Jose Laslo He is a street artist and lives in Roca where he is studying at university.. Originally from Corrientes, she had decided to spend a few days, taking advantage of the long weekend, in Bariloche. But the snow, which this Thursday covered a good part of the region, frustrated his trip, leaving him stranded and uncertain on the bus that was to take him to the mountain city.
“It is a feeling of great anguish and injustice,” described the man, who left today at 6 in the morning from the Roca terminal and He is currently in Piedra del Águilawhere a large number of people were stranded, collapsing the accommodations.
This morning, National Route 237 It was temporarily closed and then restricted to the circulation of heavy vehicles.. In the afternoon, finally traffic on all routes in the province it was closed and hundreds of motorists, the vast majority traveling to the Andean region, were left on the road.
Some on the same route, as Luciana Ortiz Luna, head of Provincial Emergencies and Risk Management, pointed out earlier, and others in the town, as is the case of José, 36 years old.
After more than 12 hours of travel, marked by snow and a congested route for kilometers, the bus that transports him and was due to arrive this afternoon in Bariloche, managed to arrive at Piedra del Águila.
«The driver told us that they were going to take us to sleep at a sports center, but apparently they are still setting it up so we can be«, commented Laslo.
Outraged by the situation, the artist who sings tangos in the streets of Roca highlighted the great effort he had to make, both in his work and in his university studies at the IUPA, to travel this long weekend.
He pointed out that these are days that “I no longer have any left, because they are being discounted. On Monday I have a return ticket and I don’t have money to buy food, because the company (Flecha Bus) didn’t give us anything, we were on the bus all day«.
José also explained that for now he is not sure of continuing with his trip, because “there are versions that we would return to Neuquén and that the routes will continue to be closed.” «They told us: ‘we’ll see you tomorrow’. There is no specific proposal for this situation«.
Stranded in the snow of Neuquén: Piedra del Águila prepared a sports center
As the passenger indicated, from the municipality of Piedra del Águila they launched an operation to condition the commune’s gym and receive there some of those stranded due to the storm, which brought intense snowfalls and temperatures below 0° to the area of middle Limay.
«The idea is to welcome individuals and groups. We no longer have accommodation and here you will be able to have a mattress and basic services to spend the night“Sonia Prieto, the local Civil Defense coordinator, told this medium.
Those who spend the night will also be provided with “hot water, bathrooms and a place to sleep tonight until tomorrow, when we will analyze the situation again,” the official explained.
Until 10pm, There were at least six long-distance buses stranded at the town’s terminala characteristic stop for those going to or coming from the Rio Negro mountain range and the south of Neuquén.
