So, I've been commuting between Sunnyvale and San Mateo for well over a year now. And while I occasionally get stuck in traffic jams and the like, I usually shift my working hours to avoid the lion's share of the traffic. And when you do so, driving up and down highway 101 isn't so bad.

Except for today, when the entire highway has been closed in between San Mateo and Sunnyvale. The accident is on the Northbound lanes of 101, but they closed the Southbound lanes as well. Why? Check out this money quote from the linked article:

"They closed southbound lanes at Highway 92 in San Mateo around 4 p.m. because fuel had seeped into drain pipes under the freeway and they worried about the possibility of a fire or explosion.

'They don't want the freeway to blow up under cars driving by,' said California Highway Patrol Sgt. Paul McCarthy."

So, it looks like I'm going to be stuck at work for awhile tonight.

-Andy.