This morning my mom bangs on the shower saying “Azarel! Dad says hurry up, cause the 405 Freeway is closed!”
I go “Oh no…”
Yesterday as we were on our way home on the 405 freeway, there was a car stopped on the side of the road, whose front hood was open. There were flames coming out of the front! Of course, the hillside there is completely yellow with dry grass and shrub thanks to the drought. My dad said “I guarantee you tomorrow morning this entire freeway will be closed. The whole hillside is going to be on fire.”
I said “Oh man, I hope not!”
The top image** is our regular commute to and from work (from/to home).
The bottom picture is the commute we had to make this morning.
As you can see, quite a long way around. The 405-Fwy is one of the most transited freeways in all of California. It more or less feeds the entire Southern California Inland Empire. There are lots of businesses and residences in its path, and for it to be shut down for 5 hours, on a Thursday morning is *very* hectic.
Of course, it’s not like there arent’ any alternate routes. Ours was quite easy, but we had to leave 10 minutes earlier than we usually do (5:20am). 10 minutes minutes in the morning is the difference between getting to work on time, or *very* late. California roads are so overpopulated, one never knows what’s gonna happen. When people on the roads are taken out of their comfort spot, it all turns to hell…..
But we got to work on time this morning (just barely), so all ways good… Even if I did forget to pack some breakfast… The one day I don’t pack breakfast is the one day I turn out to be more hungry than usual. I think maybe it has something to do with the stress of having to rush this morning.
Oh well, I can only hope the rest of the day goes smoothly ^.^
**maps generated from Google Maps.
