Saturday, November 19, 2011
Thump thump! Crunch!
What the fuck was that? At 2 AM, it sounded like something crashed into the house. Earthquake? Burglar? Part of the house fell down?
Got up (since 2 AM is only a little early for an Old People's Time wakeup anyway) and looked through the house. Nothing broken, nothing collapsed. Peeked out the front door and saw flashing cop lights down the street. Felt a little better. Some kind of car crash at the corner, not a destroyed house.
After getting dressed, walked out into the yard and saw what happened. A car apparently skidded on fresh snow and almost crashed into the house on the corner, which is very close to the street. Car was stopped by a phone pole.
Something strange about the timing, though. I jumped out of bed immediately after the noise, opened the door and saw the cop lights about 60 seconds after the noise. Cops don't get to an accident scene that fast ... unless the car was being chased by the cops to begin with. I suppose that's a good assumption until we find out more, but we probably won't find out more because the "local" media don't know the NW part of Spokane exists. They just barely know Spokane exists.
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Sidenote: Fresh snow is a wonderful detective tool. I was able to verify that no burglar or car came into my yard by looking for tracks. Back when I still owned a car, I knew that someone was siphoning my gas by seeing the tracks. And smart cops also know how to use snow. ¶ 2:34 AM
Got up (since 2 AM is only a little early for an Old People's Time wakeup anyway) and looked through the house. Nothing broken, nothing collapsed. Peeked out the front door and saw flashing cop lights down the street. Felt a little better. Some kind of car crash at the corner, not a destroyed house.
After getting dressed, walked out into the yard and saw what happened. A car apparently skidded on fresh snow and almost crashed into the house on the corner, which is very close to the street. Car was stopped by a phone pole.
Something strange about the timing, though. I jumped out of bed immediately after the noise, opened the door and saw the cop lights about 60 seconds after the noise. Cops don't get to an accident scene that fast ... unless the car was being chased by the cops to begin with. I suppose that's a good assumption until we find out more, but we probably won't find out more because the "local" media don't know the NW part of Spokane exists. They just barely know Spokane exists.
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Sidenote: Fresh snow is a wonderful detective tool. I was able to verify that no burglar or car came into my yard by looking for tracks. Back when I still owned a car, I knew that someone was siphoning my gas by seeing the tracks. And smart cops also know how to use snow. ¶ 2:34 AM
