[toast0]

Seattle (and the rest of western washington) was mostly cut off from eastern washington by road starting late wednesday until a few hours ago today due to a massive amount of snow, closing the mountain passes. I-5 was closed a bit due to flooding as well. Rail through the mountains was also affected, but I don't know timelines.

A lot of goods move the other way (imports come into the western ports and are trucked east), but some goods do come from the eastern part of the state and country.

Staffing is probably also a factor.

[samspenc]

My guess is it's staffing. I use Amazon Fresh (for groceries) and Amazon Prime, and it's more apparent with Fresh -- normally I can get everything delivered next day. Fresh didn't have deliveries at all for almost a week around New Year's, and now their earliest deliveries are 2-3 days from today, though it seems to be getting better. Fresh seems to have most items in stock, but only for pickup, not delivery, which is why I suspect it's a staffing issue.

As for Prime, I used to be able to get deliveries 2 days after purchase, but my cart ETA for most items shows 3-4 days at least. It's not a big deal but I've certainly noticed that Amazon doesn't seem to be able to deliver as fast as it used to just last month.