Walking through a snowglobe

[randy_byers]

Well, Seattle is getting snowed on now. I walked to work in it. Very nice, especially once I got to the Wallingford ridge, and it got thicker and covered the ground better. The falling snow was crisp and light, not like the heavy, wet snow we get most often in these parts. There weren't many other pedestrians or cars, so it was very quiet and peaceful. The I-5 bridge looked like a snowglobe in the distance.

It hadn't started snowing by the time I went to bed last night, so I figured it was yet another dud snowpocalypse. Then I was jolted awake in the early morning by two deep, rolling thunderbolts. Yowza! I imagined the skies splitting open and dumping snow, although I didn't get out of bed to check. It was freezing cold in my basement room. Boy, I didn't want to get out of bed.

It'll be interesting to see if the University stays open all day. One forecast I heard on the radio predicted freezing temperatures later once the sky clears, which could mean ice under the snow. That might not be so fun to walk on, let alone drive on. Then again, there are no classes now, and lots of people haven't come to work, so maybe they'll just stay open for those of us who are here.

Snow continues to fall outside my office window. Capitol Hill looks like a snowglobe in the distance.

Comments

[wrdnrd]

I'm told that the U's policy in situations like this is "Who cares?" Students aren't here and, alas, employees just aren't the same priority.

SNOW!

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's not quite a foot of SNOW!!!, but it'll do, eh?

[wrdnrd]

Since i know that this is the most snow i'm likely to get in Seattle, and since i don't want to even IMAGINE what the city would collectively do if we got a foot of snow -- yes, this will more than do. :)

[bluewoad.livejournal.com]

Or we could work at UWB where the policy seems to be "If the Chancellor wakes up and sees his shadow, the campus gets closed."

[wrdnrd]

Much to my boss's aggravation, because UWB also can't seem to figure out how to update the homepage themselves so they call him at 4:45am to get him to do it. Sometimes it just doesn't pay to be so damned competent.

[alanro.livejournal.com]

I am working from home today. There are seven inches of snow on the ground in Redmond, and the snow is still falling heavily. I tried to walk up the hill to work (the Microsoft campus is open with limited services) this morning, but a few minutes of sliding on the ice put paid to that bright idea...

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a lot more snow than we have. The snow isn't really sticking on the pavement around here, so the streets and sidewalks are fine. There's an inch or two of snow on grassy areas. But boy, if the roads freeze tonight ...