Unfortunately, my underground lair is still under construction. Who know giant underground silo doors disguises as 50 foot waterfall will take so long to build?
“We’re all trapped in this building together… the murderer must be one of us!!!” (Cue dramatic music…)
Well, we can’t use our cars, but we are more than welcome to go out and walk about. So, you can call off your helicopters, Armando!
No one’s been reported dead yet, and let’s hope it stays that way. The main difference is, in New Orleans, the government promised to help and then did nothing. Here, there government said, from day one, “we will do nothing for you.” And the people of Seattle have responded, by and large, “okay, we’re mostly fine with that.”
(Washington is income tax-less state. State govern has suggested, we could have east coast-style massively efficient snow clearing operation, if we started collecting income taxes. Voters have responded, “f**k off, I’ll buy my own damn shovel.” Mostly Seattlites are calm and quiet, and no one’s really complaining about the closure of ENTIRE DAMN CITY!!! Well, except for us east coast transplants, who have been bitching and moaning nonstop for 4 days now.)
Well, the average Winter temp in Seattle is somewhere in 40 degrees, I believe. This cold temperature and the snow storm is a rather rare occurance. Which is exactly the rationale behind the city’s “let’s just wait until it melts” strategy.
No, feel free to make light. It’s pretty hilarious. This is, by no means, like Katrina. People are NOT trapped, they just have nowhere to go, because all the shops are closed. (And also, they can’t drive. They’ll be able to, in a few days.) It must suck for people who really must be somewhere… but for rest of us, it’s an interesting, surreal experience.
This is why we make fun of ourselves.
Oh, there was so much sledding going on everywhere for days. Last night, I saw some epic sledding going on. There’s the obligatory cross-country skiiers on city streets everywhere. I saw a few dudes on snowboards trying to slide (unsuccessfully) toward the mall.
You’re absolutely right, of course. Allowing the entire city to close down, in terms of business activities, is a ridiculous idea if this happened every year. This is only a viable option if storms like this were freak occurrences. Which they are. Chemical de-icers maybe harmful to trees we so love to hug, but if it snowed every year in Seattle, we’d probably say “f**k the trees, we want our roads back.”
I’m thinking exactly the same thing. Being trapped inside a building with nothing but microwavable mac n cheese, ramen noodles and booze? Well I’ve done that for 4 years. This is nothing!
Everyone’s welcome here. My apartment, my noodles and my champane/riesling/gerwurtzraminer collections are at your disposal. Unfortunately, I can’t pick you up at the airport. 
Well, downtown (where I live) still has power, internet, cable… all the amenities one requires is unaffected. Maybe some of the suburbs or rural areas have lost power… I don’t know.
I remember fondly being in NY for the Great Blackout of 2003. I had lived in that building for a year, and that was the first time I met my neighbors. A few neighbors brought their guitars down, and we had a impromptu jam-session. Turns out a few of our neighbors were in a blues band together, I learned that day! It was a very surreal day.
Well, as a Northeast transplant, imagine my surprise to hear from the news that they won’t start their plow trucks until things start to melt a bit. I thought “WTF?”
I’m happy to report that at the local zoo, Biff the Alpaca (seriously, that’s his name) is surviving the snow quite well:
