A whole lotta nothing

Last night, I was folding towels and Walt Kowalski was playing the guitar when a whole lotta bright, blinking lights came through the front window.  No, not alien lights.  Emergency lights.

There was a car just off the road at the bottom of the curve.  Not in the ditch, just pulled over like it ran out of gas.  First an ambulance stopped.  We think he just happened to be passing by and stopped to ask if they needed assistance.  Then the ambulance left.  Then another car stopped at the bottom of driveway. 

 

 Then a police car stopped.  They stayed for a almost an hour. 

 

 
But the police left the scene about a half hour later leaving behind flares up and down the road.  There must have been a more serious situation that needed their attention. 

We get so much light from the shopping center that sometimes it's difficult to see the meteor showers, but I was very surprised at how much light came through the curtains from the emergency vehicles parked at the bottom of the driveway.  I think the fresh snow added to the brightness.  

At one point, Walt Kowalski wanted to open the window and yell 'Turn down the lights! I'm trying to sleep!'  But then we'd be just like the cranky neighbors who don't like fireworks. 

 

About another hour later, the tow truck finally arrived.  AAA must have been running slow from the cold weather.

 

Overall, it was a whole lotta nothing but blinking lights at the Cat Ranch last night.