Puddles and ice usher March in
The city (the mid to north end, anyway) has attained one of its classic awful conditions: wide puddles at every corner, with most of the water over slabs of ice, so every step has to be taken with care. I thought it was just me being ultra careful crossing my own street (iced-up sidewalk, low berm of soggy, icy snow, then slabs of wet ice rutted by tires, stretching across to another low, wet, treacherous berm of icy snow, and then another iced-up sidewalk, and my front walk also in a frightful state) but I just went out to throw some salt around and watched my upstairs neighbour also taking his time picking his steps among the mess.
Be careful out there.
Spi 22:27 on 2020-03-02 Permalink
It’s interesting that they seemed to have paid special attention to that specific issue at the start of the winter , the guy in charge of snow removal even made special mention of it in several interviews and now when it counts and we’re going to have 3-4 days of above 0 temperatures (thus melting snow), seems like they didn’t bother. Do they not learn lessons from year to the next? This entire week is just going to be water everywhere.
dwgs 08:22 on 2020-03-03 Permalink
It’s probably easier to deal with at the beginning of winter because the storm drains aren’t nearly as frozen as they are late in the winter. The only way to solve the problem is to give the water somewhere to go which would mean clearing all the storm drains of ice.
walkerp 08:37 on 2020-03-03 Permalink
California has an adopt-a-drain program, where residents are encouraged to ensure their local drains are clear of debris. They don’t have ice and snow like we do, but the debris is an issue. They should do that here. For sure in the Plateau at least there should be one or more old-school resident who would take it upon themselves to clear the drain on their block. I do it on mine and any others I can easily break up on the way to work. It’s quite satisfying when you do get a hole in the ice and the puddle drains out. Passers-by are often quite pleased as well.
Joey 10:06 on 2020-03-03 Permalink
@walkerp is right WRT how satisfying it is to liberate a blocked drain.. same thing happens in the fall when the fallen leaves accumulate. That being said, it would be useful for the city to deploy its workers to check each drain. Ah well.
G 13:22 on 2020-03-03 Permalink
I’ve seen city workers clearing drains this winter in my area of Villeray