Roads Are Icy and Clogged with Abandoned Cars

After listening to the various radio stations this morning, here's the scoop:

There's at least some ice on all the roads, even Interstate 5.

Many access roads are icy and clogged with abandoned cars from last night and this morning.

NE 145th St is closed between 20th NE and Lake City Way (there's a considerable acclivity there, apparently it got too icy to drive).

The Olympic Mountains look absolutely beautiful.

As usual, the problem isn't so much the condition of the roads, which by, say, Vermont standards are what you'd see in April, but that so few people have traction tires or chains. Then there's those subset of people who are simply clueless, like the girl we saw talking on her cellphone as she drove 99 in heavy traffic last night. These people tend to drive too fast, not know how to drive in winter, and end up spinning their cars into ditches. They--not the roads--are the true hazard here.