snowed out trip....., fml.... Options

[dabazied]

Well, as most of you know, I was taking my cross country trip for work. I went down to chattanooga, tn for my first stop and got my little bit of work done and headed out for greensboro nc. 40 was closed so I had to use the bypass up the 81 to the 26 to the 240. The snow really started coming down when I was starting to cross through the mountains as I crossed the state line to nc. Almost got hit a cpl times, went sideways a cpl times. I finally made it to asheville and on to the 240, getting bumped by other motorists a couple of times. They hadnt gotten to plowing or salt/sand yet. I was having issues with my radiator staying too cold and the temp gauge would drop majorly when I put the defrost on, so I did all this driving with my windows down. I was already sick when I left california, so what, was I going to get sicker? Lol, it was cold though. I slid off the ramp at exit 8 off the 240. Slid through a couple lights. I almost ran into a burger king trying to park(still wasnt salted/sanded/plowed). Called work and they called around to try to find a hotel with a vacancy. Closest one was 2.5 miles by highway, and 7.5miles by side streets. I was walking, so I decided it had to be by non highway. I walked through the ghetto. I was walking down a steep hill in the ghetto and saw a fire engine flip, partially ejecting 1 of the fire fighters. He didnt make it because the truck was half on him. I helped the other 3 guys out of their truck and layed them out of the truck. They are heavy with their gear on. I used their radio to call in the accident and told them where we were and what happened and that the hills were so steep, they needed chains on an suv or awd vehicle to get them out. They finally got a first responder awd suv out there and were only able to get one injured fighter out at a time. I had to make it by dark to my hotel otherwise I was going to have problems, and I needed to get out of the ghetto by then as well. On the second trip for the first responder, they let me hitch a ride for a mile and a half..