It’s okay to lower the blade
February 5, 2008
Objectives: Recover from Super Fat Tuesday.
Accomplishments: I executed a decent newscast with both winter weather and primary results bombarding my senses.
Physiology: Exhausted
Escape velocity not even close to being realized in the Stratus on unplowed streets.
I describe the removal of frozen precipitation from the urban infrastructure as primitive and occasional. A network of plows crosses the grid, but never on the streets (often steep inclines) I require. Unfortunately, most times I see a plow, the driver is not doing his or her job. I estimate 98% of the time I see a plow on a street or highway, the blade is upright and above the surface of the street, even if the street hasn’t been cleared. What a waste. If the road looks suspiciously covered, lower the blade and push that snow aside. I don’t care about desginated routes. If you drive it, you clear it.
