<p>Still can’t get in touch with my 82 yr old mother and a little annoyed that my nearby family hasn’t made it a priority to check on her</p>
<p>Snow plow still hasn’t made it to our street. Snowblower can’t handle the load. If the weather did this regularly, I wouldn’t have to waste money on a gym membership!</p>
<p>Got the roof cleared off by shoveling out the window, then did the roof rake again and son is clearing off the snow off the driveway now. My mother is fine in the Boston area and she has supplies for a few days (she went shopping on Thursday). One sister’s car was hit by a snowplow so that’s a downer. Now back to regularly scheduled household chores.</p>
<p>When we get over a foot of snow, we usually have to wait at least 2 days before our street is plowed. As I recall, we had to wait 3 days when we had 3 feet of snow. And then the snowplow got stuck on our street. They had to call for a tractor.</p>
<p>I’m impressed that some of you have already had your streets plowed and the storm just ended today.</p>
<p>i wish i heard something from the worm, living in an apt in Cambridge. I’m sure his power is off, but I don’t know if his roommates are around, if they are freezing, if they have candles, etc.</p>
<p>The worst was S. Carolina with about 20 inches of snow. And no plows or salt. The method for driving was single file on hills, with one side waiting while one car went down the middle of the road and tried to make it up toward you. It was days stuck in a motel with nothing to do.</p>
<p>And DC was also wonderful. They plowed the main drags so Connecticut Ave was completely clean and didn’t even touch the side streets so you would have to wade through 2 feet of snow. </p>
<p>In poor places like Detroit, the chances of your street getting plowed are low. With the recent financial talks failing, I suspect they are 0.</p>
<p>It’s plow time around me now. A horde of contractors has descended, including a bobcat to clean up the parking lot behind the house across the street. A plow tried and failed to get in there this morning. </p>
<p>My driveway was plowed about 7PM. I just came in from doing the clean up. I also took my extra long pole - for changing lights 20 feet up - and beat the snow off a bunch of trees. I do that since the April Fools blizzard in the 90’s. That cost us 11 trees, including 2 mature beauties that literally shattered all the way down to the ground.</p>
<p>Went out and stuff is generally open though I didn’t see many customers.</p>
<p>I listened to the WBZ traffic report and the main highways in and around Boston are still slushy/snowy which surprised me a little. It’s supposed to be around 40 on Monday with rain so that should help melt the snow.</p>
<p>I agree on plowing - it’s a function of what your state, city, town or housing association is willing to pay overall for public works or private contractors and where you fall in priority.</p>
<p>My mother’s street hasn’t been plowed yet - my guess is that it will take a few days.</p>
<p>Bradley Airport is opening Sunday morning at 6 a.m. Woohoo!</p>
<p>Bookworm - My S is also in Cambridge and he has power, so, depending on where he is, your S may also. S said many of his friends have power as well.</p>
<p>Great news about Bradley Airport opening - thumper1! They are usually very reliable there and do a great job clearing the runways.</p>
<p>yes, here in southern New England, we got about 30 inches of snow - the most in one snowfall I have ever seen! It took H and I almost 4 hours to dig out. We live on the outer bend of a street on the 90 degree curve so the plows always slow and drop the snow as they make the corner. Well, we were out there clearing close to the road and this time the plow just plowed the corner snow into our yard taking 3/4 of our end of driveway snow with it! This was a very good good thing and extremely considerate of the plow driver - he then backed up and continued on his normal route. It saved us probably a half hour and more sore muscles. I think he had to put the snow somewhere anyway so it worked out for both of us!</p>
<p>Tomorrow we will take a look at the roof and see if the drifts are too deep. I bought a roof rake at a tag sale after that last crazy winter we had. Now we don’t have to borrow the neighbor’s this year! We live in a one story house but it is still a lot of work pulling snow off of your roof. We stand on the ground! </p>
<p>We have power so everything is fine. It does feel good to be outside in the winter and I try to get some ‘sun’ between 12-3pm.</p>
<p>I see Hamden’s final snow total was 40 inches.</p>
<p>Wow for Hamden! Our family official total was two feet. Took DH four hours to clear the driveway. I know that some of the streets in our area are NOT yet plowed. </p>
