Blue Angels hate

When I was nine, stunt flying like the Thunderbirds was cool, and I was an Air Force brat so we were a little biased against the Blue Angels. After having lived in Seattle for a few years, I found the annual Blue Angels show to be annoying. They have to shut down at least one of the main Seattle-Eastside bridges to fly or practice--cuz apparently the risk of them hitting the bridges is non-zero, like that wouldn't be a utter disaster for the city--, and it makes traffic a nightmare.

Now that I live on the Seattle-side and commute to the Eastside, I despise the Blue Angels. They had I-90 shut for both morning and afternoon Thursday for their practice, and it meant completely giving up on going to work until the hour break at lunchtime when the bridge was open. At the moment I can hear them tearing around the airspace above Seattle from inside my house with all the windows closed.

I guess it was just a taste of the nightmare to come when I-5 is closed 8/10-8/29, but it was definitely not appreciated. I don't know any Seattle native who actually enjoys the Blue Angels or the Hydro races. The crowds of people, terrible traffic jams, and the lakes being awash in boats all indicate somebody does, but I'm guessing they don't have to put with the crap all week leading up to it.

Update: And there they go again, scaring the cat...