At least. . .

The City of Seattle won't clear the snow from the streets (no, better to just let it melt on its own!), but at least they can quickly fill in the potholes in the arterial streets created by everyone (including the buses) using tire chains on bare pavement (because the side streets had so much snow [see first item, above]) which is asphalt instead of concrete (since the city is more concerned about short-term costs than the long-term), thus easier to break with the chains.

So at least they got that going for them.