Why has DC failed so badly on clearing the streets?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No equipment can manage the sheets of ice, that's why.

My landscaping company did

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve lived here since 1993 and have never seen a storm like this (snow then sleet that quickly compacted into ice, followed by a record-breaking cold snap). I shoveled multiple times on Sunday and the ground was already concrete by early evening. The vast majority of the plows in DC can easily handle snow but not a slab of ice. I’m not sure what all the people whining about this wanted the city to do?

And the whiners — almost all of them very recent transplants — also conveniently neglect to point out that things are just as bad in Virginia, Maryland, Philly, NYC (the crowing by Mamdani fanboys has been overtaken by complaints, and how many homeless there have died because of his new policies) and Boston. They act as if DC alone is struggling.

NYC got 15 inches of snow. Boston got 23 inches. DC got 6.

Also, it seems rich for longtime DC residents to accuse transplants of being whiners about the weather. Have you lived anywhere north of here? Where I grew up, they don't cancel school unless it's snowing so much that you can't see the road in front of you.

You forgot to include the 3" of sleet which has a snow equivalence of 12".

Sleet is simply pellets of ice. Not freezing rain. If they got on it right away, it’s easy to get rid of. And it’s still 3”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve lived here since 1993 and have never seen a storm like this (snow then sleet that quickly compacted into ice, followed by a record-breaking cold snap). I shoveled multiple times on Sunday and the ground was already concrete by early evening. The vast majority of the plows in DC can easily handle snow but not a slab of ice. I’m not sure what all the people whining about this wanted the city to do?

And the whiners — almost all of them very recent transplants — also conveniently neglect to point out that things are just as bad in Virginia, Maryland, Philly, NYC (the crowing by Mamdani fanboys has been overtaken by complaints, and how many homeless there have died because of his new policies) and Boston. They act as if DC alone is struggling.

NYC got 15 inches of snow. Boston got 23 inches. DC got 6.

Also, it seems rich for longtime DC residents to accuse transplants of being whiners about the weather. Have you lived anywhere north of here? Where I grew up, they don't cancel school unless it's snowing so much that you can't see the road in front of you.

You forgot to include the 3" of sleet which has a snow equivalence of 12".

Sleet is simply pellets of ice. Not freezing rain. If they got on it right away, it’s easy to get rid of. And it’s still 3”

I dug out a parking space yesterday. It took a bit but it wasn't that big of deal. It's not as icy as people claim.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve lived here since 1993 and have never seen a storm like this (snow then sleet that quickly compacted into ice, followed by a record-breaking cold snap). I shoveled multiple times on Sunday and the ground was already concrete by early evening. The vast majority of the plows in DC can easily handle snow but not a slab of ice. I’m not sure what all the people whining about this wanted the city to do?

And the whiners — almost all of them very recent transplants — also conveniently neglect to point out that things are just as bad in Virginia, Maryland, Philly, NYC (the crowing by Mamdani fanboys has been overtaken by complaints, and how many homeless there have died because of his new policies) and Boston. They act as if DC alone is struggling.

NYC got 15 inches of snow. Boston got 23 inches. DC got 6.

Also, it seems rich for longtime DC residents to accuse transplants of being whiners about the weather. Have you lived anywhere north of here? Where I grew up, they don't cancel school unless it's snowing so much that you can't see the road in front of you.

You forgot to include the 3" of sleet which has a snow equivalence of 12".

Sleet is simply pellets of ice. Not freezing rain. If they got on it right away, it’s easy to get rid of. And it’s still 3”

Not to quibble but I was out on Sunday during the storm and it actually was freezing rain, not sleet. It was coming down in unfrozen drops that froze into ice immediately when it hit the ground. Sleet is basically slushy snow and that’s not what this was.

[Anonymous]

Sidewalks and crosswalks haven’t been cleared. Bike lanes haven’t been cleared. Many residential streets are borderline impassable. And DDOT is telling pedestrians to stay off the streets as if there is any other place to walk. But the arterial streets look great!

The DC mayor is focused on handing over billions of dollars of public resources to an Epstein-cavorting billionaire who has just bought the most expensive home in DC. Her transportation director is solely focused on the convenience of commuters from MD and VA. Neither person gives the slightest damn about DC residents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve lived here since 1993 and have never seen a storm like this (snow then sleet that quickly compacted into ice, followed by a record-breaking cold snap). I shoveled multiple times on Sunday and the ground was already concrete by early evening. The vast majority of the plows in DC can easily handle snow but not a slab of ice. I’m not sure what all the people whining about this wanted the city to do?

