When It Snows, We Shut Down

The times they are a-changin’.

This post seems to be older than 15 years—a long time on the internet. It might be outdated.

Five years of driving in Colorado winters is great preparation for times like this in Seattle:

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Last week1 Seattle got an amazing 2-5″ of snow.

Unfortunately, while I can get around with such practice, my experience is unable to magically transport itself into others. Thus I am still stuck in a city that can’t clear roads with drivers who still do stupid things:

I digress.

The snow started in earnest Monday morning. We were in a cold snap the previous weekend, so I was pretty sure the snow would stick. I left work early on Monday so I wouldn’t get stuck in the traffic, which turned out to be a good call. I heard it took some people as long as 12 hours to get home.

I decided to work from home on Tuesday, which was a good call as things remained frozen overnight and I heard it was a nightmare to get to work.

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Meanwhile, I commuted five minutes on foot my local Starbucks and camped out.

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  1. November 22-24th