MoCo residents don’t need to clear sidewalks until Monday. The latest mcps email canceling school tomorrow links to the MoCo government directive. Regardless, it’s nearly impossible to break up and move the ice until the temps increase a bit.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We shoveled multiple times. Then a plow came and pushed huge chunks of ice back onto the sidewalk. It melted and refroze while we were at work. It’s not possible to shovel anymore, or even break apart with a pickax.

Look, if the cities/counties cannot successfully plow this stuff with huge trucks, it’s not reasonable to expect humans with garden tools to do the same.

The same happened to all of us. I dug it out immediately after it happened. The sun was shining and it wasn't as hard as people are describing.

If you live in an area that gets snow, why are you using garden tools? Grow up. You're another person who expects other people to do the hard work for you.

It must be nice to have a job where you could do it immediately, in the middle of the day.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We shoveled multiple times. Then a plow came and pushed huge chunks of ice back onto the sidewalk. It melted and refroze while we were at work. It’s not possible to shovel anymore, or even break apart with a pickax.

Look, if the cities/counties cannot successfully plow this stuff with huge trucks, it’s not reasonable to expect humans with garden tools to do the same.

The same happened to all of us. I dug it out immediately after it happened. The sun was shining and it wasn't as hard as people are describing.

If you live in an area that gets snow, why are you using garden tools? Grow up. You're another person who expects other people to do the hard work for you.

It’s almost like you have zero reading comprehension skills.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We shoveled multiple times. Then a plow came and pushed huge chunks of ice back onto the sidewalk. It melted and refroze while we were at work. It’s not possible to shovel anymore, or even break apart with a pickax.

Look, if the cities/counties cannot successfully plow this stuff with huge trucks, it’s not reasonable to expect humans with garden tools to do the same.

Delivery trucks and buses are still getting stuck in DC and the burbs.

And nobody owns a pick-ax.

My neighbor’s shovel broke as he tried to chop the ice.

Everyone needs to realize we aren’t equipped to handle this amount of snow and ice with such frigid temperatures. That doesn’t mean people are lazy or stupid; this is hard—even dangerous—for many people.

I own two pick-axes, medium and large.

Anonymous wrote:We shoveled multiple times. Then a plow came and pushed huge chunks of ice back onto the sidewalk. It melted and refroze while we were at work. It’s not possible to shovel anymore, or even break apart with a pickax.

Look, if the cities/counties cannot successfully plow this stuff with huge trucks, it’s not reasonable to expect humans with garden tools to do the same.

The same happened to all of us. I dug it out immediately after it happened. The sun was shining and it wasn't as hard as people are describing.

If you live in an area that gets snow, why are you using garden tools? Grow up. You're another person who expects other people to do the hard work for you.

Anonymous wrote:We shoveled multiple times. Then a plow came and pushed huge chunks of ice back onto the sidewalk. It melted and refroze while we were at work. It’s not possible to shovel anymore, or even break apart with a pickax.

Look, if the cities/counties cannot successfully plow this stuff with huge trucks, it’s not reasonable to expect humans with garden tools to do the same.

Delivery trucks and buses are still getting stuck in DC and the burbs.

And nobody owns a pick-ax.

My neighbor’s shovel broke as he tried to chop the ice.

Everyone needs to realize we aren’t equipped to handle this amount of snow and ice with such frigid temperatures. That doesn’t mean people are lazy or stupid; this is hard—even dangerous—for many people.

We shoveled multiple times. Then a plow came and pushed huge chunks of ice back onto the sidewalk. It melted and refroze while we were at work. It’s not possible to shovel anymore, or even break apart with a pickax.

Look, if the cities/counties cannot successfully plow this stuff with huge trucks, it’s not reasonable to expect humans with garden tools to do the same.

I can't wait for people to start calling for virtual learning. Just until the roads are safe.

The MoCo Snow FB has a post with replies with pics, and someone posted a pic of a huge mound of snow at a school bus stop. In short: even clear sidewalks don’t allow kids to safely get on or off a bus. There’s a mountain of snow between the sidewalk and street.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s no need to shovel sidewalks in most areas. Only certain major roads lead to bus stops, metro, stores, etc. and those should be shoveled. But most interior neighborhood streets aren’t heavily traveled by people on foot…especially in these temps.

Tons of reports that major commuter routes were plowed and snow now covers the sidewalks with a thick wall of ice. Good luck with that.

I heard that CT Ave is only one lane in each direction, which means commuting downtown is basically impossible.

You are deranged and clueless about "most neighborhoods". There is absolutely a need to shovel in most of the neighborhoods where I live. My neighborhood streets are used by walkers throughout the entire year.

If they are walking dogs or walking for pleasure, there is no need for elderly or middle aged people to risk their lives or health for walkers.

The snow will melt if you give it a minute. Geez.

To add to the above, large groups of kids walk to the bus stop in my neighborhood. There are many cars screaming down our neighborhood streets when those kids are headed to and from the bus stop. They have nowhere to stand because neither neighbor where they can stand have touched their sidewalks.

People are lazy.

Anonymous wrote:There’s no need to shovel sidewalks in most areas. Only certain major roads lead to bus stops, metro, stores, etc. and those should be shoveled. But most interior neighborhood streets aren’t heavily traveled by people on foot…especially in these temps.

Tons of reports that major commuter routes were plowed and snow now covers the sidewalks with a thick wall of ice. Good luck with that.

I heard that CT Ave is only one lane in each direction, which means commuting downtown is basically impossible.

You are deranged and clueless about "most neighborhoods". There is absolutely a need to shovel in most of the neighborhoods where I live. My neighborhood streets are used by walkers throughout the entire year.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s no need to shovel sidewalks in most areas. Only certain major roads lead to bus stops, metro, stores, etc. and those should be shoveled. But most interior neighborhood streets aren’t heavily traveled by people on foot…especially in these temps.

Tons of reports that major commuter routes were plowed and snow now covers the sidewalks with a thick wall of ice. Good luck with that.

I heard that CT Ave is only one lane in each direction, which means commuting downtown is basically impossible.

kids walking to schools & school buses?

if you have a sidewalk, you should clear it.

Our neighborhood doesn’t have sidewalks—with the exception of the major road at the front of the neighborhood where the bus stop is (for school buses as well as public transportation).

ICYMI: even if the sidewalk is shoveled, there is a ginormous mountain of icy snow between the sidewalk and street…so how will people actually safely access a bus? Answer: by walking in the street. Nobody will climb over a massive wall of snow.

I hope schools remain closed on Friday.

Major roads are only plowed in certain lanes. Snow was plowed from the streets onto sidewalks. People are walking in the street and will continue to do so even if sidewalks are shoveled because you can’t walk into snow and scale a big mound of ice to get back onto the street and climb aboard a bus.

Anonymous wrote:I was shoveling, but took a break and then when I saw OP post, I decided it would be more fun to stop, just to make her seethe.

Seriously some snow shoveling nazis here.

Anonymous wrote:There’s no need to shovel sidewalks in most areas. Only certain major roads lead to bus stops, metro, stores, etc. and those should be shoveled. But most interior neighborhood streets aren’t heavily traveled by people on foot…especially in these temps.

Tons of reports that major commuter routes were plowed and snow now covers the sidewalks with a thick wall of ice. Good luck with that.

I heard that CT Ave is only one lane in each direction, which means commuting downtown is basically impossible.

kids walking to schools & school buses?

if you have a sidewalk, you should clear it.