APS VA Snow Day Projection

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My god people pay a teenager $30 and they'll clear the sidewalk for you. In fact if you ask nicely they'll likely do it for free. Zero problem solving skills. I have seen teens roaming neighborhoods. I have seen people posting on nextdoor offering services. Now they're all in school of course but they were hanging around all freaking week. Are people so isolated from humanity they can't even sort out how to do this?

Your reading comprehension is dismal. They are offering their services on Nextdoor for $100-$200. $30 was when the storm first came through. Keep up!

Also, everyone on here thinking they know the extent of the ice challenge faced by any particular person is hilarious. The county is huge and there are some rock solid spots ain’t nobody clearing without some serious equipment.

+100!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My god people pay a teenager $30 and they'll clear the sidewalk for you. In fact if you ask nicely they'll likely do it for free. Zero problem solving skills. I have seen teens roaming neighborhoods. I have seen people posting on nextdoor offering services. Now they're all in school of course but they were hanging around all freaking week. Are people so isolated from humanity they can't even sort out how to do this?

Your reading comprehension is dismal. They are offering their services on Nextdoor for $100-$200. $30 was when the storm first came through. Keep up!

Why didn't people deal with this when the storm first came through again? Big surprise over a week out the adults who are available to get you out of your situation are charging you $100-200. My driveway also got plowed back in after I cleared it. Last Tuesday. Dealt with it then.

I'm sure there are people with genuinely extenuating circumstances where they could not handle their property for variables out of their control. Mostly though from walking around it's just people too lazy or too inpet or too selfish to bother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My god people pay a teenager $30 and they'll clear the sidewalk for you. In fact if you ask nicely they'll likely do it for free. Zero problem solving skills. I have seen teens roaming neighborhoods. I have seen people posting on nextdoor offering services. Now they're all in school of course but they were hanging around all freaking week. Are people so isolated from humanity they can't even sort out how to do this?

Your reading comprehension is dismal. They are offering their services on Nextdoor for $100-$200. $30 was when the storm first came through. Keep up!

Also, everyone on here thinking they know the extent of the ice challenge faced by any particular person is hilarious. The county is huge and there are some rock solid spots ain’t nobody clearing without some serious equipment.

Amazing if you know your conscience is clear don't worry about it. Many spots where sidewalks should have and could have been cleared.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is next level nuts they are now enforcing it starting today. Someone find some logic. I'm baffled.

I've seen people on local Facebook groups saying it doesn't matter if they clear their sidewalks because it's not being enforced. They are not going to do it unless someone threatens them. To the PP who gave it another try and gave up - I'm sympathetic if you're talking about a giant wall of plowed snow. If it's just your normal sidewalk, you had 8 days to figure out a solution. It's 100% on you that you didn't do anything yet.

In my defense, I’ve clocked over 15 hours out there at this point. I injured myself trying to dig us out from behind the iceberg they erected in front of my driveway. At this point I should fine the county for the absurd labor the subjected me to! I’m very comfortable invoking an exemption as to what remains.

That's nice. Your neighbors are judging you for your cleared driveway/uncleared sidewalk combo. When it inconvenienced you personally, you managed just fine.

DP. People are doing the best they can. This is difficult and slow going, and not everyone has the same physical capacity. Instead of being snarky, go help your neighbor. I think it's normal to make sure you can get in/out before shoveling sidewalks. That's what we do too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I saw a kid waiting in the middle of the road for a bus! WTAF.

Kids should know better. They need to find a safe place to stand within eyesight of the stop and the bus can adjust.

What if there aren't any safe spaces to stand?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is next level nuts they are now enforcing it starting today. Someone find some logic. I'm baffled.

The logic is they gave a pass for a week to give plenty of time to figure it out. Now they are enforcing. What is difficult to understand?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is next level nuts they are now enforcing it starting today. Someone find some logic. I'm baffled.

I've seen people on local Facebook groups saying it doesn't matter if they clear their sidewalks because it's not being enforced. They are not going to do it unless someone threatens them. To the PP who gave it another try and gave up - I'm sympathetic if you're talking about a giant wall of plowed snow. If it's just your normal sidewalk, you had 8 days to figure out a solution. It's 100% on you that you didn't do anything yet.

In my defense, I’ve clocked over 15 hours out there at this point. I injured myself trying to dig us out from behind the iceberg they erected in front of my driveway. At this point I should fine the county for the absurd labor the subjected me to! I’m very comfortable invoking an exemption as to what remains.

That's nice. Your neighbors are judging you for your cleared driveway/uncleared sidewalk combo. When it inconvenienced you personally, you managed just fine.

DP. People are doing the best they can. This is difficult and slow going, and not everyone has the same physical capacity. Instead of being snarky, go help your neighbor. I think it's normal to make sure you can get in/out before shoveling sidewalks. That's what we do too.

Sorry but plenty of people are not doing the best they can. I have two able bodied neighbors. Younger than me males. They shoveled their driveways out and ignored their sidewalks. Then back at it when it worked for them to shovel cars out from the street. No I'm not shoveling their sidewalk for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is next level nuts they are now enforcing it starting today. Someone find some logic. I'm baffled.

