It's the first of the annual "Newsperson in parkas" broadcasts!
Even better, the news segment also features Irrepressible Nephew and two of his buddies.
Advice from the top of Snoqualmie Pass
As a bonus, it happened AFTER RantWoman's VERIFIED @WSPDPIO2 Twitter feed, all day, in welcome contrast to the many waves of fireworks about the new #ChiefTwit, had been retweeting @SnoqualmiePass all day saying increasingly dire messages of the form "Snoqualmie Pass is a disaster. Stay home or come prepared."
It had not occurred until this news item arrived in the family communication channels that Irrepressible Nephew might in fact be one of the vehicles helping generating such warnings.
Full disclosure: Irrepressible Nephew drives a Subaru. One of his buddies drives something bigger and heavier that RantWoman would naively think would do fine in the snow. The news story did not mention that Larger Heavier vehicle, some kind of truck that, rantWoman's guess, probably was not weighted in the back, had to have Search and Rescue pull it out of something.
(Small addition: in the video one of nephew's buddies was dissing Priuses and Civics. RantWoman has anecdotal information that if one is well-prepared with chains and winter storm provisions, both can be reliably operated in snow conditions. just RESPECT THE SNOW AND THE CONDITIONS and come prepared .)
[Further comment: RantWoman has no idea which of the guys had to have their truck pulled out of whatever it got stuck in.]
Be prepared! Or just stay home.
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