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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet
In King County, there is no snow routes for plowing. All routes that get plowed are the freeways that are governed by the State of Washington, which uses salt.
So streets like Mercer St. and West Lake Sammamish--don't get plowed. Even with 5 inches of ice with fresh powder snow. Now King County can say what it wants when the snow is only going to last 2-3 days and use alternatives as much as they want. But, when the State shuts down both I-90 and 520 freeways (another issue in and of itself), a whole bunch of people attempt to drive the by the top of Lake Washington into Seattle or take the tortuous trip on I-405 south into Seattle, which is treacherous and the only safest road to get into Seattle might be Elliot Bay Way--since the Alaskan Way Viaduct is in very poor shape...
And as some Seattlelites pride themselves, they can barely drive in the water, much less on ice.
This is NOT a ordinary situation.
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Is the public transportation working? It would seem smart to make sure those routes were clear and to encourage people to use that (though are they really being smart?). I remember the storm a couple weeks ago, a city bus was just abandoned on the street in Spokane. Even the plows here have chains on, which I didn't need until the ice puddle formed at the bottom of my driveway.
I hope this crap is dealt with by MLK Jr. weekend. I'm planning to come over with two of my girls to go to the Lucy exhibit (and other stuff) and I'm not interested in scary Seattle drivers (plus we want to use public transpo, as much as possible).
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