Was very cold and trying to snow all morning, like yesterday, but wasn't really settling. By 1400 it was starting to settle and we were warned to leave the office as Seattle gets "manic" when it snows. Since Seattle is on the coast, it doesn't get snow that often, so they don't have the resources to grit or treat the roads properly.
It was carnage. Ever major trunk road had multiple accidents on them and it seemed the entire population of Seattle were in their cars. My journey took twice as long as usual, but I was helped by managing to get onto a bypass that had actually been shut.
Watching the evening news I discover that the authorities were using a brine solution to treat the roads, but had got the concentrations wrong and it didn't contain enough salt, so they were basically spreading water on frozen roads.
I chose the wrong day not to have any food in the house; had to walk through a blizzard to get to the supermarket. Snow fell all evening. My evening entertainment was provided by the hill that I live on. Its very step, I needed the 4x4 to get up it when there was only a little snow around. Now, with 2 inches of snow, it was proving impassable. They had already blocked all the roads around me off, but that didn't stop people trying. Everyone failed. 1 guy got very close, but then zigzagged all the way down taking out 3 cars as he went. I'm glad I've got off street parking!
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