A tanker carrying butane overturned on the I-5 today, leading to the closure of the freeway in both directions. Don’t expect a resolution to this mess anytime soon, WSDOT says. Do expect a lot of congestion everywhere, as a result of it.
Another update on WB I-90 @SnoqualmiePass & I-5 #SeattleTanker. Another tanker has arrived to unload butane from overturned truck. pic.twitter.com/C7ji58yGQg
— Washington State DOT (@wsdot) February 27, 2017
For those of you who can not exit the freeway, switch off your ignition.
Here are some ways to pass the time:
• Tweet about it using #SeattleTanker, and take solace in knowing you’re not alone.
• Have lunch. Apparently, a taco truck on the freeway has been feeding the stuck.
• Listen to our J Dilla playlist.
• Read the first chapter of 1Q84. The novel opens with its protagonist Aomame sitting in an unmoving taxi. Like in your case, a major accident has shut the road down completely. At this rate, she’s not going to make her appointment. Unless… At the non-suggestion suggestion of her driver, she steps out of the car, walks (in a short skirt and heels!) along the freeway shoulder, and uses emergency stairs to get out of the jam. Into freedom—and the rest of the story.
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