# 10 hour back-up on I-5 iin Seattlle

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 23, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-hour-back-up-on-i-5-iin-seattlle/561655 "2010-11-23T13:19:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-hour-back-up-on-i-5-iin-seattlle/561655/61 "2010-11-25T19:40:00Z")

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The snow is falling more heavily now. Getting close to five inches here.

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**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-hour-back-up-on-i-5-iin-seattlle/561655/62 "2010-11-26T07:27:29Z")

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> [@Daylate](#):
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> Dead accurate analysis of Seattle. You must live here.

See the disclaimer in my post. We have a different municipal system (council/manager), so while nothing gets done here either, it doesn’t get done more efficiently.

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-hour-back-up-on-i-5-iin-seattlle/561655/63 "2010-11-26T18:13:47Z")

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Well, we didn’t make it to Sequim. We had a lovely dinner at 13 Coins. Snow is all but gone and its sunny and 70° here in matthews beach. (Not really.)

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**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-hour-back-up-on-i-5-iin-seattlle/561655/64 "2010-11-26T21:11:34Z")

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On my walk home on Monday night, I actually screamed at a couple of drivers and parked their cars for them by forcibly pushing them towards the curb. I just can’t figure out why people are so stupid- it just boggles the mind. I grew up in the northern great plains and practiced my snow driving by parallel parking on the other side of the street using the handbrake as a teenager so I am quite qualified snow driver, but I still bussed and walked home this week because, “it’s just not worth it to drive in snow!”

That said, I was teaching my CA-raised partner how to drive in snow and ice and it is really surprising how much thinking does change. I think I will actually start a new thread to talk about what exactly snow driving rules are.

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