Comments on: I-10 Bridge Over Escambia Bay Reopens; Wildfire Contained

By: rebekah wilson

rebekah wilson — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:12:29 +0000

we live in jay fl and we left the walmart on creighton rd at 4:30pm heading home by going davis unaware of the traffic issue, (we also have a 4 yr old son that was in the truck with us that has severe asthma Thank God we have a portable nebulizer and i keep a set of his inhalers in my purse but thankfully he had no problems) and we didnt get home (in jay) till 7:46pm (man were we tired, son had already gave up lol)

By: ED

ED — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:28:02 +0000

After sitting in traffic on I-10 eastbound with 2 kids and an infant (almost out of baby formula and diapers!), at 6:30 I made a split decision and crossed the median just before the guardrail and turned around. Ended up getting home to Milton by way of hwy 29 and then Quintette hwy. It turned out to be a great decision and didn’t take much longer than my usual route. It was very scary there for a while knowing we were literally trapped for potentially hours. I do hope everyone got home ok.

By: EE

EE — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:19:16 +0000

@ Jane fire departments had 3 boats with portable pumps and Northwest Florida Water Management had a Marsh Master (vehicle made for fighting marsh fires) at the island, couldn’t let it burn its self out due to CSX tracks that run across island.

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:51:42 +0000

It took 35 minutes to get from pea ridge to Lowes in pace. There was no po po to help traffic move better. Some people took the high road and rode the shoulder…Like where is the po po when you need em. It took us 2 hours all together to get to allentown where we live. Needless to say it was exasperating.

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:53:59 +0000

Why can’t they access the island? No fireboats? They just let it burn? Just curious.

By: DeWayne

DeWayne — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:37:40 +0000

Still closed

By: frequentflyer

frequentflyer — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:58:02 +0000

just flew in from ATL bout hr 1/2 ago, didn’t see any smoke from 1k feet, 90 looked like an LA free way, GLAD I live on the west side!

By: Wharf Rat

Wharf Rat — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:37:25 +0000

This traffic is really getting on my nerves. A lesser man would have gone ballistic by now. Oh wait…I’m part of the problem. Oh darn!!!!

By: hawghead

hawghead — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:46:42 +0000

Brings back memories of the aftermath of Ivan…….

By: thataway

thataway — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:45:57 +0000

My wife was stuck west bound on I 10 East of Avalon. From the time of the start of the back up until now, is over 3 hours. and she still is not home. She has been averaging less than 5 miles per hour, and many times less than 2 miles an hour. Vehicles have run out of gas, big rigs broken down, and no response from Santa Rosa Sheriff’s department to facilitate traffic flow.