Near Reeds Gap Blue Ridge Parkway Nelson-Augusta County, VA Line By Tommy Stafford (some editorial content included) On Friday yet another semi tractor trailer blocked Route 664 near Reeds Gap. This is the forth big rig this week to get stuck there and block the roadway. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday law enforcement and emergency crews […]
Central Virginia Blue Ridge Area & Shenandoah Valley As Tommy mentioned in his most recent forecast, a light coating of ice fell across the area in the predawn hours Saturday morning causing a big mess on roadways across the region. At one point the Virginia State Police had 18 accidents in Augusta County alone waiting […]
Afton Mountain Nelson / Albemarle County, VA After a beautiful Thanksgiving, many people were heading back home on Sunday to start their post holiday work week. Combine heavy traffic and fog with near zero visibility on Afton Mountain along I-64 and you had a recipe for disaster. Early Sunday afternoon numerous multi-car accidents starting happening […]
Woods Mill Nelson County, VA A mess. A big mess. That’s how you could describe roads across Nelson County after an early March snow. Accidents were so numerous across the county we couldn’t possibly mention them all. One of the major ones was on Route 29 just south of Shady’s Exxon. A tractor trailer jackknifed […]
Nelson County, Virginia Around 3-5 inches of snow fell overnight in Nelson County, Virginia. No new story there, it’s one of many snows this winter season. But people in Nelson awoke to very gusty winds blowing the snow all over the place. Ann Strober of Nellysford grabbed this shot Wednesday morning of the wind driven […]
Nelson County, Virginia It’s here! The snow that’s been talked about for a couple of days finally arrived in the mid afternoon hours on Friday. By 4:15 PM law and rescue agencies reported numerous accidents along Route 29 in Nelson County and in Southern Albemarle County. Route 6 between US 29 and Route 151 is […]
