In the city with Giants such as Microsoft, Boeing and Starbucks we find ourselves at the mercy of the a little precipitation. With the November holiday weekend coming to a close the weather decided we needed more time off work. (oh bless you dear weather God) The roads began to get slick as the mercury dropped. The snow fell fast and furious for about 5 hours straight our highways, byways and all the ways in-between got hammered. No major route was accident free, and with our IQ, several cars went abandoned on the sides of the road (the drivers probably searching for an open Starbucks) only compounded the problem. What a nice day today though, clear and cold. With the road frozen over enough to play early morning ice hockey on, only the stupid ventured out. On a midday walk about our neighborhood we were privilege to witness such stupidity as an elderly lady tried to make it down an icy 6 grade short slope. Only to be serenaded with the sounds of honking and crunching as we could not see the catastrophe. Well the roads are mostly clear now, but with the forecast of rain and freezing temperatures again tomorrow I hope we get our sand/salt trucks out of the barns and onto the roads.
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Some of the people on the road are leftover from last night's commute. it took me 5 hours to get home, and my fender & passenger door felt the pain...and so did someone's Toyota that they left not quite far enough off the side of the road. Don't worry, I left a note. In 5 hours, I only saw one sand truck. It's not like the city didn't get the same weather forecast that the rest of us got! Thanks for the stay in Hotel T&R, as I have got to try to get to work tomorrow!