hydrants

And you can love it and pet it and hug it and call it George

adamg — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:28:38 +0000

Just in time for snow, Boston has launched its Adopt-a-Hydrant program, in which you promise to shovel out a specific hydrant after a storm, like, say, the ones we're supposed to get tonight and Saturday.

Meanwhile, both Brookline and Cambridge have referral programs to match residents with snow with teens with shovels.

Unlike sidewalks, nobody legally required to clear snow from Boston hydrants

lex.galloway — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:23:10 +0000

Boston has more than 13,000 fire hydrants, and this winter it's been a struggle to keep them clear for firefighters.

Although the Boston Water and Sewer Commission and the Boston Fire Department are responsible for making sure hydrants actually work, there's no law regulating who has to keep them clear after snowstorms, Boston Fire spokesman Steve MacDonald said.

In Charlestown, snow gets cleared around hydrants; near Mass. General, snow just sits there

adamg — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:10:00 +0000

Courtney Sacco photographed Rene Fielding of the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management helping to clear hydrants in Charlestown today. Troublewithtribbles photographed a road by Mass. General that is still so clogged with snow cars and trucks were parking in the travel lane.

Photos copyright Courtney Sacco and Troublewithtribbles respectively. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Buried

adamg — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:34:53 +0000

Michael Hampson spotted this hydrant on Agassiz Street in Porter Square.

Copyright Michael Hampson. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.