There are a lot of short memories in this city. A few years ago, DC closed it's schools at the sight of two flakes, and people whined and bitched about that.
There were tons of kids out playing today, if the buses were running, there would be no reason to not have schools open. Many kids can walk to their school, and little extra effort to do so may actually be good for them.
Actually many kids don't go to their neighborhood school because of DC's generous out of boundary policy and of course charter schools. So the extremely limited bus and metro service would affect them.
The notion of kids walking in the street to school is ridiculous. And further more even if the kids did live close enough to there schools to walk,(a lot of them do not)their teachers and administrators do not and this should be figured in the equation. It is ridiculous this was not 6in. or 8 inches it was 22-28 inches people need time(the city)to dig themselves out. Fenty is a joke, he knows his streets and roads are not ready for regular daily activities.
my street is still buried in 2 feet of snow. i measured it. most cars (all but three) are still buried. some of the major roads, inluding K st. are dodgy.
its very simple. if the buses are running all over the city, it's fine to have school. if they are not, then the kids can't get there. plain and simple. when was the last time school was open without buses running? so what that fenty was late on the call? is that really a problem? even rhee said that if there was school, and you think its too dangerous to send your kid, we won't make it an unexcused absence.
If we were in Michigan or New England, there would be a fleet of city plows and multiple competing private plow companies, everyone would own snow blowers, and have a lot of experience heavy snow.
alice -- you're being nutty. I lived in Michigan for a while myself. In Michigan, even comparatively less populous counties have a more extensive array of snow moving equipment than DC, and a lot less road surface to plow. And that's sensible: DC almost never gets snow like this, and there's no point in spending millions of dollars on snow removal equipment that spends many years collecting dust before the once every 14 years it's needed.
It beggars belief that some people can't wrap their minds around this.
did some research the other day. michigan, indiana, etc. all those midieval states spend tons of money on snow removal equipment, because they have to deal with it often. and it's used often.
duh.
i hate these midwesterning people that come here and expect it to be like their little hamlet in bumfuck.
go back home and staple insurance papers together for a living.
sorry. i just get pissed at all the peeps that think that this city is crap, when it is soooo much better than before! not that i'm against antagonism against the status quo, but gimme a break! comparing dc to some podunk village in the middle western of this country is infuriating.
granted, we're all allowed our opinions....
or at least i hope so.
anyway, if i came off as a jerk, sorry. i was just venting, without thinking about and implementing "political correctness".
i'll try to do that next time. granted, i'll just sound like everyone else....
True, DC is rightly not as equipped as New York, Boston, or Chicago to deal with prodigious amounts of snow like this, but DC DOES get snow every year. And every year the same hysterics.
This overwrought and collective neurosis about precipitation can actually seem provincial and quite grating to transplants, so please forgive our self-righteousness.
But honestly, would it kill people from the area to own at least ONE good pair of winter boots?
Is anyone else pissed that they dont plow alleys? I means these are public roadways (right?!) what the hell do we pay taxes for? Its great that the main streets have been cleared for emergencies, but if we cant get our car out to get onto those roadways, what difference does it make?
Actually, my understanding is that the alleys *aren't* public roadways in the normal sense. They exist to provide the District and utilities access to the rears of houses. I ran into this recently when a driver was unable to drive down the alley behind our block because it was blocked by a Verizon truck, and started honking. The Verizon employee indicated that the alleys exist so that folks like Verizon could do service, and the driver was SOL.
Anon 6:09: Buy a shovel. Waiting on DC city services will take a long time.
Poo: You're such an a$$. I'm personally convinced you live in your mother's basement and are angry at the world. You're rude, offensive, and generally a miserable waste of good oxygen. Do us all a favor and find a new blog to troll.
BTW, Poo, your weakness wasn't in failing to check your comment for "political correctness"--it was for not checking it for being rude, patronizing, condescending, dismissive, and full of sweeping generalities. I mean, really: "her little hamlet"? "welcome to a new world"? "small-minded"? "your little village"? "welcome to the big city, little girl"?
