insane amount

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@strawberries2171 hour ago

Just get snow tires. All these happened because these cars can't run on even 2cm snow just because their car either or both no snow tires and or no awd.

@KyleJewell1 hour ago

Wet heavy snow is a nightmare. But people should use their heads.

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@ilijabosnjak762 hours ago

Grimlock smash,Grimlock laugh at puny humans,slip and slide humans,no crampons

hahaha Grimlock love snow…

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@borasumer1 hour ago

There is something called winter tires, yeah.

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@rickvervoort95363 hours ago

This would never of happened without Justin Trudeau's global cooling carbon tax. Thank's Justin.

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@Behappyrightnow2 hours ago

That’s a full out lie, it’s happening because people can’t drive in that weather without snow tires..Jesus

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@martin22891 hour ago

If unironic, this is one of the dumbest comments ever.

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@rickvervoort95361 hour ago

 @Behappyrightnow  Are you suggesting Justin's carbon tax doesn't work?

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@user-iw4jl6bc8h1 hour ago

You are probably like Trump and Pierre lies

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@bobwoods13021 hour ago

So you want to politicize a snowstorm? Just because you work at a gas station doesn't mean you need to beat the drum for big oil. There's other jobs out there. You'll be ok.

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@rickvervoort95361 hour ago

 @bobwoods1302  Is that a yes or a no Bob?

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@stevenmuranetz790946 minutes ago

​@rickvervoort9536 works for the government not the people

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@hugger71021 hour ago

Was living there last winter, a single snow turns mess. Don’t see a tiny issue in Calgary.

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@bonnyc3921 hour ago

We have more issues in Ottawa as they do not clear as effectively as this did many tears ago but they salt.

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@asmith894751 minutes ago

Calgary has less hills, less traffic and less Asian drivers. so not surprising.

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@heinrichrootlit1 minute ago

The winter came to Canada...., suddenly...., out of nowhere.... Nobody expected this from mother nature.

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