The logic is they gave a pass for a week to give plenty of time to figure it out. Now they are enforcing. What is difficult to understand?

Because the time to do it was a week ago when it was much easier to do it and before all these kids and pedestrians walked all over it. Now it is pretty near impossible. Apparently people didn't have the sense to figure out it was going to be near impossible later on, but here we are. The County could have helped them along by enforcing from the beginning.

Either enforce it or don't. A week+ delay is silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is next level nuts they are now enforcing it starting today. Someone find some logic. I'm baffled.

I've seen people on local Facebook groups saying it doesn't matter if they clear their sidewalks because it's not being enforced. They are not going to do it unless someone threatens them. To the PP who gave it another try and gave up - I'm sympathetic if you're talking about a giant wall of plowed snow. If it's just your normal sidewalk, you had 8 days to figure out a solution. It's 100% on you that you didn't do anything yet.

In my defense, I’ve clocked over 15 hours out there at this point. I injured myself trying to dig us out from behind the iceberg they erected in front of my driveway. At this point I should fine the county for the absurd labor the subjected me to! I’m very comfortable invoking an exemption as to what remains.

That's nice. Your neighbors are judging you for your cleared driveway/uncleared sidewalk combo. When it inconvenienced you personally, you managed just fine.

DP. People are doing the best they can. This is difficult and slow going, and not everyone has the same physical capacity. Instead of being snarky, go help your neighbor. I think it's normal to make sure you can get in/out before shoveling sidewalks. That's what we do too.

Sorry but plenty of people are not doing the best they can. I have two able bodied neighbors. Younger than me males. They shoveled their driveways out and ignored their sidewalks. Then back at it when it worked for them to shovel cars out from the street. No I'm not shoveling their sidewalk for them.

+1

We have a couple neighbors like that. Zero excuses. They are capable and can afford the packs of teens going around shoveling.

If people have extenuating circumstances that’s one thing. But flat out laziness isn’t ok.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is next level nuts they are now enforcing it starting today. Someone find some logic. I'm baffled.

The logic is they gave a pass for a week to give plenty of time to figure it out. Now they are enforcing. What is difficult to understand?

What have people been figuring out that they haven't sorted on the 9th full day following a snow storm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is next level nuts they are now enforcing it starting today. Someone find some logic. I'm baffled.

The logic is they gave a pass for a week to give plenty of time to figure it out. Now they are enforcing. What is difficult to understand?

Because the time to do it was a week ago when it was much easier to do it and before all these kids and pedestrians walked all over it. Now it is pretty near impossible. Apparently people didn't have the sense to figure out it was going to be near impossible later on, but here we are. The County could have helped them along by enforcing from the beginning.

Either enforce it or don't. A week+ delay is silly.

If it clears out a few roads by the schools it’s worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is next level nuts they are now enforcing it starting today. Someone find some logic. I'm baffled.

The logic is they gave a pass for a week to give plenty of time to figure it out. Now they are enforcing. What is difficult to understand?

What have people been figuring out that they haven't sorted on the 9th full day following a snow storm.

IDK. We shoveled out in the first day or two. But some did not. The snowcrete was extremely heavy. Some people probably needed time to find someone to hire or wait for it to soften up. It's much softer today with the warmer temps. So that's helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is next level nuts they are now enforcing it starting today. Someone find some logic. I'm baffled.

I've seen people on local Facebook groups saying it doesn't matter if they clear their sidewalks because it's not being enforced. They are not going to do it unless someone threatens them. To the PP who gave it another try and gave up - I'm sympathetic if you're talking about a giant wall of plowed snow. If it's just your normal sidewalk, you had 8 days to figure out a solution. It's 100% on you that you didn't do anything yet.

In my defense, I’ve clocked over 15 hours out there at this point. I injured myself trying to dig us out from behind the iceberg they erected in front of my driveway. At this point I should fine the county for the absurd labor the subjected me to! I’m very comfortable invoking an exemption as to what remains.

That's nice. Your neighbors are judging you for your cleared driveway/uncleared sidewalk combo. When it inconvenienced you personally, you managed just fine.

DP. People are doing the best they can. This is difficult and slow going, and not everyone has the same physical capacity. Instead of being snarky, go help your neighbor. I think it's normal to make sure you can get in/out before shoveling sidewalks. That's what we do too.

Sorry but plenty of people are not doing the best they can. I have two able bodied neighbors. Younger than me males. They shoveled their driveways out and ignored their sidewalks. Then back at it when it worked for them to shovel cars out from the street. No I'm not shoveling their sidewalk for them.

Oh I agree, I was talking about the PP who said they had physical issues. They were doing the best they could. You are right - others are just uncaring

[Anonymous]

delay tomorrow - makes sense. it was ugly this AM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:delay tomorrow - makes sense. it was ugly this AM

I left 10 minutes earlier than I would normally leave if driving my kids off (at two separate schools - middle school and high school start times) and it was a massive nothing burger.

Just throwing it out there that parts of the County and some schools seem a-ok. Sorry to those struggling I know there are some tough spots.