From Johnny Archer himself on FB --> This guy's name is Rodney Hester and he was going to bed at 3am and a friend of his said that he seen on Facebook that I was stuck and was near him. He got out of bed and was out here at 3:45 looking for us. He just found us and pulled us out of our rut and now we are about 2 miles from 65-north. That is 5 and 1/2 hours roaming these back roads looking for us. I know we would still be there if it wasn't for Mr. Hester. The police around the area had no idea when we might have been rescued. Mr. Hester messed up his 4 wheel drive getting us. I know God sent Mr. Hester to save us and I will be forever indebted to him. I know if the world had more people in it like Mr. Hester then it would be a much better place. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your prayers and help for making this happen. God is great!! God bless you!! Bill Dunne.
Looks like the area he was received 7 to 8 inches according to a map found online. 10 inch snowfall was about 30 miles to the NW.
LOL - Southerners up North. I lived in a lot of places growing up. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska and many more. We moved to Texas when I was in the 5th grade. One day in winter my brother and I walked to school and when we got to school there was nobody there so we walked home. My Mother called and found out they cancelled school because of the snow. It snowed maybe 1/2 inch, we didn't even notice it but it forced this Texas town to cancel school.
I will never forget being a young man stuck in the blizzard of '78 in Boston. A trucker risked a lot to save me and drove me home. I think back and just know there is a guardian angel out there watching over. Being from California, I had no clue what to even do. Safe to say Triumph sport cars are not the best mode of transport in a blizzard!
Drove a Triumph Spitfire in Philadelphia for 3 winters. I was young, optimistic, and must have been crazy.
I wonder why Johnny was traveling through back roads. Maybe they thought it would save time, because maybe they were in a hurry to get to their destination.
Could be and as I said a Southerner traveling up North in winter. People who live in snow country carry a shovel in their trunk and know how to deal with snow.
It is crazy that such a small amount of snow fall can get a persons car stuck, but it is understandable.
Rodney plays out of the poolhall here and owns a cab company, I can only imagine where Johnny was at to take that long to find him. Otterbein isn't even on I65, we only had 5 inches of snow here so I don't get why the Interstate was so bad.
Finished him off with $220. Good luck with the truck.
It is crazy that such a small amount of snow fall can get a persons car stuck, but it is understandable.
Drove a Triumph Spitfire in Philadelphia for 3 winters. I was young, optimistic, and must have been crazy.