Just because someone lives in the Midwest doesn't mean they don't live in a city bigger than your own. Just because someone notes that many could get around if they had to, and do in other cities, doesn't mean they are personally attacking you.
as a guy who spent most of his life in dc and the lovely adjacent pg county, i find that i must agree with the poo in mom's basement. there is a continuous barrage of comments from transplants about how great this and that is where they are from. that's fine, but you're here now. most immigrants adapt, but it often seems that every one expects dc to adapt to them. i expect that even the tea bag tax folks would be hard pressed to figure out a budget for snow removal in a region that had no measurable snow fall last year, and is right about even with buffalo this year. enough of that though, since a group of us paid to clear the wylie alley today, i'm going to take the liberty of hijacking this post for a second. the pug's three year anniversary is this saturday we are doing a fundraiser for pancreatic cancer. from 8 'til 10 a twenty dollar donation will as usual get you some kind of free beer. because the beer delivery guys are not michiganders, i'm not sure what kind of beer we will be using for the fundraiser, but i will send more info as i can. thanks inked for this brief allowing me this brief interuption. tonyt the pug
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Can we talk about how dumb it was for the city to open schools tomorrow. Just STUPID!!!!!!!!!
I totally agree that opening DC schools tomorrow is a joke! What are they thinking?
schools are closed tomorrow.
Patience young grasshopper.
There are a lot of short memories in this city. A few years ago, DC closed it's schools at the sight of two flakes, and people whined and bitched about that.
There were tons of kids out playing today, if the buses were running, there would be no reason to not have schools open. Many kids can walk to their school, and little extra effort to do so may actually be good for them.
Actually many kids don't go to their neighborhood school because of DC's generous out of boundary policy and of course charter schools. So the extremely limited bus and metro service would affect them.
The notion of kids walking in the street to school is ridiculous. And further more even if the kids did live close enough to there schools to walk,(a lot of them do not)their teachers and administrators do not and this should be figured in the equation. It is ridiculous this was not 6in. or 8 inches it was 22-28 inches people need time(the city)to dig themselves out. Fenty is a joke, he knows his streets and roads are not ready for regular daily activities.
Fenty is not nearly as funny as lazy adults who use kids, as a sorry excuse for their latest political whine.
my street is still buried in 2 feet of snow. i measured it. most cars (all but three) are still buried. some of the major roads, inluding K st. are dodgy.
chill people.
its very simple. if the buses are running all over the city, it's fine to have school.
if they are not, then the kids can't get there.
plain and simple.
when was the last time school was open without buses running?
so what that fenty was late on the call? is that really a problem?
even rhee said that if there was school, and you think its too dangerous to send your kid, we won't make it an unexcused absence.
I grew up in Michigan.
Canceling schools 2 days after the snow stops is ridiculous, especially when you don't have kids living on single lane dirt roads.
There is no reason DC schools should not open.
Hey Alice:
If DC opened for school:
1) How would teachers in Maryland and Virginia who work in DC get off their unplowed sidestreets to get to work?
2) Where would they park their cars once they got to the school?
3) Buses aren't running. How would kids from across the city make it to school?
4) If Buses ran, how would they pick up passengers? There are four and five feet tall walls of snow between the bus stop, sidewalk and road.
5) Also, there is no metro for stations that are not underground.
I grew up in New England and if we closed schools every time it snowed, I don't think I would have learned how to read.
If we were in Michigan or New England, there would be a fleet of city plows and multiple competing private plow companies, everyone would own snow blowers, and have a lot of experience heavy snow.
alice -- you're being nutty. I lived in Michigan for a while myself. In Michigan, even comparatively less populous counties have a more extensive array of snow moving equipment than DC, and a lot less road surface to plow. And that's sensible: DC almost never gets snow like this, and there's no point in spending millions of dollars on snow removal equipment that spends many years collecting dust before the once every 14 years it's needed.
It beggars belief that some people can't wrap their minds around this.