And the whiners — almost all of them very recent transplants — also conveniently neglect to point out that things are just as bad in Virginia, Maryland, Philly, NYC (the crowing by Mamdani fanboys has been overtaken by complaints, and how many homeless there have died because of his new policies) and Boston. They act as if DC alone is struggling.

NYC got 15 inches of snow. Boston got 23 inches. DC got 6.

Also, it seems rich for longtime DC residents to accuse transplants of being whiners about the weather. Have you lived anywhere north of here? Where I grew up, they don't cancel school unless it's snowing so much that you can't see the road in front of you.

You forgot to include the 3" of sleet which has a snow equivalence of 12".

Sleet is simply pellets of ice. Not freezing rain. If they got on it right away, it’s easy to get rid of. And it’s still 3”

I dug out a parking space yesterday. It took a bit but it wasn't that big of deal. It's not as icy as people claim.

You do need to have a metal tool of some sort.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve lived here since 1993 and have never seen a storm like this (snow then sleet that quickly compacted into ice, followed by a record-breaking cold snap). I shoveled multiple times on Sunday and the ground was already concrete by early evening. The vast majority of the plows in DC can easily handle snow but not a slab of ice. I’m not sure what all the people whining about this wanted the city to do?

And the whiners — almost all of them very recent transplants — also conveniently neglect to point out that things are just as bad in Virginia, Maryland, Philly, NYC (the crowing by Mamdani fanboys has been overtaken by complaints, and how many homeless there have died because of his new policies) and Boston. They act as if DC alone is struggling.

NYC got 15 inches of snow. Boston got 23 inches. DC got 6.

Also, it seems rich for longtime DC residents to accuse transplants of being whiners about the weather. Have you lived anywhere north of here? Where I grew up, they don't cancel school unless it's snowing so much that you can't see the road in front of you.

You forgot to include the 3" of sleet which has a snow equivalence of 12".

Sleet is simply pellets of ice. Not freezing rain. If they got on it right away, it’s easy to get rid of. And it’s still 3”

Not to quibble but I was out on Sunday during the storm and it actually was freezing rain, not sleet. It was coming down in unfrozen drops that froze into ice immediately when it hit the ground. Sleet is basically slushy snow and that’s not what this was.

DP. There was sleet and then a layer of freezing rain to glue it together.

[Anonymous]

Feeling sorry for the garbage collectors. They have a hell of a job ahead of them. Bowser said the snow removal team would be working around the clock this weekend clearing the way for the garbage trucks. I Just walked around the block to put out a couple bags of trash (my backyard is impassable) and it's such a mess in the alley. The city has def not been down there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Feeling sorry for the garbage collectors. They have a hell of a job ahead of them. Bowser said the snow removal team would be working around the clock this weekend clearing the way for the garbage trucks. I Just walked around the block to put out a couple bags of trash (my backyard is impassable) and it's such a mess in the alley. The city has def not been down there.

Bowser says the city isn't going to clear alleys. She says that's our responsibility. WTF?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Feeling sorry for the garbage collectors. They have a hell of a job ahead of them. Bowser said the snow removal team would be working around the clock this weekend clearing the way for the garbage trucks. I Just walked around the block to put out a couple bags of trash (my backyard is impassable) and it's such a mess in the alley. The city has def not been down there.

Bowser says the city isn't going to clear alleys. She says that's our responsibility. WTF?

When the city meets its responsibility to plow all of the streets, I’ll consider “my responsibility”. If they won’t do the bare minimum then I certainly won’t do their jobs for them.

[Anonymous]

Move your trash cans to the front this week. They're not messing with the alleys.

[Anonymous]

DC has been sending snow plows repeatedly over some residential side streets with clear pavement while other residential streets inch same area haven’t seen a single pass of a plow in 7 days!

[Anonymous]

City plowed our alley today. Weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No equipment can manage the sheets of ice, that's why.

My landscaping company did

The private sector works hard. Many DC government employees are entitled, shiftless and lazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Move your trash cans to the front this week. They're not messing with the alleys.

how?