Live: the last hour of the big snow
History. 2009: The previous great Madrid snowfall
They said: don't go out, stay home.
But some of us ignored it.
Bad. Fatal.
The result: two hours stuck on the road.
First on the
M-30
, then on the A-2.
A 20-minute journey that you could do with your eyes closed turned into an apocalyptic scene.
With a happy ending, yes.
Exceptional situations bring out the best in people.
The famous we will leave better was the order of the day on the slope that connects the M-30 with the
Zaragoza
highway
.
There was no other.
A
Humberto
he has caught the snow working with his truck.
He was heading for Calle
Alcalá
, but the exit was cut off, so he tried to get out the way he could.
Like everyone.
Dozens of cars in a row that only broke the most trapped, thrown to one side.
And Humberto, who had already seen himself in many of these, walking up and down directing the operation.
Without losing your cool.
“People get nervous when sliding, they accelerate and they get crossed.
That's why we are all here, "he protests.
It comes from pushing five or six cars that, yes, had been impatient.
Humberto's invaluable lesson as he places ropes on the wheels of his truck with the expertise of one who, indeed, has experience in these struggles.
When you start, smooth.
Stay off the gas, let the car slide and keep going.
The firm steering wheel, do not go against the force ».
We advance barely ten meters in an hour.
In the gutter, Domingo puts some covers on the wheels of his taxi, very angry.
The shift has just started.
"If I have the client inside," he says.
"If we were all in line one by one this would not happen, the smart ones come who want to overtake the others and we all end up trapped in the snow," he grumbled.
Can I take a picture of you?
"Do what you want, what means are you?"
Philosophy under the chaos
Inside hold, patient,
Leonor
.
He has left work and has ordered a taxi, as if he were not going to return home with the news that the radio was spitting, less and less encouraging.
The M-40 has been cut, sections of the M-30 have been cut, and Barajas is finally closed.
Again, the confinement.
This time in the car already below zero.
Leonor
takes it with philosophy: «What am I going to do, daughter?
Well wait, we'll get there ».
With the scarf, the hat and the mask you can hardly see his face, but I could swear he is smiling.
Ramón gets out
of
Humberto's
truck
, solicitous.
"You follow our tracks and we're on the way up, don't get off the tracks!", He says, "and if you need help, just call me off."
Climb into the back of the vehicle, hanging like a garbage truck.
The blizzard has covered its long ponytail with snow, it is so frozen that it hardly moves in the air.
A group of volunteers is pushing the cars, uphill, until it seems that the worst is over.
When joining the A2, Humberto's truck sinks.
The chains have been broken.
Again it's a rescue operation.
Ramón
is wrapping the wheels and apologizes.
Impossible to pass until they get out.
Inch by inch, they push the truck away into the ditch.
Driving tips
"Go on, do not go second at any time and do not stray from the tracks of the cars," they encourage, "if you get overwhelmed, stop and ask for help, don't get impatient."
Good night and good luck, colleagues.
There is already 30 centimeters of snow on the sides of the road, impossible to go over 20km / h, very brave to take a risk and go out through the virgin snow.
Everything is so covered and the snow falls with such force that it is very difficult to distinguish the exits, even those that one travels daily.
Everywhere cars crossed with hazard lights.
In the middle, a reporter and a cameraman give the part.
The snowfall this Friday in
Madrid
gives, of course, a lot of history.
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