There will be no school all week - Here is why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ice and snow are not the same.

They can't snap their fingers and make plows and drivers appear out of thin air. For one thing, southern VA got hit with snow a few days ago, and plows went down there. For another, at least some of the drivers for VDOT are independent contractors with other gigs going.

Ice and snow are not the same.

Weather.com says that highs will be above freezing every day this week,(42 degrees tomorrow). Whatever equipment and manpower that can be deployed will be able to do more than they can in sub-freezing temps. However, large banks of ice will still be hard to clear, especially since we go below freezing every night.

Ice and snow are not the same.

FCPS is not all-powerful and has to work with the weather, personnel, equipment and supplies/budget that they have. This storm is not like other storms because...

Ice and snow are not the same.

Yes ice and snow are not the same but does VDOT know that? Whose bright idea was it to send pick up plow trucks and just clear enough for one car to be able to pass at a time. Were they not aware that we are going to have freezing temperature the entire week and it’s best to clear the entire road because it WILL turn into ice. Such lack of foresight and leadership by Fairfax county.

We had a plow truck in our street on Sunday and they kept clearing a narrow 10 foot lane instead of making sure the entire road was clear. Thats why the buses can’t go on our street and students can’t walk in the narrow lanes because they will get hit by a car. VDOT and Fairfax county clearly mismanaged this. We get it was ice but they knew that 10 days ahead and also had the entire week last week to fix it. FCPS has cleared up all their sidewalks and parking lots but they can’t clean areas that are not in their domain. I too grew up in the north and the county always had a plan for such storms but seems like Fairfax just likes to sit around and wait for the snow to magically go away.

This happened in our neighborhood. It drove me crazy to see them only clear one lane, had a train of trucks been following each other and making multiple passes, while it was still dry as ice powdery sleet, they might have gotten somewhere before it turned to solid ice making it impossible to move without a front loader.

Even at this point the only way to move the massive berms off of the sidewalks is with a front loader.

I saw neighborhood private plow companies being proactive on Sunday with Bobcats moving piles of snow, left by larger plow trucks of road sides and sidewalks. Again before it turned to solid ice.

Those neighborhoods look great.

I blame the ICE crackdowns. This is what happens when you lock up all of the cheap labor and make people afraid to leave the house to work.

Folks in my neighborhood were paying the few brave souls venturing out seeking snow removal jobs $200 to clear parking spaces. These teams were outworking the neighbors shoveling their own ice. They could shovel a spot in 30 mins, neighbors not paying were out there from noon till dusk. My Trumpy neighbor was still shoveling after 7pm. Serves him right.

Oh pleasd.

This area has always sucked at snow removal. It is bipartisan incompetence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just worked on my sidewalk. That snowcrete is a major PITA. I was just hammering and hammering on it with a metal shovel until my arms couldn't take it anymore. Wednesday is my goal to have the entire thing done.

Finally got my driveway 3/4 done after several days of chipping away. My sidewalk is still snowcrete. It’s immovable and heavy.

Why the f did you wait until it turned to ice? Serious question.

we had our entire driveway, sidewalk and walkway shoveled in 2 hrs on Monday right after it snowed.

No you didn’t- the precipitation turned to sleet mid-day Sunday, so if you waited until Monday, it was ice.

Lie better next time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ice and snow are not the same.

They can't snap their fingers and make plows and drivers appear out of thin air. For one thing, southern VA got hit with snow a few days ago, and plows went down there. For another, at least some of the drivers for VDOT are independent contractors with other gigs going.

Ice and snow are not the same.

Weather.com says that highs will be above freezing every day this week,(42 degrees tomorrow). Whatever equipment and manpower that can be deployed will be able to do more than they can in sub-freezing temps. However, large banks of ice will still be hard to clear, especially since we go below freezing every night.

Ice and snow are not the same.

FCPS is not all-powerful and has to work with the weather, personnel, equipment and supplies/budget that they have. This storm is not like other storms because...

Ice and snow are not the same.

Yes ice and snow are not the same but does VDOT know that? Whose bright idea was it to send pick up plow trucks and just clear enough for one car to be able to pass at a time. Were they not aware that we are going to have freezing temperature the entire week and it’s best to clear the entire road because it WILL turn into ice. Such lack of foresight and leadership by Fairfax county.

We had a plow truck in our street on Sunday and they kept clearing a narrow 10 foot lane instead of making sure the entire road was clear. Thats why the buses can’t go on our street and students can’t walk in the narrow lanes because they will get hit by a car. VDOT and Fairfax county clearly mismanaged this. We get it was ice but they knew that 10 days ahead and also had the entire week last week to fix it. FCPS has cleared up all their sidewalks and parking lots but they can’t clean areas that are not in their domain. I too grew up in the north and the county always had a plan for such storms but seems like Fairfax just likes to sit around and wait for the snow to magically go away.

This happened in our neighborhood. It drove me crazy to see them only clear one lane, had a train of trucks been following each other and making multiple passes, while it was still dry as ice powdery sleet, they might have gotten somewhere before it turned to solid ice making it impossible to move without a front loader.

Even at this point the only way to move the massive berms off of the sidewalks is with a front loader.

I saw neighborhood private plow companies being proactive on Sunday with Bobcats moving piles of snow, left by larger plow trucks of road sides and sidewalks. Again before it turned to solid ice.

Those neighborhoods look great.

I blame the ICE crackdowns. This is what happens when you lock up all of the cheap labor and make people afraid to leave the house to work.

Folks in my neighborhood were paying the few brave souls venturing out seeking snow removal jobs $200 to clear parking spaces. These teams were outworking the neighbors shoveling their own ice. They could shovel a spot in 30 mins, neighbors not paying were out there from noon till dusk. My Trumpy neighbor was still shoveling after 7pm. Serves him right.

Oh pleasd.

This area has always sucked at snow removal. It is bipartisan incompetence.

This area generally does ok with snow removal, but as has been pointed out repeatedly, snow and ice are 2 different things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of people have heart disease. Lots. Shoveling isn’t for everyone.

If you can afford to own a home, you can afford to pay a teenager to shovel your sidewalk.