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Boston Public Schools canceled Monday and Tuesday
By JosephPorcelli on Sun, 12/21/2008 - 9:34pm
FYI
In anticipation of dangerous icy conditions after an over night freeze, city officials have canceled all Boston public schools for Monday. Because of the upcoming holiday school will be closed on Tuesday as well – opening schools for one day would be a waste of city resources. Students will return to classes after the winter break on January 5th.
Temperatures are expected to drop significantly this evening and Boston could experience wind gusts up to 50 MPH potentially causing power outages.
Mayor Thomas M. Menino and city officials are working hard to keep streets clear of snow and ice, and remind residents of the following:
* If you must leave the house please use public transportation.
* Property owners are reminded to shovel snow and clear ice from sidewalks that abut homes and businesses.
* Do not throw snow back into the street. “Throwbacks” force the city to remove snow from the same street twice.
* Shovel out fire hydrants close to your home.
* Keep wheelchair ramps clear.
* Do not double park.
* Do not park cars within 20 feet of an intersection. Parking too close to an intersection can restrict emergency vehicle access and plow/sander access.
* Check and clear catch basins around their homes and remove any debris or snow that may clog them and prevent the proper drainage of water from the streets to avoid flooding and freezing in their area.
* Please check on elderly neighbors.Residents with questions or concerns should call the Mayor’s hotline at (617) 635-4500 immediately. Residents can also go to the city’s homepage, www.cityofboston.gov, to sign up for email and text alerts by clicking on the Know Snow icon.
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Comments
oh no
My kids lunchbox will be in her locker for the next two weeks, and she left a used thermos in it.
Science!
Sounds like serious science fair material, that.
school
What do they do in South Dakota, do they just never have school?
* Do not throw snow back
Maybe in some neighborhoods
No, I don't work for the DPW and don't know anybody who does, but the guys who've plowed our street the past three days have done as good a job as they possibly could given that there are people (raises hand) with cars parked on the street. This afternoon, I watched a backhoe guy plow right up to the curb (no easy feat, I'd imagine), at least, until he had to swerve to get around a car. Good thing for me, too, since it gave me another place to put snow after I'd basically run out of places on my side of the street (since I'd stupidly not cut a path from the street to our yard, so I couldn't really get there to dump snow).
I'm not sure what we've done to deserve such good treatment this year.
nope, that would be
nope, that would be smart
hence the city will never do it
Even, for what it's worth
I have a grumpy rant about that. In theory, it's even this year.
Around the bottom of JP at least, they don't enforce that, which is kind of okay because there are more spaces than cars. However, not only do they really not clean the street, they plow so that the drivers who parked on the legal side get all the snow and ice.
Harrumph.
If the city would plow curb
Or they can do what they did in my neighborhood which was not plow at all (okay, to be fair, they finally got out there at 11:30 PM Sunday night!). "Throwback" issue solved! :D