"Yes, it's snowing. No, we don't plow."
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@RojoLoco said in "Yes, it's snowing. No, we don't plow.":
@scottalanmiller said in "Yes, it's snowing. No, we don't plow.":
Here in Texas we have opted for a more efficient "snow avoidance" algorithm.
I GA, we just panic and have a temporary collapse of society. And they have predicted some snow for this weekend.
Yeah... I guess I should probably do like everybody else and go buy 10 gallons of water, 5 loaves of bread, and all the canned food I can carry.
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It doesn't snow in Boise?? I didn't know that.
Here in NH we have had over 20" so far this winter. We got about 9" last Thursday, so I have a nice blanket of snow in the yard. One of my dogs LOVES it!
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Just looked it up....Boise averages 19" per year.
We average 63" a year.
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@RojoLoco said in "Yes, it's snowing. No, we don't plow.":
@scottalanmiller said in "Yes, it's snowing. No, we don't plow.":
Here in Texas we have opted for a more efficient "snow avoidance" algorithm.
In GA, we just panic and have a temporary collapse of society. And they have predicted some snow for this weekend.
Same system we operate on here.
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What is snow?
It's been 18 years(?) since I last saw snow and that was on a cross country school trip. -
Good luck with it all
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Down the street from my house. In the corner you can see a couple of people ice fishing.
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@Son-of-Jor-El said in "Yes, it's snowing. No, we don't plow.":
Just looked it up....Boise averages 19" per year.
We average 63" a year.
19"? That is more than average for most years... they are being far too generous.
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My sister has lived in Boise / Meridian for about 10 years. This was her patio the other day:
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You were lucky enough to move there in an interesting year. Boise saw record snowfall last week, and it is true that a city only plans for 'the norm'. When planning for the norm proves ineffective, only then will they invest in new plows. Every city has posted evacuation routes in case of emergencies. Those evacuation routes (often residential side-streets that are otherwise not often used) are always the first to be plowed. Then they move to main arteries, then busy residential arteries. In a bad storm, most other residential streets are ignored entirely.
I'm in Montana. Our past 5 winters have been some of the worst on record. The first one was a nightmare; nothing was plowed. The plows the city did have were being run 24 hours a day on shifts, they were breaking down, etc... the breaking point was that they couldn't keep up with clearing evac routes. Over the next few years, our city has gotten VERY good at plowing. We have some seriously behemoth machines. Plows travel in pairs so they can clear an entire street in one pass, they usually run from 9 PM to 6 AM to not interrupt traffic and only spot check during the day. You almost never see them and the streets are always clear. It's amazing how far they've come. This winter has been nuts so far. Shovel 12" off the drive, shovel 10" the next day, then the wind picks up and drifts, so you shovel another 12" of wind packed ice. Rinse repeat for 3 weeks. My brother has been running his 4-wheeler up and down streets charging people to clear driveways.
tl;dr: They're right. If Boise rarely sees over 4", it's hard to justify new equipment in the budget. Buy yourself a 4-wheeler with a plow and charge $50 to clear driveways. It'll pay for itself in a week.
