Community Chat

[Goodie2shoes]

it's 23 degrees, feels like 11 ! BURR !  The highways and blvd's are snow packed and there's been cars stuck but so many nice people have stopped to help those having trouble and helped to digged them out. Even the news people got stuck out on the roads doing live updates and people stopped to help them. 

I went out to measure the snow on my patio and it was 9". My daughter lives about 20 miles away and they got 12". I can see the tires on my car that's it !!

That's winter for you, so stay safe everyone ! It's done here in St. Louis but on it's way east if not already there where you are. It's not getting over 25 degrees here for the next week or so and possible more snow flurries in a couple of days. I've already had enough winter !!  

[JoyFilled Warrior]

When cars were stuck in snow on some of the DC streets, trying to get thru stuck traffic themselves, yet impossible, (like Wisconsin Ave, Georgetown,  or,   On Ramp, 395) .. there would be random people with thermos's of coffee, &/or  Hot Chocolate, giving out filled cups to those waiting in their cars, struggling for help, waiting to be pushed up, off, around, or thru the way.

It was incredible to watch.  The smile would just be pasted all over the faces of people.

[LizzieInSRQ]

I wanna know why the idiots went out driving in the first place. Putting themselves and others in danger. I may not underdtand snow that well but i do understand warnings and they were warned.

[CrazyDaisy]

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@LizzieInSRQ wrote:

I wanna know why the idiots went out driving in the first place. Putting themselves and others in danger. I may not underdtand snow that well but i do understand warnings and they were warned.

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Well there are many people who need to get to work.  These people work at hospitals, fire departments, police stations, utility workers, snow plow opetators....  there are others that may need to check on family members or friends thst need assistance.  There could be any number of reasons why people NEED to get out during a storm.  I had to make an emergency trip to the vet today in the snow.  Get a grip, quit judging others and be thankful you are not in their situation.

[Venezia]

@CrazyDaisy - Well said.  I've had to drive in a blizzard in the past - more than once.  I've always been well-prepared and (let's face it) lucky.

So for anyone who "may not understand snow" and hasn't had to function in those conditions, less judgement please.

Not everyone who is out on the roads is an idiot.  Count your blessings, if you don't have to make that choice.

[Goodie2shoes]

@ CrazyDaisy  wrote: Well there are many people who need to get to work. These people work at hospitals, fire departments, police stations, utility workers, snow plow opetators.... there are others that may need to check on family members or friends thst need assistance. There could be any number of reasons why people NEED to get out during a storm. I had to make an emergency trip to the vet today in the snow.

I am a retired nurse since 2016 but I remember having to go to work on the night shift at a Hosptial and working in  the newborn nursery during a snow storm. It was a very nervous drive but I made it and back home the next morning driving about 15 mph on the highway.  Somebody had to be there to care for those babies and only a few of us made it. There are times when you just have to go out in bad weather working in the medical field. I do hope your trip to the vet went well.

[Twins Mom]

Our police reporting day later how they have had the entire police force busy with continuous calls for assistance with stranded motorists.  Highway Dept falling way behind in getting roads in driveable condition.

City plowed residential street but since we are at bottom of hill and curve, loads dumped practically at end of driveway.  The ice and snow combo made for real barricade.  Wish the plowing could make sense, i.e. across the street is an island but snow pushed toward driveways. 

[Venezia]

@Twins Mom - Unless you've actually driven a plow, you won't understand the logistics of it.  No one plowing city streets or state highways is trying to block your driveway.  They have to follow the direction of the road and that means everyone's drive is going to have an accumulation of snow at the end of it.  (They also have to maneuver around cars and other obstacles in towns and cities.)

Not sure what kind of island you're talking about, but the aim for commercial snowplow drivers is to clear the roads as safely and quickly as possible.

During big storms, that means they are often out continuously for long hours at a time, with few breaks, driving in hazardous conditions and going over the same route to keep up with it.  It's not an easy job.

Even plowing my own drive (710 feet, plus the yard), I have to clear the end of the drive, where the state plows have gone along and pushed snow into it.  It's unavoidable. 

Maybe you could talk to your city department to see if there's a solution that works for you.  Or they could explain why there isn't.