Snow and Seattle

It was really a crazy week with the snow in our area this week. I drove over the pass on the day that it really went nuts with the snow. I had to detour on a 2-lane road for about 30 miles which was very interesting at times. I decided to pull over and chain-up right ahead of a semi that had pulled off to chain the tires. I was not wanting to become the stuck car in the middle of the road, blocking it. After I chained-up I felt pretty good. I am always concerned that part of the cable will hit the car and chip the paint or something.

It was a very slow grind to get over the pass. It was by far the worst drive I have had over it in my memory. It was so snowy for so long. I was glad that I had already chained-up, because it was really nasty out there. My car performed really well, along with my chains and I made home.

The next day Mary was driving to work and the traffic was at a stand-still in Seattle a few miles from her work and the engine was running a little hot. After what happened this summer with the radiator explosion, she was a little worried so pulled over and turned off the engine to let it cool down. When she went to restart it, it wouldn't start. Luckily we just had the car worked on and the shop gave us a free membership in a loyalty program that actually has roadside assistance. She ended up getting towed by a AAA truck. He took her to her job where I had her get a jump and the car started right up. Hopefully, it was just a drain from the cold on the battery. It has ran fine since then so all good so far.

There were a couple tour buses that slid down a steep street in Seattle and one crashed through the guardrail and was hanging over I-5, then the second bus hit the first one pushing it further out over the freeway. Only in Seattle do our buses keep crashing through barricades and falling or almost falling to the streets below.

They chain up the buses one day, when they don't need it, then when they should have chains, they are unchained. Typical King County wisdom. Incompetents in the local governments. Liberals, why do they ignore history? If they didn't surely they would learn some lessons so these accidents could be further minimized.