<p>We have moved onto a fog alert here. Roads are better today than yesterday but it will take a while for 22 inches of snow to melt away, especially now that the rain has stopped.</p>
<p>Sidewalks? We don’t have those at all around here. </p>
<p>Yes…now it’s foggy. DH is coming home from work early. More than half of his office isn’t there either because their roads haven’t been plowed, or their driveways haven’t been plowed.</p>
<p>DH wants to get home before the temps drop into the 20’s creating a nice skating rink.</p>
<p>Yes, it’s going to take a few more days before things start to get back to normal. I always find the anticipation of a snowstorm to be exciting. I love to watch the snow fall and the beautiful winter landscapes it creates. Then it’s back to reality. We have to shovel the snow and plow the streets. We have to deal with being in the cold and dark without power. Ugggh.</p>
<p>I don’t think we’ll see our sidewalks in New Haven for a while, at least on our streets. The plow piled snow 3 feet or more deep on side of road and sidewalks are still covered. It really is a one way street right now, too narrow for 2 larger cars to get by.
My hubby has to leave car at work and get a ride (nearby) because we can only fit 2 cars in driveway. I think it will be a long time before we see the snow removed.</p>
<p>We have sidewalks too, and the same people leave them untouched whenever it snows. It’s not just the problem of walking in the street – it’s the fact that the street itself is made much narrower because of snow piled up at the curb. So if 2 cars going in opposite directions have to pass each other, pedestrians in the street are really at risk.</p>
<p>Agreed and it’s the same neighbors who can’t be bothered with picking up after their dogs. Nothing worse than doggy poop in the snow.</p>
<p>Nothing is worse than the people who take their dogs on to the school playgrounds after a snow because those are cleared. When my kids were little, they were unable to use their playground for days because idiots let their dogs crap all over.</p>
<p>When we used to live in a different neighborhood, when our next door neighbors let their dog out to do his business, he would head straight for our yard every time. It was disgusting. My husband spoke to them about it, but it continued. Before we could mow the grass, we would have to collect all of the poop with a shovel. We would deposit the poop back in our neighbor’s yard. I guess we derived a bit of satisfaction from this. Fortunately, this was before we had our D. I can’t imagine her playing in a yard littered with dog poop.</p>
<p>I guess I’m pretty lucky in our neighborhood. Dog owners, mostly are seen with plastic bags for poop or a pooper-scooper and sidewalks are usually clean except in cases like this blizzard where most just couldn’t, especially the older ones. We haven’t even had the usual " Can we shovel you out? " knock on the doors and personal plows are still so busy with regular clients.</p>
<p>Temps got into the upper 30’s this afternoon, so I finally got out. I only drove on major routes…even there 2 lanes were down to a little over one, but they were passable.</p>
<p>We live on a corner lot, so we have alot of sidewalk. DH usually clears the sidewalk, but didn’t this time. It took him 3 hours to do the driveway, and that was with a snow blower. The bigger issue is that the snow gets piled up so high at the corner by the town’s snow plows that it’s impossible to snow blow/shovel through that snowbank. So we wouldn’t be able to snowblow our entire sidewalk anyway. We decided that if the town wants to fine us this time, we’d pay.</p>
<p>Sidewalks I’ve had to use (home to T, T to work) have mostly had paths cleared (with 4-foot-high piles of snow on each side). The problem right now is that everything’s covered in slush. My feet were soaked when I got home. I imagine that the ground is going to turn into an ice slick when temperatures drop in a day or two.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that Somerville’s state of emergency is extended until Wednesday (with schools closed). MBTA is running as usual but had some major issues going on to cause delays this morning. I heard that they were putting people on Braintree at the commuter rail at one point.</p>
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<p>Perhaps you should invest in a pair of boots!</p>
<p>I have very nice waterproof boots. I just didn’t think to wear them!</p>
<p>eireann – You remind me of my D. ;)</p>
<p>Well now I found out that my plow guy just quit for the rest of the season and I’ve got to find somebody before we run out of food.</p>
<p>Boston schools are closed tomorrow.</p>
<p>I just got back from Lowell. It’s pretty messy there. Some two lane roads are 1.5 lane roads. People are walking in the street. People are having a tough time walking onto sidewalks after crossing streets because the puddles are so deep. The sidewalks are clear but you’re walking in a tunnel.</p>
<p>Most of the roofs that I looked at while driving around were in good shape. I didn’t see any accumulations of snow - some drifts here and there but nothing that looked like it would be a problem. The rain today is relatively light and it’s above freezing now and expected to stay that way overnight. So wet and slushy in cities should be with us for a while.</p>
<p>Sorels, people, Sorels! Ugly, yes, but they will keep your feet dry and warm and give you better traction. This time of year I just bring nice shoes in my bag and change when I get to where I am going. I have a whole assortment under my desk at work. I refuse to take more falling risks than I have to. (You think dealing with slushy sidewalks is bad now…imagine navigating them on crutches.)</p>
<p>I don’t own a pair of snow/rain boots. I do have a pair of work boots that’s 15 years old but it only provides about 1.5 inches of protection in a puddle. So sometimes I get wet.</p>
<p>I love my rain boots and I bought fleecy boot liners to go inside.</p>
<p>Silicone spray, if you can find it- REI?</p>