Next time, try harder (Bloomberg's epic NYC blizzard fail)

NY Post ^ | 12/28/10 | NY Post Editorial Board

[jimbo123]

What a disaster: Ambulances unavailable. Trains stalled for hours. Streets unplowed. Fire trucks stuck in the snow. Buses canceled.

These were not mere "inconveniences" -- as Mayor Bloomberg put it at one point -- in the wake of Sunday's widely, and accurately, predicted snowstorm; in some cases, they were potentially life-threatening foul-ups. And to such an extent, you've just got to wonder if the response could have been better.

[redgolum]

It was Rock Island IL. Check the QC Times website (will try later).

[John W]

What do you think the problem is?

[CharacterCounts]

From a liberal standpoint that’s a wake up call that means raise taxes to get better services, hire more government rejects and provide more services to the people.

Liberals will find any excuse to raise taxes, but have no intention of spending the money on such trivial services such as snow removal or road maintenance.

[maddog55]

Agree.. but that’s an excuse to raise the taxes. It’s what they do!

[oh8eleven]

not the three weeks from the 1979 storm that essentially shut down the city for nearly a month.
Which directly led to ...

[oh8eleven]

Chicago is as blue as can be, and manages to keep its streets clear of snow.
That's because the Dems still remember 1979.

[kearnyirish2]

I think the time allowed to clear your walkway is not so much to avoid a ticket as it is to protect yourself from the “slip & fall” scam; I’ve never heard of anyone being fined for not clearing the snow from their sidewalk. On the other hand, the motivation is a pack of ne’er-do-wells descending on your little patch of snow with a camcorder and lawyer on speed-dial. We are such a litigious society...

[dennisw]

You got that right!

[Tanniker Smith]

Take your pick: unions; incompetence; union incompetence; ...

Seriously, though, it started snowing in the morning. The SUV on my block got stuck, according to neighbors, between 8 and 10 pm. I was outside several times to shovel a path during the day (my hope was to make it easier the following day -- no such luck, it evened out).

Not once during the day did my block get plowed. I believe it is classified as "secondary" and it gets a fair amount of traffic usually. And I know that it was just recovered because there were no snow piles across the street from the plow, particularly in front of the hydrant.

[Pharmboy]

Surprised Marion Barry didn’t stay home with all that “snow” coming down (”the b*tch set me up”). He did have a way with words, though...

[calex59]

This also holds true if someone parks in front of your mailbox any time of the year.

I believe this is true for all states.

[matt04]

From some of the news clips and photos I have seen out of NYC roads were impassible even for SUVs and these idiots apparent still kept trying to send buses down them, only to get stuck and make it even harder to clear the snow.

If the snow fall was really to much to keep the roads clear enough for buses to to run they should have been shut down. The less vehicles on the road the easier to clear the snow instead of spending days digging out stuck buses that had no hope of finishing their route. Other area bus and trains shut down until conditions improved for this very reason.