It's the little shiny things...

So I was driving home last night and I had a stop to make. I thought the stop would take me fifteen minutes to get to and I was due there at about five. So I left at quarter til. I'm sure you've heard about the whole wind-power-cable-gone kinda thing. I thought Redmond was all back. Um no. A small part of it was still out. To the tune of three stoplights. Three. Not one not two, but three. I was on that road between those lights for over an hour.

I hate being late, but it's kinda the thing. It's amazing how bad missing 3 lights can mess up the whole area. We take for granted the red/green/yellow rinse and repeat sequence, but it's really very important.

I'm glad I'm not a traffic engineer. And, oh yes, the number five is right out.