The weather in Seattle is unpredictable. Springtime is a wonderful time of a mixed up weather pattern. Less than a week ago we had rain, snow, wind, hail, and sunshine all within less than an hour. Then it rained for the next day or two. Amazingly enough is how it affects the people who live in the area. It doesn’t matter what type of weather we have people still can’t drive in it.
After a few dry days, meaning mainly cloudy and most likely no sunshine just cloudy it will rain. People here seem to freak out. They just don’t know how to drive in the liquid sunshine. Now I understand the hazards of the rain on dry roads but its no different than when it snows a half an inch here in Seattle that the whole city shuts down and becomes a ghost town. I stay home only because I don’t want to get hit by the people who have 4 wheel drive without 4 wheel stop!
On an average day it takes me 30-45 minutes to get to work. On a rainy day it can take up to an hour. On a day it snows I stay home. I was taught and raised to drive in the snow but again I don’t want to be in front of someone without four wheel stop. Can you guess what happens when the sun shines? That would be my commute in today. Of course it is a completely clear day they are saying in the low to mid 70’s for temperature which is excellent this time of year. Not a cloud in the sky. One of those days you know you should have stayed at home. It took me over an hour and a half to go 13 miles in the bright sunshine.
I am not sure what happened I think drivers got stunned by the big bright orange ball in the sky and didn’t know what to think, staring with the “Deer in the headlight” look at this bright warm ball. Until they snapped out of the golden reverie and realized they were supposed to be driving we would be stuck sitting in this parking known as a free way during the time period called rush hour.
Which brings up another point? Why do they call it rush hour when no one is moving very fast or at all?
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