<p>Wonder if this will be cleaned up enough for school on Monday? It looks like every church in the state has canceled services tomorrow morning.</p>
<p>Hey 'rents!</p>
<p>I normally post on the Parents of the HS Class of 2013/College Class of 2017 thread, but I decided to come on over here because, well, I woke up this morning and wasn’t able to get out of my house at any of the exits because of the snow. How fun! We made it out though (after a few hours)! The final snowfall in my town was 38 inches! How lovelyyyy!</p>
<p>In our neck of the woods, I’m doubtful that school will be open on Monday. Lots of roads aren’t plowed, my driveway still isn’t plowed and there is an icy mix expected for Monday morning which will make driving hazardous.</p>
<p>I really feel for y’all. The biggest snow I remember in the Detroit area was actually around New Year’s Day in '99. We ended up with 30", but it fell over two days. I shoveled every few hours (round the clock even) so that I was never shoveling more than 3" at a time. My kids were almost 3 and almost 5 (early winter birthdays). My son (almost 3) had never been out to play in the snow before. My daughter trucked out there to play and my son was right behind her, all bundled up in their snow pants and coats. Their plan was to make a snowman. I was standing at the front door in sweats, slippers, video taping them. I hadn’t really thought about how short my son was… until he got into the snow up to his waist and couldn’t move. I realized he was stuck and told him to hang on, threw on my boots and coat and went out to rescue him. He was crying by then and proclaimed “I don’t like snow!” very loudly. </p>
<p>The hardest thing about shoveling that mess is dealing with what the plows leave at the end of the drive way. It’s usually hard massive chunks that are very hard to move. Plus, the way a driveway is made, being wider at the bottom, you end up with very high piles at the edges, so you’re lifting it pretty high. When the kids were too young to help me, their job was to knock those piles down some so I didn’t have to lift it so high. </p>
<p>Be careful with the shoveling. Shoveling snow creates prime heart attack conditions. It’s a very aerobic activity, puts a lot of stress on the heart and the cold makes the blood vessels constrict also. </p>
<p>I also like the camaraderie that comes from such events. People do all get out and help each other and I have usually had neighbors with snow blowers come take care of me during really big snowfalls. There is one neighbor though… he snow blows the sidewalk for a couple houses on each side of him. But when he does it, he stops at my driveway and usually has the blower pointed AT my driveway. So he blows the snow from the neighbor’s walk onto my driveway! Infuriating! It’s also infuriating when people blow or shovel their snow back into the street after the plows have been through.</p>
<p>My secret to keeping the massive pile from the snow plows down some is this: I shovel out one car length and one car width of the street on the left side… the direction the plow comes from. Then when they plow, I don’t get a huge pile. I still get a little, but it isn’t nearly as bad. When there’s 30" though, I don’t know if I’d have the stamina to do that!</p>
<p>Monday’s weather does not look promising for all of the activities rescheduled from Friday. Am hoping the ice dams do not form as we never got around to buying a snow rake after they sold out the last time New England experienced this snowfall. (Was it only two years ago January?)</p>
<p>Yes, it was two years ago. I remember it well. Snow rakes are impossible to find when you need them.</p>
<p>I remember shopping for them several years ago at Home Depot. They didn’t have any so I went to the long garden tools and cleanup area look for something to cobble together. I had lots of company. I wound up just calling a bunch of stores every morning (Target, Home Depot, Ace Hardware) until one of them had them in stock - then run down and pick it up.</p>
<p>thanks runner. He did check in, aand is fine. So many others have not been so fortunate.</p>
<p>Really warmed up today - to around 40 degrees. I have an ice dam but it’s only four inches. It becomes a problem at 15 inches but I don’t think that there’s enough snow and ice on the roofs to get there. Roads are clear with the melting and evaporation. It looks like we’re going to get a little more messy weather tonight and tomorrow morning but that’s more slippery stuff than accumulation. The warm temps should melt a lot tomorrow but could also result in flooding.</p>