Palms in the snow

[Eric Muehlbauer]

Here is my palm "tree"...Trachycarpus fortunei....at the start of the enormous snowstorm that still has us buried and unplowed 2 days later....

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Oh boy, we saw the stories on the news tonight about the snow that has hit you guys in New York. Yikes. Didn't realize you could get it that bad. oke: Kind of like living in some parts of Canada.

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

While its supposed to be the 6th worst storm on record in NYC, its not the storm...its the clean-up. This is the worst cleanup I have ever seen...and I've been through worse storms here. At first they were denying it, but the latest news is that the mayor is admitting that they did a lousy job...apparently its officially the slowest cleanup in memory. My area is still unpassable on all but the major roads. We only had our 1st snowplow 2 hours ago. The storm was Sunday! And the plow did nothing...its as if it was never here. I think the held the blade up.

 

[NYEric]

Monday I couldn't get out of our driveway w/ my Subaru!! Tuesday got out to Brooklyn but teh street our office building is on had not been plowed yet, about 14" snow so I parked a block away. I dont really think this is any wors than any storms I remember it just came fast and at a bad time. If it had come X-mas eve it would have been clean for work Monday. Eric, if you need a relief food/drink delivery let me know.

 

[Shiva]

I haven't had one of those in a couple of years. Usually, when we do, there's only 30-35 cm of snow with high winds followed by a few hours or rain or freezing rain. Then the temperature goes down quickly to minus 25-30C, which means I have to get out with the snowblower before it all turns to ice.

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

Thanks Eric! We're OK now...the plows come through regularly and most of the streets and corners are passable...with effort. But I still haven't gotten any mail since Friday.

 

[goldenrose]

Glad to hear that! Give it another day & you'll probably get the 40-50 degree weather we're expecting today & tomorrow. :crazy: Only in the midwest!

 

[aquacorps]

It's Obama's fault. Snow was removed promptly when Bush was president.

 

[SlipperFan]

Cool photo, Eric.

 

[Bolero]

It's Obama's fault. Snow was removed promptly when Bush was president.

:rollhappy:

Yeah right.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

It's Obama's fault. Snow was removed promptly when Bush was president.

I know this was meant in jest, but man, sometimes it's true; politicians can make a difference to snow removal. We got a new mayor this fall and there's been a huge improvement in snow removal this year. :rollhappy: