As of today, the WSDOT still advises against driving over the pass for Thanksgiving [#]. The speed limit is set at 35 miles per hour, and people driving on the two open lanes are all slowing down to look at the poor suckers trying to bolt the mountain back onto itself.

If you really must get to grandma’s house, they’d like to warn you that alternate routes through the mountains will probably also be backed up from everyone else that has the exact same idea [#]. According to the P-I, the list of things you should bring with you include ice scrapers, food, blankets, sand, flashlights, and anything else you can think of that would help you dig your way out of the next rockslide. I suggest road flares and a spare turkey to share with your new friends in the next car over–if traffic really is delayed for five hours, you’re going to get hungry.