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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 05:14 PM Jan 2016

Just heard two things on local NYC ABC channel -

A FDNY ambulance was stuck in the snow in Chelsea - passersby got it out - it took 45 minutes of effort.

Chelsea Whole Foods - This afternoon people were fighting to get inside and arguing with security guards.

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Just heard two things on local NYC ABC channel - (Original Post) LiberalElite Jan 2016 OP
so did Trump come home to help people out? rurallib Jan 2016 #1
He's busy being yooooge in Iowa nt LiberalElite Jan 2016 #2
The xtreets are clear in my end of Brooklyn. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #3
Xstreets? really? Around by me N. Queens LiberalElite Jan 2016 #4
That sucks. Queens always gets screwed along with Staten Island. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #5
My street has yet to see a plow. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2016 #6
Did you check the snow plow link? LiberalElite Jan 2016 #8
Thanks. They want permission to access my gps data.... though. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2016 #9
I give them my address but they don't know it's MY address it's just AN address - GPS tracking not LiberalElite Jan 2016 #10
Good point. You're pretty smart. Thanks. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2016 #11
? It's not a call - it's this link: LiberalElite Jan 2016 #12
They plowed my street at 9:20 pm. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2016 #13
and - starting round 10pm I could LiberalElite Jan 2016 #14
BTW I tried it again just now without entering a street LiberalElite Jan 2016 #15
I don't miss living down there one little bit. Y'all stay safe! In_The_Wind Jan 2016 #7

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
4. Xstreets? really? Around by me N. Queens
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 05:23 PM
Jan 2016

they're definitely not clear. Visibility has worsened - now it's only about 1/2 a block.

 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
6. My street has yet to see a plow.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 05:50 PM
Jan 2016

It's nearly 5 pm.

Dog's got to go out soon. It's over his head.

Dum, da dum dum..........

 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
9. Thanks. They want permission to access my gps data.... though.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 07:52 PM
Jan 2016

"Not gonna do it. Wouldn't be prudent."

Amazing how tech is painting us inexorably into a corner.

"Hand over your data.... or no snow plow for YOU!"

They'll get here when they get here, I guess.

(P.S. They plowed my street every snowstorm last year ....we had about , what? six?...... more or less after the first three inches. Never once needed to access any personal data from me to do it. )

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
10. I give them my address but they don't know it's MY address it's just AN address - GPS tracking not
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 08:04 PM
Jan 2016

necessary. I just tried it.

You could give them an address in your general area and get the same information. It shows a good chunk of
the neighborhood, not just your block.

 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
11. Good point. You're pretty smart. Thanks.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 09:21 PM
Jan 2016

I'm still pissed about the surveillance state m.o., though.

I have to walk the dog again in about an hour.

I'll make a decision about calling then.... if it's still unplowed. Looks right now as though it is. (Unplowed, that is.)

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
12. ? It's not a call - it's this link:
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 09:26 PM
Jan 2016
http://maps.nyc.gov/snow/

I just love it, in case you couldn't tell. LULZ

I don't like the surveillance state either but sometimes I cave after a period of resistance.

I was suspicious of those store loyalty cards too but then.... I like saving money. Some revolutionary I am.
 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
13. They plowed my street at 9:20 pm.
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 12:04 AM
Jan 2016

I didn't use the link.

It started snowing last nite around the same time. So basically it took them 24 hrs.


There's a LOT of snow out there. Got to be about 2 feet. But it appears to be done.

I'm currently re-watching Citizen Four. (Snowden, Greenwald, Poitras, et al.) So my sensitivity to and awareness of gov't spying and data sweeping is presently at an all time high.

Looks like it will get above freezing tomorrow and the sun should melt at least some of this away.



LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
15. BTW I tried it again just now without entering a street
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 03:44 PM
Jan 2016

a map of what-was-plowed-when for the whole city showed up.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
7. I don't miss living down there one little bit. Y'all stay safe!
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 06:36 PM
Jan 2016

Although, I do miss walking to Sheepshead Bay for drinks.

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