It Seems Everyone is Still Pissed About the Snow!
No doubt you’ve already seen the vid above, and it’s likely you’ve experienced in real life the hassles and, perhaps, destruction the blizzard caused. So the questions coming out of local blogs as well as the papers are: 1. Is this a case of straight-up class warfare, wherein Manhattan has been favored in terms of…
No doubt you’ve already seen the vid above, and it’s likely you’ve experienced in real life the hassles and, perhaps, destruction the blizzard caused. So the questions coming out of local blogs as well as the papers are: 1. Is this a case of straight-up class warfare, wherein Manhattan has been favored in terms of snow removal at the expense of outer boroughs such as Brooklyn? 2. Even if that’s true, isn’t that more or less business as usual? 3. At the most extreme end of the spectrum, can deaths be attributed to the fact that the city appears to have been unprepared for the blizzard? 4. And, finally, does Mayor Bloomberg deserve the bulk of the blame if one considers the city’s response lacking? Several City Councilpeople are definitely jumping on this bandwagon.
The Ford Explorer had city plates. Not only taxpayers paying time-and-a-half for knuckleheads like these, now we’ll be buying the city a new vehicle.
Bloomberg dropped the ball on this storm, big-time. His street has been clear of snow the entire time.
The vehicle in this video is city owned. On the news yesterday, witnesses said that it had city owned license plates.
Side streets in Kensington still haven’t seen a plow. Even the big streets such as Newkirk Ave and 18th Ave.
Yeah, but does the city get their official weather report from Lonnie Quinn on channel 2 or some fancy-smantsy advanced Doppler system that sends reports to official agencies?
I think a whole lot of 2nd guessing went on here, as past warnings of snow are usually overly hyped, and then *pfft*, and this time, the weatherman who cried “blizzard” was actually correct, and someone bet wrong.
The finger pointing on this one will go on for quite a while. Meanwhile, a plow just went down my block. We only have one lane, but at least we have that.
Why would they use a front end loader to clear a narrow street like that? Front end loaders need a wide turnaround space. Also, plowing continuously is best. A FEL is totally inefficient for this task.
I heard an interview with the city manager of Newton, Mass. where they pay snowplow drivers by the inch cleared rather than hourly. Total savings: 10% of the snow removal budget. Which is a budget that is misleading as whatever it costs, will be paid. It’s not like they say, no more snow removal this year, sorry.
Please lets not get angry with the Mayor and hurt his feelings. He is very sensative to critics. Lets all say he has done a great job and boost his ego. Otherwise he gets angry and vents his anger out on us poor working people!
“not much heads up or accurate forecasting.”
This is a good point, the storm was not forecast well, and it was really only Saturday/Xmas day that I “got the message” that a real storm was coming our way, vs. “much ado about nothing” which I had anticipated from earlier reports. Meaning that up until then it seemed like it might be just a few inches and nothing to be overly concerned about.
I’m just going to patiently wait for all the dirt to come out at the hearings Jan. 10. LOTS of blame to be spread around. Worst response ever.
I agree, CGar, Mike needs to step up!
My fave is still the guy on my block who hired a small front loader to plow his car out yesterday. That niche is now filled in again since the Sanit plows went by.
No, do not see this as class or borough warfare. Seems like the “perfect storm”. Snowfall right after XMas – I would guess a lot of sanitation workers and their managers never showed up in the early stages (NJ had absentee Governor and Lt Governor). Perhaps weathermen were away on holiday as well – not much heads up or accurate forecasting. Lots of travelers and traveling. No contigency planning or common sense – the A train at Aqueduct station. In general, failure by everyone.