Not that impressive after all

I mean, sure it's a heavy snowfall, but hardly Storm of the Century material. In Minneapolis, anyway. It's probably worse out in the prairie part of the state where the wind can build up some momentum. It looks like a 2 day total of about 10 inches?

I cannot believe this!!

So we're in the middle of a major snow emergency and the Park Dept decides this is a good time to trim the trees in front of my house!!!





I was wrong. It wasn't the city. It was my neighbor across the street, who had scheduled some sort of tree work with a private company for the middle of winter. But they didn't park in front of her house, they parked in front of mine. And sure enough, the snowplow DID come down Pillsbury while they were parked there and went around them, leaving a huge snowbank right in front of my house. 

Neighbor called 311 and filed a ticket asking the city to come back and replow later, but I doubt that they will. If they were obstructed by another city service that would seem like a reasonable request, but when it's a private party? 

ETA. Amazingly enough, another plow came along after the tree trimmers left and cleaned up the street. The city is actually doing a pretty good job of plowing today. I wasn't out there until later, but I think Richard said that 3 different plows of different sizes and shapes came down the street in the space of an hour or so. Anyway, the street is plowed about as well as it can be with this much snow lying around. And I finally went out and did my part, which is Moving the Vehicles. That involves a fair amount of work, but I much prefer it to simple shoveling. It's a task with a simple, clear goal and one guaranteed moment of great excitement as the wheels spin and then grab, the car lurches forward, and suddenly you're free!  Whee!