Nation Washington state police spend 10 hours digging out cars buried by tumbleweeds on New Year’s Eve January 2, 2020 Jordan Culver, USA TODAY Comments Off on Washington state police spend 10 hours digging out cars buried by tumbleweeds on New Year’s Eve Washington State Patrol troopers found five cars and one 18-wheeler buried under tumbleweeds on a roadway near the Tri-Cities on New Year's Eve.