City Councilor Tito Jackson (Roxbury) spent eight hours on snow patrol on a DPW dump truck today. And he apparently took requests:
At 3:39, a constituent tweeted:
standing outside my house no plow in sight- nice thick 6 inch ice ridge in the middle of the street.
About 10 minutes later, she tweeted a truck had just come by.
Jackson replied:
That was me. Top of street hit, you section needed. Smaller truck. Any luck since I left?
Pilotblock managed to sidestep the snowsnake outside 631 Tremont St. this evening.
Lola Bean and friends weren't going to let the snow barre them from ballet practice in Watertown today.
Chris Adams, meanwhile, reports his son decided that once some of the driveway was clear, it was hockey time:
While Bateman Street in Roslindale (above) was down to bare pavement this afternoon, Belmont Street in Charlestown looked like it had been transported to Hoth:
Mayor Menino says the city's heard growing cries from snowlocked residents of unplowed side streets: It's managed to find extra equipment to clear roads:
Our number one priority today is getting to the side streets. Residents have been very patient as we work to recover from the fifth largest snow storm to ever hit the City of Boston. We are doing everything we can to get additional pieces of equipment into residential areas, including coordinating with MEMA to get federal and state resources. As our crews work, I'm urging drivers to continue to stay off the roads.
Boston Public Schools are shut. All extracurricular and sporting events canceled as well. The city is opening community centers in Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, East Boston and Mission Hill for parents who aren't as lucky as their kids to drop them off for the day.
Michael Bradford photographed his Arlington Heights street before and after the blizzard.
Tim Lawrence photographed Worthington Street looking toward Tremont before and after the blizzard.
Kostian photographed his Brighton street before and after the blizzard.
Mike Wankum tweets:
But was it a blizzard? @NWSBoston will be going over the observations this week to determine if it was an"official" blizzard.
Rebecca Volynsky photographed her Cambridgeport street before and after the blizzard.
Alice Murphy noticed an unusual snow formation on Comm. Ave. between Clarendon and Dartmouth.
Joe Cabrera photographed his Dorchester street before and after the blizzard.
In what might be the day's second snow-related carbon-monoxide death, the Boston Fire Department reports firefighters found a dead man in a running car outside 57 Woolston St. in Mattapan.
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