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<p>The mayor should be fired!!</p>
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[runfishhunt]

<p>The mayor was probably in Az. orchestrating a gun buying sting....</p>

 

[gretriever]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>runfishhunt</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/72473/why-wasn-t-chicago-prepared-for-bad-weather#post_1981559"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>The mayor was probably in Az. orchestrating a gun buying sting....</p>
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<br><br><p>Or trying to get to be the host city for the Summer Olym...  oh... yeah... right.  <span><img alt="badgrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/badgrin.gif" style="width:15px;height:15px;"></span></p>
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<p><span>Having worked there for 25+ years, a two-word answer will suffice: <strong>It's. Chicago. </strong></span></p>

 

[satfix]

<p>The question isn't why wasn't Chicago, the city, prepared - the question should be, why are Chicagoians OUT in it! They have enough experience to know that when a snowstorm of that magnitude occurs, you simply stay off the roads. A major metropolitan area simply can't move that amount of snow anywhere fast enough to keep the roads open. People who know what a winter storm does should stay off the roads because even the plows can't move the snow until it quits.</p>
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[airehead]

<p>Here in MD the power co is going to charge customers extra for the privilege of not having power for three days.</p>
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<p>WTH???</p>

 

[hazelrah]

<p>I agree with what I think satfix is saying. You really cannot prepare a major city for a storm of that magnitude. At least not practically. To have a workforce and plow fleet large enough to keep the roads clear for that type of storm would have the same crew & fleet of plows sitting around twiddling their thumbs at tax payer expense the rest of the winter. You prepare for the storms you are likely to deal with 99% of the time. When you get that "storm of the century" every few years, people have to stay home. Easier said then done, I know some people work pay check to pay check, and cannot stay home without great hardship. In Vermont we get enough of these storms to justify the expense of a huge plow fleet, so we generally dig out of these storms pretty quick. Trying selling that expense in Alabama for a snow plow fleet. I have never splurged for an air conditioner for similar reasons, there just are not enough hot days where I live to justify the expense.</p>
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<p>What gets me is the mayor that called his town a bunch a wimps for canceling an NFL game during one of these storms a couple of months ago during one of the many nor'easters this year. Was that Philadelphia, I forget ? This is supposed to be a civic leader acting in the best interest of his city.</p>

 

[bap]

<p>My tongue was firmly in my cheek when I posted that.</p>

 

[yar]

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Chicagoans think they have "magical powers" that let them drive thru anything.  It's kinda the opposite of the mindset down here in TX that makes everyone drive 25mph or stay home if it rains.</p>
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<p>yar <br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>satfix</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/72473/why-wasn-t-chicago-prepared-for-bad-weather#post_1981581"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>The question isn't why wasn't Chicago, the city, prepared - the question should be, why are Chicagoians OUT in it! They have enough experience to know that when a snowstorm of that magnitude occurs, you simply stay off the roads. A major metropolitan area simply can't move that amount of snow anywhere fast enough to keep the roads open. People who know what a winter storm does should stay off the roads because even the plows can't move the snow until it quits.</p>
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<p>What gets me is the mayor that called his town a bunch a wimps for canceling an NFL game during one of these storms a couple of months ago during one of the many nor'easters this year. Was that Philadelphia, I forget ? This is supposed to be a civic leader acting in the best interest of his city.</p>
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it was Philadelphia.  And it was the Governor, not the mayor, called the NFL, not the city, a bunch of wusses (although I think the city had some part in the postponement).  I sort of agree with him.  And here's why.</p>
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<p>What happens in 2014, when the Super Bowl is at Giant's Stadium, and there is a huge snowstorm.  Do they cancel?  The largest single sporting event in the world?  Keep it going?  Why?  A precident was set.  It should be cancelled.  Or, would it continue, because of the money involved?</p>
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<p>I know of a LOT of people who were ready to go that game anyway.  And the roads would have been (at least the major arteries in the city proper) plowed.</p>
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<p>With regard to that Chicago picture.  Sure, why were they all out there?  But, the issue was, there was a huge accident, and it stopped traffic, for hours.  And when that happens, cars can't move, and roads can't be plowed.  Notice the other side of the highway.  Totally clear of snow.  Because, I'm guessing, the road was clear, because there was no accident.</p>
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<p>Nothing is black and white.</p>
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<p>Me...if I lived in Chicago, under this situation, knowing there was going to be 2 feet (which is a lot, but not crippling), I would not have gone out.  The Eagles game, with 15 inches of snow forecasted, and, forecasted LATER in the wee hours of the morning, not at 9 PM, when the game was going to be over, if I had had tickets, I would have gone.  And also been prepared to spend the night in a parking lot if neccessary.</p>
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