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Seattle is just south of 48 degrees N latitude. Yet we pretend that it never snows. I guess we don't have the usual Norhtern city investment in plows, sanders, etc. But of course it does snow, just not every year. Right now much of the city and region is shut down with moderate snowfall (heavier in some outlying areas, even at near sea level.)
The freeways seem to have been reasoanably cleared, but even downtown Seattle is like an ice rink. Stranded and wrecked cars everywhere.
For me the problem is that the buses run erratically if at all. So I wind up standing on the corner in the wind for a long while, or trying to walk on sometimes very slick sidewalks. Yesterday I saw a middle aged woman take a pretty bad fall, but she was fortunately OK.
Has anyone tried Yaktrax? I guess they are kind of light duty crampons that you strap on your boots to give better traction on icy sidewalks. I doubt they would reach me in time for this cold spell, but there may be others and there will certainly be other years.
Ha
The freeways seem to have been reasoanably cleared, but even downtown Seattle is like an ice rink. Stranded and wrecked cars everywhere.
For me the problem is that the buses run erratically if at all. So I wind up standing on the corner in the wind for a long while, or trying to walk on sometimes very slick sidewalks. Yesterday I saw a middle aged woman take a pretty bad fall, but she was fortunately OK.
Has anyone tried Yaktrax? I guess they are kind of light duty crampons that you strap on your boots to give better traction on icy sidewalks. I doubt they would reach me in time for this cold spell, but there may be others and there will certainly be other years.
Ha