Disturbing things observed on the freeway over the last two days:
Yesterday:
A green minivan broken down on the shoulder. That’s not so amazing, except that the reason it’s broken down is because the front driver’s side wheel is missing.
I don’t mean a flat tire. Or even a missing tire. The entire wheel is gone.
About two hundred feet down the road I pass the wheel, which has come to a stop on the opposite shoulder and is laying there forlornly.
Today:
Large pieces of what looks like white concrete in the lanes, and which people are avoiding frantically. As I go past it, I realize it’s heavy styrofoam, but I’ve never seen car-sized pieces of styrofoam before. Some of it has been hit and there is a floating cloud of swirling foam bits for about a quarter mile down the road.
You just know that both of those folks are having really bad days.
