What's more current than the weather?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-24-2016, 08:35 PM

Made two passes up the driveway and a path to the front door before the snowblower quit. I've got supplies, and my first appointment is February 24th, so I left a message with the shop that I paid $350 to make it all nice-nice 3 months ago and told them to come get it.

Griff · 01-25-2016, 06:22 AM

ggrrrr...

glatt · 01-25-2016, 11:44 AM

As I gaze out my window at our still unplowed street, it occurs to me that Arlington Virginia needs more plows and drivers at times like these. But it's such a rare event, it would be silly to always have those plows on hand, sitting idle.

What if there was an Uber for plows? There are surely lots of plows in, I don't know, Pittsburgh, for example, sitting idle right now. They have wheels. Why don't they drive here and plow my street? Why doesn't some company form an Uber-like service for plows, and the various local municipalities subscribe to that service so they can pay a little extra for temporary extra plow capacity?

During power outages, you hear of linemen coming in from out of state to help out. Those are private companies though.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-25-2016, 12:44 PM

A little extra?

There is nothing little about snow removal, not the equipment, the time frame, nor the costs. Do they use garbage trucks down there?

glatt · 01-25-2016, 01:50 PM

A little extra compared to what they are already paying, and compared to what it would cost to buy a bunch of new equipment to handle this kind of storm.

If such a service existed, they could even cut back on the equipment they keep on hand.

glatt · 01-25-2016, 02:40 PM

They had already called school off for today and tomorrow, and now they have called it for Wednesday as well.

They are using at least one of the school's parking lots for piling the snow up. There are huge mountains of snow piled up blocking everything at that school. Supposedly, they are bringing the snow melter in soon.

01-24-2016, 08:35 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Made two passes up the driveway and a path to the front door before the snowblower quit. I've got supplies, and my first appointment is February 24th, so I left a message with the shop that I paid $350 to make it all nice-nice 3 months ago and told them to come get it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-25-2016, 06:22 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	ggrrrr... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-25-2016, 12:44 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	A little extra? There is nothing little about snow removal, not the equipment, the time frame, nor the costs. Do they use garbage trucks down there? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-25-2016, 11:44 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	As I gaze out my window at our still unplowed street, it occurs to me that Arlington Virginia needs more plows and drivers at times like these. But it's such a rare event, it would be silly to always have those plows on hand, sitting idle. What if there was an Uber for plows? There are surely lots of plows in, I don't know, Pittsburgh, for example, sitting idle right now. They have wheels. Why don't they drive here and plow my street? Why doesn't some company form an Uber-like service for plows, and the various local municipalities subscribe to that service so they can pay a little extra for temporary extra plow capacity? During power outages, you hear of linemen coming in from out of state to help out. Those are private companies though.

01-25-2016, 01:50 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	A little extra compared to what they are already paying, and compared to what it would cost to buy a bunch of new equipment to handle this kind of storm. If such a service existed, they could even cut back on the equipment they keep on hand.

01-25-2016, 02:40 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	They had already called school off for today and tomorrow, and now they have called it for Wednesday as well. They are using at least one of the school's parking lots for piling the snow up. There are huge mountains of snow piled up blocking everything at that school. Supposedly, they are bringing the snow melter in soon.

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