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This area has not been plowed, since BEFORE THE STORM. Then nothing for 2 DAYS. This is unacceptable. It stopped snowing Saturday around 8am and it is Sunday 1pm and we are still snowed in with no sign of street plows. My kids need to go to school tomorrow, how long is this going to take???
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Closed Jerry (Guest)
Reopened Joe Porto (Guest)
Eric N (Registered User)
John Flaherty (Registered User)
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Reopened Just sayin (Guest)
Finally a payloader came down the middle of the street last night about 11:30 and completely plowed in my neighbors' cars who spent HOURS digging then out during the day! They came by again this morning following the SAME path! WHY couldn't they plow the SIDE of the street where there were NO cars so that side would be all set. That would give people a chance to then move their cars to that side of the street so that when the plows were ready to come back, the other side of the street would be free of cars. There is NO pattern to the way they are doing it now! All it is doing is making MORE work for evryone!
I understand they are just making access for emergency vehicles right now. I understand the snow amounts are unprecedented. I understand they have to clean the downtown area first, but some common sense might be good to apply here! Now, the news says that we are going to be getting more snow for Wednesday and Thursday! The what?
Closed John (Guest)
Reopened Linda G (Guest)
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David Streever (Registered User)
@Linda
The larger plows can't handle it, they've been burning out.
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For the original poster:
I'm with John. There are other options for cars, you didn't need to park in front of your house. I'm sorry, but in a once in a century snow storm, you guys gotta toughen up with this stuff.
We actually shoveled out a car on Everitt yesterday and made sure to put the snow where the plow doesn't come through. Yes, it wasn't perfectly plowed today after the plow came by, but it was literally a 5 minute job to clear out the small amount of snow the plows dropped in.
There are ways to minimize that problem on the residents side, and MANY people out helping. I've seen crews of 6 or more clearing cars--many people who don't even OWN cars are out clearing other peoples cars--so I don't think people need to be kvetching here.
You can kvetch on your facebook or on the phone with your mom.
John Flaherty (Registered User)
Linda G (Guest)
Linda G (Guest)
Just get it done, and stop implying that we are “bad neighbors” just for – oh no – making a request, from a city that charges way too much in taxes, and then squanders it.
The only thing “dubious and disappointing”, is the nasty attitude from you John, and your comrades.
Meg (Registered User)
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juli (Registered User)
i cannot believe that people are using this platform to complain about the city not plowing as fast and as well as they think the city should have.
the whole point of this site is to draw attention to issues that might be overlooked. a once-in-a-century storm, and you think a) the city isn't aware of how bad the streets are and b) you just want to complain about what they are or are not doing?
yes, we have been conditioned to expect faster results in this day and age... with things like internet speeds & movies out on dvd, but you cannot seriously expect 34 inches of snow to be magically solved. the selfishness displayed on this site is astounding.
juli (Registered User)
meg (Guest)
Thanks, Juli. You read my mind.
I was just down Hervey and saw some homes still need to shovel out (including the one pictured above). Let me know which ones need assistance and I will try to swing by later when my kids take a nap or when my husband gets home (whichever happens first).
John (Guest)
John Flaherty (Registered User)
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David Streever (Registered User)
Just Sayin':
Then you pay the price for owning an asset you can not afford to maintain properly in a once in a century blizzard.
Juli is right on. People need to harden up.
I know many people who have stopped using SCF completely during this storm because the level of whinyness is off the charts here.
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Just sayin (Guest)
David-
All I'm saying is people were told to park on the even numbered side of the street which my neighbors did! I understand that the city was ONLY making ONE lane down the streets for emergency vehicles, BUT they could have plowed closer to the side of the street where there were NO cars instead of blocking everyone in again! All it would have taken was COMMON SENSE!
Meg (Guest)
Meg (Guest)
John Flaherty (Registered User)
Eric N (Registered User)