Thursday, June 12, 2003

First, we had one of those 15 minute severe thunderstorms while I was driving home. There’s a rather long section of the Beltway (I-495 South/West) that is under construction, so there are jersey barriers on both sides of the road (which is 4 lanes wide). The rain was coming down so hard that there was standing water about an inch deep in places - there’s nowhere for it to drain. The result? Traffic was at a crawl, which is not normal for that side of the highway.

Second, I heard on the radio that there was a 15-18 car pile-up on I-270 in Maryland. Now I’m about to bring upon me the wrath of Marylanders, but they have more accidents than Virginia. (I don’t know if there are numbers to back that up, but I know that I hear about more in MD than VA, so I’m sticking with my general statement.) I’m very, very thankful that I never have to deal with that traffic.