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Julie Bove[_2_]

"tert in seattle" > wrote in message
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> writes:
>>On Monday, February 11, 2019 at 3:01:05 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 2/11/2019 1:34 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
>>> > People panicked here in the Seattle area last Thursday, as evidenced
>>> > by my local Fred Meyer being completely out of shopping carts when I
>>> > arrived around 6pm to pick up a few things. I had done my major
>>> > shopping
>>> > the day before and as always I managed to forget something. I soon
>>> > found
>>> > where all the shopping carts had gone - they were manned by restive
>>> > customers standing in lines 20 deep, going halfway up the aisles. I
>>> > must say things were pretty calm despite the gridlock and lack of
>>> > essentials like bread and bananas. Fortunately I had "about 12 items"
>>> > and the express lane lines were more reasonable.
>>>
>>> When I lived in Philadelphia, that was common. In New England, no big
>>> deal. People were batter at driving in snow and the highway crews are
>>> better equipped to deal with it. In all my years in CT, if I could get
>>> out my driveway I could get to the store.
>>
>>Same here in Michigan. What do you call 8" of snow? Tuesday.
>>
>>Cindy Hamilton
>
> In general you put resources where needed. It rarely gets below freezing
> here so the typical response for side streets is to wait until it melts
> and/or the rain washes it all away. Seattle is also very hilly and most
> people don't have much experience driving in the ice and snow. I came
> here after living in the midwest my whole life until 2002 so I have
> learned how to deal with it. But I'm sure the extended cold is testing
> the limits of all kinds of infrastructure and systems not designed for
> it. For example, a friend of mine has crappy heat and insulation in her
> apartment and if she doesn't keep a space heater running in her bathroom
> the toilet will freeze. A water main broke yesterday in West Seattle
> which created more ice while a bunch of people didn't have water or had
> brown water for a while.

A store in Everett had the roof collapse from the weight of the snow. Can't
remember the name of the store but it's near Casino Road. My friend's toilet
froze. Nothing else. Just the toilet.