crazy pm; colossal accident on I5 so surface streets all flooded w/ traffic trying to avoid it. Lately I've been taking the direct route downtown to get my 4 yr old, which involves going down a long hill 2 lane one-way >30 mph w/ cars cutting out and turning right w/ scant regard to bike lane... anyway, got to a weird backup which turned out to be a biker down in an intersection, was a motorcyclist. Other folks were there w/ phones and 1st aid, and it was only a couple blocks from the fire station so once I figured there was nothing I could add I kept going, and it was more peaceful from there.