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Jammed traffic pictured during the snow storm in Portland on Wednesday
A rare snow storm brought Oregon's largest city to a halt, with thousands of vehicles barely able to move on Portland streets and on one of its main highways.
Commuters began leaving work early on Wednesday, hoping to beat the storm.
But they quickly found themselves on streets that were clogged with traffic that was inching along on snow-slick streets.
Cars fish-tailed, spun out, and collided. Motorists, some with their kids in their cars, who had made scant progress tried to keep their patience.
After more than three hours of waiting, some abandoned their vehicles and started walking.
Others hoped they wouldn't run out of gas.
Kimberly Wrolstad had been stuck on Interstate 5 heading to Tigard for about 90 minutes on Wednesday afternoon.
'It's frustrating,' she said. 'I don't know what's going on. I don't know if there are accidents. I know some of the trucks are having difficulties.'
Some drivers in Portland took to twitter to voice their frustrations about the clogged traffic.
'I've been stuck in snow traffic for over an hour & maps says it's going to take 2 more hours to get home,' Twitter user Cortney wrote on Wednesday amid the snow storm.
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