On Tuesday there were light flurries, which was enough to freak most Washington natives out for some reason:<\/p>\n

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That didn’t make much sense to me.\u00a0 So I went to work, and again on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Then I woke up this morning (Thursday) to the following:<\/p>\n

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You’ll note that the truck in red is stuck.\u00a0 Blocking half the exit to my parking lot.\u00a0 Of course, there was only one thing to do:<\/p>\n

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Build a snowman!\u00a0 And then, of course, listen for interesting sounds of stranded vehicles.\u00a0 Who would have thought to catch this one so early?<\/p>\n

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That’s right.\u00a0 “Neither rain, nor hail, nor sleet, nor snow…”\u00a0 Not to fear, a rescue operation soon ensued, involving a special courier delivery of a spiffy set of tire chains and two grunts to shove the truck out of the rut after wrestling the chains on:<\/p>\n

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Don’t worry, he made it.\u00a0 Oh, and the snowman?\u00a0 He was buried by 3:30PM…<\/p>\n

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Yeah.\u00a0 I think I’ll work from home today.\u00a0 Did I mention that the entire King County only owns 27 snow plows and 15 dump trucks<\/a> for over 2100 miles of road?\u00a0 Compare that to Dane County, WI, which employs 58 plows<\/a> for county and state highways alone<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Oh, and that’s not counting the “170 pieces of equipment<\/a>” used by the city of Madison…<\/p>\n

Obviously very different in terms of yearly snowfall, but still.\u00a0 Can you blame me for staying home?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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