Yes, I went to work in the "freak snow storm" that we had here. If my little hybrid made it out alright, then you know there's something wrong with calling it a "freak snow storm." It was really bad in some parts, but Seattle was not one of those parts. People who are not from around here started asking me, "What's the big deal?" The Big Deal Is: 1.) Seattle has a lot of really steep hills. In the snow/ice this means that you can't get up the hills and there are a lot of road closures. 2.) It snows, then it rains, then the sun goes down. By the next day you're driving on ice. This storm was unusual because some of the snow we got was powder instead of icy snow. I was doing a little dance while shoveling it off the porch at work because I couldn't ever remember handling powder before. All our snowmen here always look deformed because the snow here is always icy. And snowballs . . . snowballs hurt! 3.) Then there are the