Thoughts on Seattle's Winter Slusherland

1. While The Emerald City's "the rain will wash away the snow" attitude is fundamentally sound most of the time, we who live here should take some time to realize that people walking down your unshoveled sidewalk can still slip on that slushy mess in front of your building.
2. Public Transit Users take note: Seattle, like Rome, is built on a series of hills. Though the loggers of the 19th century did a decent job of grading those hills from 60° to 45°, our buses still struggle when those hills are slushy and icy. Don't expect to get to work on time.
3. Another one for Seattle's Public Transit Users: Further, don't be surprised to learn that some buses don't run on their regular routes, or probably don't run at all. Metro can't make you check their website, or listen to the radio, or watch the morning news, so that you know if Seattle's public transportation is running on a "snow event" schedule. They have enough to worry about. Do a little research before standing at your strangely deserted bus-stop waiting for a bus that will never, ever come. (Unrelated: the person who coined the phrase "snow event" needs a good flogging.)
4. Public Transit Operators: For God's sake, LEARN THE SNOW ROUTE THAT YOU'RE DRIVING. Your riders understand that you probably drive on this different route once or twice per winter, but Metro posts the maps and schedules on their website for passengers; take some time to check it, too. 
5. I don't believe that warm and cold air, atmospheric pressure, and precipitation care much for, or even know about, the concepts of "fairness" and "justice." Grousing about how unfair today's weather is makes people wonder about your frame of mind and sanity.
6. Dressing appropriately for the weather, especially on your feet, might go a long way towards addressing your concerns about the fairness of the weather. Here's a quick and decidedly incomplete list of footwear that, on mornings like today, should stay in the closet or go in your bag so you can change into them later:
• Wool socks and sandals
• Thigh-high boots with kitten heels
• Galoshes (this might seem counter-intuitive, but go reread item one above and you'll get it)
• Ballet flats
• Sneakers
• Hiking boots that let you sweat through them (this last one is for me; stupid wet socks)
Boots with tread will work well for you today; while you don't need 20-hole combat boots for weather like today (you should have them for any weather, really, or is that just me), a solid leather shoe with a moderate amount of tread might do wonders. Or, you know, you can move back to SoCal.