On my way home from work I noticed a line of cars waiting to turn onto northbound I-405 at Sunset, where a state patrol car and flares were blocking the on-ramp.
I believe this is because President Bush is in transit between Bellevue and Seatac Airport, and the police agencies in the eastside and south county area are providing assistance to the secret service.
I’m not sure if they had the entire freeway segment closed off or not…it would seem rather extreme to do this during the evening commute.
Is that standard procedure for the convoy? Seems a bit extreme, especially given that it’s a widely known fact that Seattle is a little testy about the whole gridlock problem.