The Seattle area got hit with a freak blizzard no one predicted, and it rolled in so fast, people were just stuck.
We took in about 10 people who were utterly stranded. We all slept there overnight. Thank goodness the power stayed on, which was surprising since we could see substations blowing up around the area and most places were out.
We actually kind of had fun. 10 strangers, chatting, drinking free coffee, eating pastries, I taught a couple folks how to make drinks, which at the time was still kind of novel. We napped with blankets scrounged from various cars. A couple folks got rescued in the middle of the night, but mostly, everyone got a ride by 7am.
Xerisca t1_j2fvsad wrote
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Some 30 years ago, I managed a Starbucks.
The Seattle area got hit with a freak blizzard no one predicted, and it rolled in so fast, people were just stuck.
We took in about 10 people who were utterly stranded. We all slept there overnight. Thank goodness the power stayed on, which was surprising since we could see substations blowing up around the area and most places were out.
We actually kind of had fun. 10 strangers, chatting, drinking free coffee, eating pastries, I taught a couple folks how to make drinks, which at the time was still kind of novel. We napped with blankets scrounged from various cars. A couple folks got rescued in the middle of the night, but mostly, everyone got a ride by 7am.
Not a bad night really.