That was quite a night.  For the second time this winter we got dumped on during the evening commute, then froze.  Last time my bus got stuck and dumped me off well before the Redmond park and ride.  This time I luckily was carpooling in Chickenhawk’s Subaru.  Unluckily we got a good layer of hail before the snow, which quickly turned into ice.  We got stopped midway down BelRed road where people with less capable cars had cluttered the intersection and surrounding area with cars.  We watched people hit the ice sheets and slide slowly but surely into other cars.  Determined not to get into the same situation we helped get a Mustang out of the traffic lanes and safely onto a sidestreet.  Though at least twice CHawk had to run back and reposition his car as it started to slide away while it was parked.

 All told it took us about 2 and a half hours to get home on what is normally a 20-30 minute commute, and we even left earlier than most.  I hope people let this be a lesson to them that they need to learn how to drive in slick conditions.  If everyone knew even a little about throttle/brake modulation and how traction works, we wouldn’t wind up with piles of abandoned cars at every difficult spot.  One bright spot is that the goat is already in the bodyshop getting it’s dent fixed, so I won’t have to wait for the latest round of dented cars to be repaired.