New Years Eve in Eastern WA

[fishing4sanity]

One of the state highways near us is closed due to tumbleweed drifts with cars buried inside. We get wind around here.

SR 240 back open after tumbleweeds shut down highway for 10 hours outside West Richland - YakTriNews.com

WEST RICHLAND, Wash. – State Route 240 is back open in both directions north of West Richland after several cars became trapped in a massive pile of tumbleweeds Tuesday night. According to the Washington State Patrol, the highway closed at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and remained closed for about 10 hours...

www.yaktrinews.com

 

[rtraverdavis]

That’s pretty wild. I hate tumbleweeds. It’s blowing pretty good out here in Central Oregon tonight, but nothing like that. You out there on the tumbleweed rescue crew @fishing4sanity?

 

[kwyeewyk]

That's one crazy pile of tumbleweeds, kinda seems like it should be the punchline to a Jeff Foxworthy joke--if you've ever missed a New Year's eve countdown because you were stuck in a pile of tumbleweeds....