same thing in seattle. an inch of snow, and abandoned cars litter the roadside like toy cars in my kids' room and people trudging home like refugees ....
Really? Seattle! Wow. I'm from Chicago/Milwaukee/Gary sprawl. This makes no sense to me. I know people that had 12+ hour commutes because the city of Atlanta shutdown last year.
Seattle and Portland have about a week or three of real winter... and a month or two of "passes for winter"... they don't have much experience with it; they're kept very mild by the ocean...