tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post5790449289234467558..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Blizzard of 2015: Another Bust?Larry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-24740816405531468812015-01-28T17:05:00.896-05:002015-01-28T17:05:00.896-05:00You don't needed a C.D.L.to drive a fire truck...You don't needed a C.D.L.to drive a fire truck and apparently you have never driven a 10 wheeler w/ a12'shoulder plow or you would not be talking out of your butt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-80926034857629273472015-01-28T13:55:55.899-05:002015-01-28T13:55:55.899-05:00Why bother plowing the roads if we can't use t...Why bother plowing the roads if we can't use them? If we can't drive anywhere, why should we have to pay to repeatedly plow them? <br /><br />It would be a whole lot cheaper to just plow them once an hour before the travel ban expires...<br /><br />And as to emergency vehicles, isn't this the reason why the APD has it's "tank"? Doesn't the APD & UMPD have at least one marked cruiser that is a 4WD SUV?<br /><br />Put tire chains -- real chains and not cables -- on all four wheels of a 4WD SUV and the police can go anywhere they need to go. <br /><br />Park the DPW plow trucks in (or at) each fire station and have at least one "extra" firefighter on duty to drive it.<br /><br />---------------<br /><br />If you can drive a fire truck, you can drive a snow plow -- both are "Class B" vehicles, and the fire trucks are more difficult to drive because they are longer.<br /><br />Union work rules simply don't apply when the Governor declares a "state of emergency" -- that's a Cold-War era law written in anticipation of Soviet Nukes.<br /><br />Tire chains increase traction by 400% -- and that's an 18-wheel tractor/trailer with chains on just two tires. With chains on all four tires of a 4WD SUV, the police can go absolutely anywhere they need to.<br /><br />And buy a half dozen chain saws so that cops & firefighters can cut a path through any downed trees.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-5358379867661539972015-01-27T23:45:33.831-05:002015-01-27T23:45:33.831-05:00it was really bad a tad further east (3' in au...it was really bad a tad further east (3' in auburn and snow's still coming down)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-85289556784658693432015-01-27T19:02:18.703-05:002015-01-27T19:02:18.703-05:00It sure helped out plowing.It sure helped out plowing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-49099382250777798312015-01-27T14:17:47.582-05:002015-01-27T14:17:47.582-05:00There was an exemption for news gatherers.
Just...There was an exemption for news gatherers. <br /><br />Just like the last time (when you also pointed it out).Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-55610592633068187332015-01-27T14:14:17.684-05:002015-01-27T14:14:17.684-05:00Travel ban doesn't seem to have stopped Larry ...Travel ban doesn't seem to have stopped Larry from driving around. Though we all know how special he is. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-44824484643304668502015-01-27T13:22:06.528-05:002015-01-27T13:22:06.528-05:00Just an expression. Means "Amen, neighbor. ...Just an expression. Means "Amen, neighbor. I agree with you!" Something like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-28820717378285112872015-01-27T12:07:23.566-05:002015-01-27T12:07:23.566-05:00Liberate my people from this ridiculous travel ban...Liberate my people from this ridiculous travel ban.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-30199143146015647372015-01-27T11:28:38.942-05:002015-01-27T11:28:38.942-05:00Anon 10:52
What is the screw me for?Anon 10:52<br /><br />What is the screw me for?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-39001326359480858192015-01-27T11:14:47.609-05:002015-01-27T11:14:47.609-05:00I'd still like to date thT 3' daughter...I'd still like to date thT 3' daughter...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-70936362985388164992015-01-27T11:12:41.816-05:002015-01-27T11:12:41.816-05:00The perfect storm:
Local TV stations needing to g...The perfect storm:<br /><br />Local TV stations needing to get ratings for their news programs plus politicians who want to seen doing something in a leadership mode.<br /><br />The result: altered reality. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-33928526252926384892015-01-27T10:54:52.791-05:002015-01-27T10:54:52.791-05:00Deflated footballs or overinflated storm coverage:...Deflated footballs or overinflated storm coverage: take your pickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-50645845430013043672015-01-27T10:54:04.900-05:002015-01-27T10:54:04.900-05:00Now, now. Can't we all just get along?
