"Multi-Day Dangerous, Destructive Winter Storm"

[jakobeast]

Well, if I had a garage on the alley I would rather they make a pass, pushing one 5ft pile than having to shovel the entire alley. You repo or clean out houses such as these areas, do you think they can afford snow blowers?



Also you could easily fit that snow on one side or the other. They just don't have the man power or resources to get all the streets and the alleys. The BS excuse they are using is "We don't do alleys". Thats------>

Hell by the news some neighborhoods are driving down the sidewalks verses the streets because they STILL haven't been plowed three days after the storm. Another------->

I would also add that by now it's probably impossible for the City plows to just blast through there once. Snow is frozen and hard. They'd probably have to take two passes. Kinda like streets?



Where do you think the snow on the main streets go when they plow? The alley is not much different, just smaller. They make a pile on either side. Just as they plow our driveways in here. Or similar. You dig that out.

I honestly don't know what they would do. I am soooo not familiar with Chicago alleys and such. I figure they are just packed to the gills with snow. The garages all right next to each other on either side, so I don't see how the city could say we will put it over on this side. That will just piss off half the people. Aren't they only about a car and half wide?



I will say this....more snow please. I am gonna make a decent spot of cash for throwing a little snow tomorrow. My normal price is 50 bucks per, but because of the sheer amount of snow, I upped my price to $75 per. All I have to do is make a path from the street to the door. Nothing more.



Like this:

Plus, one association took the liberty of piling all the snow in front of one of our properties, so I have to go there and dig out the front door. My price? $125.

 

[R K]

Most of the alleys I've been in down there they could certainly run down once with no problem. This is something new....



The city doesn't put it on the sides. They make 1-2 passes through the center. Then the "people" shovel it from side to side. Not all of them are garage to garage. Some have room inbetween garages.



I'd like another two feet. I thought it was pretty cool and I have a roof I don't need to worry about for the most part.



Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!





<edit> Gonna be a lot of water needing to go some where real fast when this shit melts.

 

[Pez68]

Not looking forward to the melt. I'm hoping we can get a gradual melting over a couple weeks so the water has somewhere to go. If not.....UGH.

 

[jakobeast]

Most of the alleys I've been in down there they could certainly run down once with no problem. This is something new....



The city doesn't put it on the sides. They make 1-2 passes through the center. Then the "people" shovel it from side to side. Not all of them are garage to garage. Some have room inbetween garages.



I'd like another two feet. I thought it was pretty cool and I have a roof I don't need to worry about for the most part.



Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!





<edit> Gonna be a lot of water needing to go some where real fast when this shit melts.

Im with you. More snow. I like it. although, there are some idiots that can't drive, even after the snow.

 

[Tommy 0]

So I'm finally home what a week I slept a total of 5 hours since I woke up Tuesday morning we quit early tonite so we can all be Home with our families it has been one hell of a week back at it tomorrow 9 am gonna be another long week of moving snow .

 

[Tater]

Maybe they could pile up the snow along the lakefront and make igloos for the homeless.

 

[MassHavoc]

Just read a 59 year old city garbage man died of a heart attack when he was going down an alley and got out to shovel some snow out from around the garbage cans. He has worked there 10 years.

 

[R K]

Just read a 59 year old city garbage man died of a heart attack when he was going down an alley and got out to shovel some snow out from around the garbage cans. He has worked there 10 years.

"We don't do alleys".



They have "always" done alleys before.

 

[Tommy 0]

God I don't know why I mess with snow removal casualties are

92 f150 transmission smoked

Mack tandem dump 1 blown rear end

Cat backhoe 1 rear tire 1 front tire

New Holland skid steer hydraulic pump

2003 f450 blown transfer case

All that work to go right out on repairs fu cking sucks

 

[Pez68]

God I don't know why I mess with snow removal casualties are

92 f150 transmission smoked

Mack tandem dump 1 blown rear end

Cat backhoe 1 rear tire 1 front tire

New Holland skid steer hydraulic pump

2003 f450 blown transfer case

All that work to go right out on repairs fu cking sucks

Ouch...

 

[jakobeast]

God I don't know why I mess with snow removal casualties are

92 f150 transmission smoked

Mack tandem dump 1 blown rear end

Cat backhoe 1 rear tire 1 front tire

New Holland skid steer hydraulic pump

2003 f450 blown transfer case

All that work to go right out on repairs fu cking sucks

Hey, a 92 anything that is a work truck that just dropped the trans is pretty good imo.

 

[maryo]

Gonna be a lot of water needing to go some where real fast when this shit melts.

oh shit, i didn't even think of that!

 

[jakobeast]

If it is a slow melt, it shouldn't be too bad. Although, we never get a slow melt.

 

[E Runs]

"We don't do alleys".



They have "always" done alleys before.

They've never done alleys before, we've always had to shovel our way out. I could and did get out of my garage 24 hours after the snow started flying.