The Traffic Jam That Wasn't (Actual Mileage May Vary)

Despite the fact that we take the bus from North Seattle to Downtown and avoid completely the I-5 work that's being done, the TV and newspapers had us prepared for the worst. We spent the weekend hiding caches of water and ammo at various safehouses along our commute route, and packed a NOAA weather radio, our Garmin handheld and some flares into our laptop bag this morning, such was the urgency of the pending doom. Then, this morning, nothing happened. Maybe there were a few extra people on the bus who had to stand in the aisle for at least 10 blocks, but they got on at the "last call for North Seattle" stops which Seattlest believe to be within easy bike riding distance of Downtown anyway (similar to the way that people can obviously walk up the stairs to the third floor, but the fourth floor upon which we work is clearly elevator access only).

People down south may have had a different experience, if they're even at work today. Seattlest has already alerted the office to the potential of numerous work-at-home days in the next few weeks, so we imagine someone actually affected by the road work to be sipping lemonade on the beach right now, but that probably doesn't entirely reflect reality.