I cannot believe this!!

[dreamshark]

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!

Comments

[pameladean]

While doing it in the middle of a blizzard is ridiculous and massively inconsiderate, winter pruning is actually a thing. Both Rainbow Tree Service and A Tree Services strongly prefer to prune trees in the winter. The latter came out to deal with a bunch of our unruly trees a few years ago, during a warm spell (for winter), and when I went out to talk to them, the guy in charge said gloatingly, "I love this weather."

It's a pity there was no way to tow the entire tree-trimming apparatus. I mean really.

P.

[maruad]

It sounds like your city services are pretty decent if they came back to clean things up.

The tree service we use does their trimming during the winter if possible as well though we have a few weeks more to work with than you folks. Tree removals seem to be saved for when the weather is warmer.

[laramie]

I've been impressed by how well the snow plows did this week. I went out on Thursday, keeping to surface streets, and was followed down one street by a plow and saw another plow come along shortly afterward.