RICHMOND -
For commuters trying to travel by bus up and down the East Coast, Saturday's storm proved highly disruptive.
Nearly 100 people crouched in metal chairs, huddled next to walls and milled about the terminal at Greyhound's Boulevard station.
Their demands were all the same- continue bus service, preferably as soon as possible.
"The roads are all clear," exclaimed Bob Cronk, a Florida man trying to get back to Daytona Beach for back surgery. "I guess they're waiting for the snow to actually melt."
Cronk was hardly alone in his frustration. Dozens of other passengers told CBS 6 they were at wit's end with Greyhound as they waited around to return to family, friends and jobs.
"I haven't slept in 24 hours, and I am wired," said Maria Blake. The Jacksonville native couldn't manage to fall asleep on the chairs and didn't want to rest on the floor. "When we got here Friday, all it was doing was raining, raining, raining," Blake continued. "And then it snowed a little bit, but it was further north."
Many passengers have been delayed in Richmond for two days, some of them for three, as they wait for service to pick up again.
Saturday the Red Cross brought hot meals and supplies for the stranded travelers.
"It's a very frustrating feeling to be trapped anywhere," said Bill Harrison, spokesperson for the organization. "Whether it's the airport or the bus station or the train station, and some of these people have been here for several days."
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell told residents earlier in the day that the state continued to dispatch plows and manpower to all the major roadways and interstates.
McDonnell said I-95 and I-64 are "passable," but he still urges all drivers to remain off the streets and highways until conditions improve.
Travelers at the bus station, meanwhile, hope they have one wish granted if they must spend another couple nights stuck in the terminal.
"A flat screen television," said Carmen Burks, a woman trying to reach New Jersey from Augusta, Georgia. "We want to watch the Superbowl, at least give us that."
Nearly 100 people crouched in metal chairs, huddled next to walls and milled about the terminal at Greyhound's Boulevard station.
Their demands were all the same- continue bus service, preferably as soon as possible.
"The roads are all clear," exclaimed Bob Cronk, a Florida man trying to get back to Daytona Beach for back surgery. "I guess they're waiting for the snow to actually melt."
Cronk was hardly alone in his frustration. Dozens of other passengers told CBS 6 they were at wit's end with Greyhound as they waited around to return to family, friends and jobs.
"I haven't slept in 24 hours, and I am wired," said Maria Blake. The Jacksonville native couldn't manage to fall asleep on the chairs and didn't want to rest on the floor. "When we got here Friday, all it was doing was raining, raining, raining," Blake continued. "And then it snowed a little bit, but it was further north."
Many passengers have been delayed in Richmond for two days, some of them for three, as they wait for service to pick up again.
Saturday the Red Cross brought hot meals and supplies for the stranded travelers.
"It's a very frustrating feeling to be trapped anywhere," said Bill Harrison, spokesperson for the organization. "Whether it's the airport or the bus station or the train station, and some of these people have been here for several days."
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell told residents earlier in the day that the state continued to dispatch plows and manpower to all the major roadways and interstates.
McDonnell said I-95 and I-64 are "passable," but he still urges all drivers to remain off the streets and highways until conditions improve.
Travelers at the bus station, meanwhile, hope they have one wish granted if they must spend another couple nights stuck in the terminal.
"A flat screen television," said Carmen Burks, a woman trying to reach New Jersey from Augusta, Georgia. "We want to watch the Superbowl, at least give us that."