Kum...Now, now. Can't we all just get along? <br /><br />Kumbaya my lord, kumbaya.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-15301337490440544792015-01-27T10:52:30.278-05:002015-01-27T10:52:30.278-05:00Screw you Anon 1001.Screw you Anon 1001.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-18142505400361175342015-01-27T10:46:46.236-05:002015-01-27T10:46:46.236-05:00Anon 10:27 am,
It's New England, for God'...Anon 10:27 am,<br /><br />It's New England, for God's sake.<br /><br />We grew up with storms like this.<br /><br />This is no big deal. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-23572426847137497612015-01-27T10:43:59.519-05:002015-01-27T10:43:59.519-05:00I feel deflated.I feel deflated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-16129085785440723612015-01-27T10:27:10.609-05:002015-01-27T10:27:10.609-05:00Have any of you nutjobs been outside? It's ver...Have any of you nutjobs been outside? It's very windy with blowing snow. The wind chill is only 6 degrees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-76036910227870407672015-01-27T10:15:27.523-05:002015-01-27T10:15:27.523-05:00Now that I think about it. The forcasters, media a...Now that I think about it. The forcasters, media and the govt hype around this caused my employees alone to loose $1000's in income today (business owners obviously loose as well, but my employees' payroll is larger than mine). We don't have a category (or funding) for when the experts and leaders predict the weather wrong and slow down the local economy. Even with no damage, this storm prediction media cycle will have a huge cost, especially to hourly wage workers and those that needed the goods and services we and countless other small businesses provide. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-32054509550146790512015-01-27T10:01:31.469-05:002015-01-27T10:01:31.469-05:00Congrats to the guy with a 3' daughter in East...Congrats to the guy with a 3' daughter in Eastern Mass! Kudos. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-19169003046349385352015-01-27T10:00:06.902-05:002015-01-27T10:00:06.902-05:00I don't think it was a bust for those reportin...I don't think it was a bust for those reporting it, anticipating it like the media. They got to do their stories before and they will still do their stories after, either it was big or a bust. <br /><br />Winter storm reporting is mostly about feeding the media. The rest of us know what to do in a storm, we are not children (who also know how to deal with snow btw). Newspapers and governors don't know any better, they just take advantage of the situation.<br /><br />Can't this be twisted back to needing more public funding as usual? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-18994643327980931072015-01-27T09:52:09.300-05:002015-01-27T09:52:09.300-05:00My daughter on the eastern end of the state is wel...My daughter on the eastern end of the state is well on the way to 3 feet. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-68501177460654273062015-01-27T09:48:35.051-05:002015-01-27T09:48:35.051-05:00Speaking of snowstorms, this always bums out the p...Speaking of snowstorms, this always bums out the people of Amherst<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zqe4ZV9LDsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-84565061113826680032015-01-27T09:37:02.199-05:002015-01-27T09:37:02.199-05:00"If it bleeds, it leads.""If it bleeds, it leads."Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-63189921519331532452015-01-27T09:23:57.826-05:002015-01-27T09:23:57.826-05:00This is the Age of Anxiety, all driven by a news m...This is the Age of Anxiety, all driven by a news media trying to attract viewers any way they can.<br /><br />Hyping storms.<br />Obsessing about plane crashes.<br />Obsessing about terrorism.<br /><br />The sky is falling.<br /><br />Wait a minute....the sky isn't falling after all.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-11867558996374936072015-01-27T08:56:36.656-05:002015-01-27T08:56:36.656-05:00I read an official report of 4" here in South...I read an official report of 4" here in South Hadley. That seems to be about right. We got more snow last week!Adam Sweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14180295809245561297noreply@blogger.com