our own ron alan has made his way to an i-90 overpass in west seneca, new york. ron, how are we holding up there? >> reporter: the conditions out here are pretty tough. heavy snow is falling. there's two feet or more on the ground in some areas and the big problem is over there behind me. that's i-90. and you can see the lights of a long line of cars and trucks sitting there in gridlock. it started last night around 8:00 when a big truck jackknifed and crashed, blocking hundreds of cars and motorists, leaving them stranded, many through the night and through the day. it is the first major snowstorm of the season for upstate new york. and it has completely paralyzed a vast stretch of the region's main highway. drivers stranded, sharing mare misery on cell phones on the local evening news. >> i was very optimistic up until midnight. then the state troopers came through and said it will be a while. >> well, we started building a snowman. >> reporter: this woman sat in traffic for more than 11 hours. >> it just halted to a stop right around 9:30, quarter till 10:00. t