You know that moods often reflect the weather, or maybe it is the other way around sometimes. It has been a very rainy few days (see previous post (and yes I did walk at lunch)). I saw a number of roostertails on the drive home. Roostertails belong behind boats, or water skiers, on lakes. These were behind cars. But then again I was on a lake at the time, on a floating bridge, but still.
The rain has reflected the mood around town, grieving for a fallen police officer, Timothy Brenton. He was killed while sitting in his patrol car. This is not about that incident, but about the followup. The funeral/memorial was today. It started at 9 AM or so, with a procession from the University of Washington, through Capital Hill, and downtown to the Seattle Center. As if on cue, as the procession was to start, the sun came out and shown on the procession – which was several miles long. It was very solemn, and yet somewhat spectacular. They expected 1000 – 1500 vehicles. Many people lined the route at different points as well. I watched part of the service, playing in the background on the computer as I wrote a letter about sewer service.
Following the service, which was inside – it is Seattle in November – the rains returned. As I made my exit from the freeway the sky lit up with lightning once again. And a man who is a “person of interest” in the cop killing was wheeled into surgery after having been shot by police as they tried to arrest him this afternoon.
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