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While I appreciate the historic nature of the snow we've received in recent weeks, and while I appreciate the hard work of the snow crews and other city officials, I'm frustrated by the lack of response to my complaint that the fire hydrant on the corner in front of my building is not only buried, but BROKEN. The plows knocked it out of the ground, which I discovered after hours of digging it out. I reported it here, and was told "DPS is aware of this hydrant issue. Thank you for reporting." That was on January 29th. Today, February 8, the hydrant is still broken, and is now covered with even more snow dumped by the Bobcats cleaning the Blaney Street lot. I called the fire department (non-emergency line) several days ago and was told "We'll add it to the list." What can I do to have this taken seriously? It seems hypocritical to beg residents to dig out hydrants and to make them aware of the dangers of inaccessible hydrants but then completely ignore broken and inaccessible hydrants when they are reported. This is a serious safety issue for anyone in this area. Right now we are just hoping nothing catches fire in any of the five units in our building or in any of the homes and condo buildings surrounding us.