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Old 12-27-2010, 07:23 AM
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Does the township plow there or do you rely on the "Pothole Installation Squad" from PennDot?
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Old 12-27-2010, 07:26 AM
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Here is a little reading information on the Blizzard of '78 in Southern Michigan: Blizzard of 1978
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Old 12-27-2010, 07:31 AM
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I remember that deal, we felt so bad for those poor Northerners who were turning into snowmen. Growing up in the South, you just can't imagine things like that.
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Old 12-27-2010, 10:57 AM
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Check out these images from the Blizzard of 77. Pay close notice to the far right one in the first row. It was a wonderful time to be employed as a tow truck driver.

http://www.google.com/images?q=blizz...w=1024&bih=638
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Old 12-27-2010, 11:01 AM
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Tow truck drivers love snow and black ice, they've been busy around here. Now we're supposed to hit ten degrees tonight, so tomorrow morning the scanner will fairly burst with dead battery calls.
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Old 12-27-2010, 12:21 PM
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We barely got a foot here this storm but Sharon Mass got 22".
The coast got hit pretty bad with flooding.

Not much of a Blizzard here.
It only took about an hour to throw the snow off my 3 driveways and the snowthrower didn't even break.
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Old 12-27-2010, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by 843de
Does the township plow there or do you rely on the "Pothole Installation Squad" from PennDot?
My road is local, which is great.

The main road off my road... is Penndot thus it is never cleaned
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Old 12-27-2010, 10:44 PM
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I thought that was still the case Sunflower, PennDot just installs potholes and then puts up cones. The townships do everything else. PA is such a nice state, great scenery, great people like you, and Godawful roads. Come down here and you'll be amazed, it'll feel just like your wheels are actually round!
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Old 12-27-2010, 11:00 PM
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Nope we only got 3-6 here but with the fun they got in philly they havn't cleaned our roads yet. Just tried to go to work got 3/4 miles from my house and went to go to the only road to the highway from my house and it wasn't cleaned yet. So back to my house I went.
That's 3-6 too much for here.. Guess you got a day off..

I have some folks up in Pittsburgh area..(edit): Course that's way West of you, in Montgomery Co. IIRC ?
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Old 12-28-2010, 12:06 PM
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Nope ended up taking a ton of back roads to get down to 422 (main highway) and got to work 2 hours late. Needed the money for the trip to OH for a new cat this weekend.
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