The downside of snow

[badseed1980]

This is ridiculous. Morgan left work at about the same time I did. He works at Northeastern. He is still not home. I've been in touch with him by phone, so I know he's perfectly ok, but he has been stuck in traffic all this time. Mass Ave. was a parking lot: they hadn't plowed there at ALL. He had to get off there and get on the Pike westbound. He said he doesn't expect to be home until around midnight, the way things are looking. I feel so awful. I wish I could do something to help. As it is, I can only cook dinner and save him the leftovers, and maybe pour him a drink when he comes home. Meh. My poor guy. I don't know if I'm going to be able to sleep until I see him get home safe.

Comments

[roaming.livejournal.com]

Yup. Took Tom FOUR hours from MIT. Left at 2:30, got home at 6:30.

It never fails to amaze me that people in New England never learn from past weather experience. We KNOW it's gonna be bad, it's gonna be gridlock, but businesses still expect people to get in, and then gt home. Somehow. It never occurs to everyone to just shut down for a day and let the snowplows do their work unimpeded by buried cars in their way.

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

Well, to be fair, the government said "everyone should let out at 1pm".
The state and city employees let out at that time.

The plows were NOT prepositioned.
Salt was NOT laid down before the snow hit, which, with something this big, would have helped immensely.

The city streets that were plowed, tried to empty onto highways that weren't.

[roaming.livejournal.com]

1:oo pm isn't enough time. I think everyone should have stayed home ALL day, and left the roads empty enough for the city workers to get in and out with salt and plows without being further hampered by cars.

(everybody sing: "If I ruled the world. . . . !" :-)