Actually, I'm not engaging in schadenfreude, I felt really bad last night for the people on the local freeways who still had to travel beyond my town. Also for those who didn't but were still stuck in the backup just trying to get this far.
Three big rigs closed two of four lanes east of town on the evening commute route. At Oh-noon-thirty. Finally opened sometime after 7pm. Backed up the freeway for more than twenty miles. More than two hour delays on the freeway. The only upside for them is that probably the rest of their commutes, once they got past the scene of the carnage (kidding, news says no major injuries, just spilled fuel), there was probably clear sailing.
Fortunately for me, I don't take that particular freeway (coming into town from a different direction), and I normally take a back road to escape the freeway that feeds into the clogged one (which was also pretty badly clogged, far worse than even the normal parking lot it becomes in the afternoon). Got to town having escaped that mess, but got into a backup on the surface streets. This clog was so bad that it clogged the surface streets for several miles, at least the main ones that carry commuters.
Fortunately for me again, I could avoid this backup by going straight instead of turning onto the commute road (skirting the edge of town) I routinely take. But then I hit another backup on another big commute street.
Fortunately for me again, I was able to turn left (against the commute backup), then wind through the neighborhoods to get home, being fairly close. In actuality, I suspect this last backup was a separate incident because I could see some emergency lights on the street a few blocks down as I turned, and what I could see of this street as I paralleled it a few blocks away looked like the traffic broke up.
Still, looks like I missed a bullet on the commute last night.
But today karma caught up with me at work. Sucked to high heaven. But at least the commute, even at the late hour I finally got out of work, didn't suck to high heaven. But I suspect karma will still be a bitch with attitude tomorrow. And will suck to high heaven.
Stupid karma.
Iz out!
2 months ago
3 comments:
Man, I don't miss traffic. I lived in Atlanta for 10 years, while it isn't Cali traffic, it was bad enough.
Also, I live 2 miles from where I work!
Ditto, 'Kraut, except that I lived in Chicago for 5 years, and generally took the train into work. But when I drove, ugh!
Also, I live 2 miles from I work!
Wow, that really sucks. I hate sitting in traffic so much I'd almost rather have a sucky day at the office than be stuck on the road.
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