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Robert Green Robert Green is offline
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"DerbyDad03" wrote in message

Typos sure can add fun to a post. ;-)


Yes, they do!

(And in answer to your question several county trucks came by, stopped

at
the mound and then drove on so I am not sure what's going to happen
eventually. The mountain still blocks my driveway and now my neighbor's
stuck his truck into the big pile making any moving of it impossible!)


My question was more general in nature. Do they usually come back and

clear
your EOD or are you on your own in most cases? Was this the first time you
emailed them about the issue? Just curious...


Each storm has been different but this is the first one where they dumped a
huge mountain of snow at the end of the driveway. Their policy is to first
clear a single lane and then they come back and try to clear more. This was
the first time I ever had to email them and though I got an email response
almost immediately, nothing's happened.

Usually, since my street starts with an "A" we are the first to be plowed
out, usually way ahead of everyone I know. So I really can't complain. I
actually could get out through my neighbor's plowed out driveway which is
separated from mine by a narrow strip of lawn. I think they realized that
and dropped me to the bottom of the list because there are others who don't
have a similar option and are still snowed in. I have friends whose streets
have YET to see a plow.

It's not like it was in Buffalo where two feet of snow is a minor
inconvenience and people know how to drive in it and to stay home if they
don't have to be out. I left Buffalo after they had 93" of mostly lake
effect snow in a single year. I had to jump out of the 2nd floor window
with plywood boards strapped to my feet so I could shovel the drifts that
had piled up against the storm door which opened outwards. I remember
thinking as I leapt whether the boards would hold me up or I would sink like
a stone into the snow.

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Bobby G.