Armageddon Time: 800 Car Traffic Jam in Wisconsin

Posted by Brian Fairbanks

Okay, it doesn't look anything like the totally rad photo above, but we're imagining Woodstock-style lines, couples meeting and falling in love because the guy with the motorcycle picked the girl up hitching, people hanging out and tailgating. Unfortunately, the real pictures are probably a lot less fun: this interstate in Wisconsin is just probably the world's largest clusterfuck.

Just another opportunity for us New York City folk to rub it in: we got the subway, baby. And you remember what the subway has, an idea no doubt Scanner Emily will try out after her many triumphs last night.  


Comments

Neige said:

No one was getting out of their cars to do anything yesterday.

It was cold, it was snowing and the wind was blowing 25 mph.

February 7, 2008 7:00 PM

m0rrigan said:

Do you have subways in upstate New York?  Because the area where the traffic jam was was not in the city, just FYI.  And yeah, sadly the blizzard conditions probably prevented any tailgating or car-to-car romances.  That's not to say that no one got it on in the backseat while they were waiting.  I mean, when in Rome, right?

February 8, 2008 11:06 AM

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Brian Fairbanks, the Senior National Political Correspondent for Nerve, is a filmmaker living in Brooklyn or New Orleans, depending on the season. He is a heavily-armed advocate of gun control.

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