This weather could be depressing...

I'm glad that I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, where foggy days were common. The fog here in Belgium, today, is terrible.

I was out driving earlier today to take a friend to a doctor's appointment, and later to attend a short meeting. If anything, the fog has become worse as the day has progressed. And it really messes up the traffic.

The A-7 Autoroute passes through our area, and traffic there has suffered from all the low visibility. This is a major trucking route from Brussels and Rotterdam, so during the day there are lots and lots of big rigs travelling the roads. Mix in the cars with impatient drivers, and then add this fog and you have a recipie for a mess. And, in fact, there was a bad accident this morning just south of Mons, involving several cars and at least one large truck. It took around two hours to remove all the crunched vehicles.