Snow or No Snow?

It does not snow in the Seattle area very often. Typically it snows once or twice a year. Last year it snowed three times and we had two large wind storms (which manage to leave some of us in the dark for days). Last night there was talk of possible snow showers. This is never good news to me. Snow is pretty etc but, let's face it, for most of my life I lived in CA and never knew the other side of 'snow'. For example, last year I made a wrong choice to try to make it up a hill in the snow in my car. I saw a car go up it before me without any problem so I thought I could do it. There was some pavement showing... But this native Cali girl ended up putting cables on a car in a driveway half way up the hill. It took me over an hour to rescue myself! Most of us don't have that kind of time to spend doing that sort of thing, and I didn't that day. Going down the hill wasn't an option. Picture an icy hill, a skating rink like situation, and a drop off into a creek. Going up was my only option. I usually am very careful driving but that time I learned a big lesson. I have lots of respect for nature and the elements.

I think ice is worse than snow. Sometimes a person doesn't see it and you lose control of your steering. You have to drive really really slow and then it is still iffy. I have seen lots of cars in a ditch when there is ice on the road. So hearing that there maybe snow coming does not thrill me like it once did when I first moved here. I would always check one or two times outside before I knew the truth about life with snow in Seattle. I haven't even looked outside once tonight to see if I will be greeted with a winter wonderland that makes it nearly impossible to get to work. BTW, I wonder where my cables are? Oh well, no matter. I know where the hot chocolate is. Priorities! Seattle is really great in the summer, so it is very little snow for a lot of wonderful summer days (and of course there is the rain). Have a great day.