Still Snowing
MSN Traffic Alerts are cool. The accidents started around 5AM this morning, and you could track the progress of the storm as it made it through Redmond around midday. If anyone went to campus today, they sure aren’t making it home. Judging from the sluggishness of OWA and OMA, everyone is dialed in.I-405 near my house has multiple spin-outs and pedestrians on the roadway right now. Multiple stretches of I-5 are closed, as are large numbers of Seattle streets. Chains required in Tacoma. The picture below shows the view out my garage looking down the driveway. I have since shovelled and salted, so I can get down the driveway if I want; but even with AWD there is no way I would make it out of the cul de sac without property damage. Read the Seattle-PI comment board for some entertaining anecdotes about the big snowfall of ‘04. Some people on the board have excellent tips for driving, but thebest advice is just don’t drive (or at least use chains). Seattle has too many hills and curved roads. And all of the snow should be melted by midday tomorrow, so just take a break.
