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Courtney Orton and Paul Nelson reporting More than two dozen Greyhound passengers are stuck in Salt Lake because of the string of storms we've had this week. Some of them have been stranded at the Intermodal Hub since Monday.
They are eating out of vending machines, using a public restrooms to clean up the best they can, and even sleeping on cots because they can't afford hotel rooms.
"It's kind of frustrating there's no communication. We're just kind of left in a quandary. Obviously, they could care less. It's not hurting them. They could care less if we sleep here," passenger Bruce Gunther said.
Gunther is trying to get to Spokane, Wash. He's been stuck in Salt Lake since yesterday and thinks he'll be stranded here through the weekend. "I figured it will be Saturday. At the rate it's going, I'm sure it's going to be Sunday. And then here a couple hours ago the rumor was because of the mess up north with the passes we may not even be getting buses out of here until Monday," he said.
If that's the case, Jeremy Kish will have spent an entire week stranded here. "It's frustrating, but there's nothing Greyhound can do about Mother Nature," he said.
Leon Brunmier missed the birth of his son last night. "It's very frustrating because I'm out $550. I'm totally broke, and we can't go anywhere. My wife is in the hospital crying, wanting me home, and I can't do nothing about it," he said.
A Greyhound representative told Eyewitness News the company is constantly watching the weather and will get buses going as soon as the weather clears up. Unfortunately, that's not very much consolation for frustrated passengers who are sick of being stranded. "I don't like it here. I want to leave and go home," passenger Tina Meyer said.
"My boss is wondering where the heck I'm at. He's been cussing me out for two days now," passenger Curt Phillips said.
"All they can say is, ‘Come back in the morning and try again,'" Kish said.
Some members of the community have stepped up to help. A local business brought sandwiches by a couple of times.
These stranded passengers are being very patient, but, as you can imagine, they're hoping the weather will clear fast.
