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Explain to the flat lander please. Avalanche Control, do they stop traffic, cause an avalanche, clean it up and make everyone wait? That could take hours. Don't they detour the traffic?
You post this at 4:25 why would they do this during rush hour?
Edit - added a question.
Yes, they stop traffic and make everyone wait. Yes, It takes hours. It is a mountain pass so there is no detour. I've only been over the passes a few times and not in winter but I would suspect that there is no real 'Rush hour' since most people usually work on the side they live on. I also don't know what makes them decide it's time to do it but when it needs done it better get done! I think they try to let people know as far ahead as possible so you postpone your trip a few hours. Maybe wanted to get it done before the Thanksgiving rush! I'm sure others know more details about it than me.
SANE people live and work on the same side of the pass. There are at least a couple of hundred people who work in Redmond and live in Roslyn, Cle Elum or Ellensburg.
And then there's the DOT road crews, who are either masterfully sane of champions of functional insanity, live on both sides of the pass, and spend the winter meeting the worst of the weather with snow plows. And the Washington National Guard guy who actually fires the mortars for avalanche control.