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Which Board? => Main Forum => : Francois December 09, 2009, 08:28:28 PM
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Old man winter has just arrived with a ton of snow...
I just had to show what it means around here...
Sorry but the only picture I have for now is digital... but I've been trying a Diana Mini in half frame mode (boy is the roll long...) As soon as I get the other 28 pictures done, I'll post some.
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yeah it actually rained for a day here.
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Last night was the dance of the snowplows... why do they have to keep the back-up beeper on at 3am ???
I must admit that snow in Arizona...
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here's a question for you Francios - hopefully you'll be able to clear up something that has been bugging me for ages:
How does the snowplough driver get to work in the morning?
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In my city, drivers work long shifts. Usually, when Environment Canada issues a warning, everybody gets called in the office before the storm hits. Some people at the city are actually paid to watch over the weather ;)
Some plows start by clearing the main arteries as soon as it starts. At midnight, the rest of the team is sent out to clear everything else at least once. Some drivers work for more than 12 hours straight.
The city streets get a priority number. Priority 1 is main roads and access to schools and the hospital. My street is rated at 4 (lowest in the line).
Once the snow is pushed to the side of the roads, it can be quite some time before it is actually picked up. When the streets get dangerously narrow, they send out the removal team. They start by scraping everything to the center of the street leaving enough space on one side for large 12 wheel dump trucks. Then, the big snowblower comes by and shoots everything into trucks. Everything gets carried off to special snow disposal sites where it is packed and left to melt in the spring (there's usually some snow left in June).
So, there you have it, this is how we deal with it. I must say we're all used to driving in (and swearing at) the white stuff.
When we get some more, I'll try and shoot a few pictures on the How it works... massive equipment is always involved.
As for your question about how the drivers get to work in the morning, they simply don't :)
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my post-modern irony is lost here ::) ;) ;D ??? ::)
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i think we have a literalist in our midst.
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Well... I guess the irony of the thing got slightly lost in translation this morning... probably due to the lack of sleep :-\
But now that you mention it, I do get it... it's a bit like asking about how they build cranes... I still wonder about that... :D
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Surprisingly we get only a day or two of snow out here. One day there's 4" or so [that's about 25cents or something] than the next day its all gone. However I can see across on the mainland [some days] and the mountains have snow on them for months!
We have no big machines. They just use sheep to pull the snow plough ;-)
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You know, sheep are the handiest animal out there: lawn mower, fertilizer manufacturer, snow plow puller ;)
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We've got Siberian North-easterlies & snow forecast for next week. Maybe an official White Xmas is coming.
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Don't worry, it's coming! (I asked Santa ;) )