Argo opened at noon today- monday!!
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alice is clearly one of the transplants that figure that the east coast should work just like her little hamlet in the midwest.
welcome to a new world, alice.
we don't 'live by snow' like the hinterland folks... thus our problems in the city.
give it a few years, and you may come to understand this.
it amazes me how small minded these transplants can be.
hey alice, lets raise your taxes so we can keep snow removal equipment rusting in warehouses for 'the big snow event'.
dc isn't like your little village.
welcome to the "big city", little girl.
did some research the other day. michigan, indiana, etc. all those midieval states spend tons of money on snow removal equipment, because they have to deal with it often. and it's used often.
duh.
i hate these midwesterning people that come here and expect it to be like their little hamlet in bumfuck.
go back home and staple insurance papers together for a living.
thanks.
Behave. There is no need to be a jerk.
sorry. i just get pissed at all the peeps that think that this city is crap, when it is soooo much better than before! not that i'm against antagonism against the status quo, but gimme a break! comparing dc to some podunk village in the middle western of this country is infuriating.
granted, we're all allowed our opinions....
or at least i hope so.
anyway, if i came off as a jerk, sorry. i was just venting, without thinking about and implementing "political correctness".
i'll try to do that next time. granted, i'll just sound like everyone else....
True, DC is rightly not as equipped as New York, Boston, or Chicago to deal with prodigious amounts of snow like this, but DC DOES get snow every year. And every year the same hysterics.
This overwrought and collective neurosis about precipitation can actually seem provincial and quite grating to transplants, so please forgive our self-righteousness.
But honestly, would it kill people from the area to own at least ONE good pair of winter boots?
Is anyone else pissed that they dont plow alleys? I means these are public roadways (right?!) what the hell do we pay taxes for? Its great that the main streets have been cleared for emergencies, but if we cant get our car out to get onto those roadways, what difference does it make?
Actually, my understanding is that the alleys *aren't* public roadways in the normal sense. They exist to provide the District and utilities access to the rears of houses. I ran into this recently when a driver was unable to drive down the alley behind our block because it was blocked by a Verizon truck, and started honking. The Verizon employee indicated that the alleys exist so that folks like Verizon could do service, and the driver was SOL.
Anon 6:09: Buy a shovel. Waiting on DC city services will take a long time.
Poo: You're such an a$$. I'm personally convinced you live in your mother's basement and are angry at the world. You're rude, offensive, and generally a miserable waste of good oxygen. Do us all a favor and find a new blog to troll.
FYI: Trash being collected in front this week, not in alleys.
BTW, Poo, your weakness wasn't in failing to check your comment for "political correctness"--it was for not checking it for being rude, patronizing, condescending, dismissive, and full of sweeping generalities. I mean, really: "her little hamlet"? "welcome to a new world"? "small-minded"? "your little village"? "welcome to the big city, little girl"?
Just because someone lives in the Midwest doesn't mean they don't live in a city bigger than your own. Just because someone notes that many could get around if they had to, and do in other cities, doesn't mean they are personally attacking you.
as a guy who spent most of his life in dc and the lovely adjacent pg county, i find that i must agree with the poo in mom's basement. there is a continuous barrage of comments from transplants about how great this and that is where they are from. that's fine, but you're here now. most immigrants adapt, but it often seems that every one expects dc to adapt to them. i expect that even the tea bag tax folks would be hard pressed to figure out a budget for snow removal in a region that had no measurable snow fall last year, and is right about even with buffalo this year. enough of that though, since a group of us paid to clear the wylie alley today, i'm going to take the liberty of hijacking this post for a second. the pug's three year anniversary is this saturday we are doing a fundraiser for pancreatic cancer. from 8 'til 10 a twenty dollar donation will as usual get you some kind of free beer. because the beer delivery guys are not michiganders, i'm not sure what kind of beer we will be using for the fundraiser, but i will send more info as i can. thanks inked for this brief allowing me this brief interuption.
tonyt
the pug
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