Phil. Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 marsh road at 84 in redwood city has cops directing traffic because the intersection is flooded. i usually take the side street to haven ave when it's backed up like this, but that street is closed off. flooded. bah! shouldn't be for us LRs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHappel Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 Oh brother, do I ever feel your pain. Today I left the house at 8:00 heading for Sausalito. Normally at that time of day it takes me 2 hours to get there going down 160 - 12 - 80 - 37 - 101. All was going well with moderate traffic. I might have even been a little ahead of schedule as 37 wasn't too bad coming out of Vallejo. Then just past the racetrack everything came to a stop. ??? Google says 'construction ahead'. Well, OK then. So I creep along ever so slowly only to find out they've closed the road almost to 101 and are detouring people up side-streets. Great. Finally get to 101 and it's moving OK until I get to San Rafael and again it comes to a stop. Google doesn't show any problems but I'm barely moving. Inch by inch I get closer to my exit only to see they have it blocked off because there's about 4" of water over it. Heck, I can see the white lines though the water. I even watched the Caltrans trucks driving through it and the water was barely over their tire sidewalls. Gimme a break! Even a Prius could have crossed that puny puddle! So now I'm going to have to take the next exit up, do a U-turn for 101 S, then get into Sausalito. Except traffic still isn't moving. It's been 4 hours now and Google says it'll take me another 45 minutes to get to my destination - I could literally walk there in like 15! Turns out some kid had rolled his 'yota at that exit so I had to deal with that fun. At this point I had already missed 2 appointments so I said screw it and went home. At least I got to change the oil and rotate the tires on the van and finished building a rolling bench for the shop tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHappel Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 This also highlights why although I'm generally a pro-gun sort of guy, I'm not necessarily in favor of open carry. You all know that 'one guy' with a bad temper...now picture him stuck in traffic for hours, fuming away to himself, getting more and more worked up...and armed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerDan Posted February 9, 2017 Report Share Posted February 9, 2017 Hmm...shades of Michael Douglas in "Falling Down"...??!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHappel Posted February 9, 2017 Report Share Posted February 9, 2017 Hmm...shades of Michael Douglas in "Falling Down"...??!!Wow - haven't seen that movie in ages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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