Aloha everyone,

The longest I heard of anyone being stuck in it was 5 1/2 hours. Still plenty long.

I was fortunate in that I was not in the downtown area that day, otherwise, I might have been stuck too.

My wife was talking to me about what happened and my response to her was that I would get off the freeway, go eat dinner and if it was still bad, probably stay overnight in a hotel.

We have pretty good traffic updates on the radio and have traffic cams that are available on tv and online. Also, the coconut wireless (grapevine, if you will) is unbelievable good and fast.

The people stuck in it the longest, were those that were too stubborn to get off the freeway. Those that got off and went to eat dinner and try again were stuck for about 2 1/2 hours.