{"id":201130,"date":"2020-01-03T20:33:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T12:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1815249\/"},"modified":"2020-01-03T20:33:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T12:33:29","slug":"tumbleweed-storm-stops-traffic-buries-vehicles-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2020\/01\/03\/tumbleweed-storm-stops-traffic-buries-vehicles-in-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Tumbleweed Storm Stops Traffic, Buries Vehicles in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tumble-2-690-650x366.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"figcaption\">Tumbleweeds buried vehicles along the highway in Washington (via WSDOT)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While you were sleeping off your first hangover of the year, Washington State transportation workers were sifting through heaps of tumbleweeds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Route 250 in eastern Washington briefly shut down this week after a massive pile of wind-blown tumbleweeds flooded the roadway, trapping cars and trucks in mounds of diaspores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Images shared by the state Department of Transportation on Wednesday are equally terrifying and hilarious: To someone who&#8217;s never lived in the western United States, this scene is unimaginable.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our crews are continuing to keep watch on SR 240 and the tumbleweed impacts there. They will be patrolling through this evening to help keep the road open to traffic. Please take care if you choose to travel through this area as winds continue to move the tumbleweeds around. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d6dlQPvESL\">pic.twitter.com\/d6dlQPvESL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WSDOT East (@WSDOT_East) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WSDOT_East\/status\/1212511920504229888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Our crews are continuing to keep watch on SR 240 and the tumbleweed impacts there,&#8221; the WSDOT said. &#8220;Please take care if you choose to travel through this area as winds continue to move the tumbleweeds around.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Patrol District 3 Public Information Officer Chris Thorson tweeted a video of two men tossing tumbles aside to uncover a buried vehicle.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tumblegeddon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tumblegeddon<\/a> After 10 hours of SR 240 being closed last night on New Year\u2019s Eve, it was opened around 0430 thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WSDOT_East?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WSDOT_East<\/a>  We still have one abandon car trapped in the tumbleweeds that was found at daylight, luckily no one was in it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/df7XbnqafE\">pic.twitter.com\/df7XbnqafE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trooper C. Thorson (@wspd3pio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wspd3pio\/status\/1212403363326779392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We have confirmed no one is in this car, but we are trying to access the license plate to get ahold of the owner this morning,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What looks like a low-budget horror\/western film, however, is a very real problem for folks in the US.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salsola ryanii\u2014a hybrid species of giant tumbleweed once expected to go extinct\u2014is alive and well, and growing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/news\/monster-tumbleweed-invades-us-1801777\/\">According to a recent study<\/a> from the University of California Riverside, the strain develops more &#8220;vigorously&#8221; than its parent plants, thanks to a double set of their chromosomes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite its frequent use as a symbol of humor, tumbleweed is no joke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More resolute than its progenitors\u2014which are invasive in 48 states\u2014Salsola ryanii&#8217;s range is likely to continue spreading. 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