...I probably would've lost it last night. It was a late-hours workday for me yesterday and I was heading home in the cold at about 2 a.m. About the time I got on an West-bound highway (79), the sleet was falling with force and in great quantity.
It looked really weird. Each particle was lit up by my headlights, and the white color of the snowy sleet was a bright contrast to the dark sky.
It looked liked many laser lights.
It looked like I was flying through a starfield (like the real thing or a super widescreen video game).
It seemed as if invisible angels were spraying Silly String at my car.
It looked like a giant spider was spinning its silky web at my car. I wasn't getting wrapped up in it, as the car must've just been bursting through it at the highway speed.
Maybe it was several angels waving their long, stringy hair towards me.
Or maybe they were making angel hair pasta and pouring it out on the road in front of me.
If I would have stared at the objects, I don't know if I could've maintained safe control of the vehicle. It was really a sight to behold. The sleet was coming straight at me, pretty much sideways. Each piece of ice seemed to leave a trail behind it as it headed towards me, or the pieces were long, like strings.
I can't remember ever seeing such a sight from the same perspective ever before. When I finally came to the street before mine, which faced South, I stopped and watched the icy substance fly across in front of me. What a light show. If Trans-Siberian Orchestra could simulate this, it would ratchet up their great show another few notches.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at December 10, 2008 10:55 AM