Comments on: Paramedics use child's snow sled to rescue Hampden heart attack victim http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2010/02/08/paramedics-use-childs-snow-sled-to-rescue-hampden-heart-attack-victim/ Stirring Up Baltimore News and Views Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Joan Jacobson http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2010/02/08/paramedics-use-childs-snow-sled-to-rescue-hampden-heart-attack-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-10652 Joan Jacobson Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:33:00 +0000 http://baltimorebrew.com/publish/?p=8629#comment-10652 I walked Monday for two hours between Lauraville and Hamilton on all side streets for a few miles. The only evidence of plowing was a rare half-block that might have been privately plowed. Otherwise, I found two streets cleared by hand with many neighbors pitching in to shovel. Most streets were impassible and some were still two feet high and untouched by even foot traffic. One fellow had spent the day shoveling out half his street, then scouting the best exit to Harford Road so he could catch a plane. Haven't seen those backhoes the city promised yet. I walked Monday for two hours between Lauraville and Hamilton on all side streets for a few miles. The only evidence of plowing was a rare half-block that might have been privately plowed. Otherwise, I found two streets cleared by hand with many neighbors pitching in to shovel. Most streets were impassible and some were still two feet high and untouched by even foot traffic. One fellow had spent the day shoveling out half his street, then scouting the best exit to Harford Road so he could catch a plane. Haven’t seen those backhoes the city promised yet.

]]> By: debbie feldman jones http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2010/02/08/paramedics-use-childs-snow-sled-to-rescue-hampden-heart-attack-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-10626 debbie feldman jones Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:39:12 +0000 http://baltimorebrew.com/publish/?p=8629#comment-10626 Same thing in Lake-Evesham. A call went out on the listserve for neighbors to shove the street in front of their houses. I've been thinking about this quite a bit, in light of the economic crisis faced by the city and the state. There are many years when there is hardly a single significant snowfall. There's a really big storm once every decade or so. Is the cost of having double or triple the snow removal equipment and supplies worth it? Especially because there is no way to really clear every street and alley. Many are so narrow that a plow can't go through. And when the plow does go through a residential street in neighborhoods without off-street parking (that is, most of the city), it just piles the snow up against the cars. Where are residents supposed to put that snow when they shovel out the cars? Can't put it in the street. The sidewalks are supposed to be shoveled. It's a logistics nightmare. Same thing in Lake-Evesham. A call went out on the listserve for neighbors to shove the street in front of their houses.

I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit, in light of the economic crisis faced by the city and the state. There are many years when there is hardly a single significant snowfall. There’s a really big storm once every decade or so. Is the cost of having double or triple the snow removal equipment and supplies worth it? Especially because there is no way to really clear every street and alley. Many are so narrow that a plow can’t go through. And when the plow does go through a residential street in neighborhoods without off-street parking (that is, most of the city), it just piles the snow up against the cars. Where are residents supposed to put that snow when they shovel out the cars? Can’t put it in the street. The sidewalks are supposed to be shoveled.

It’s a logistics nightmare.

]]> By: Editor http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2010/02/08/paramedics-use-childs-snow-sled-to-rescue-hampden-heart-attack-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-10604 Editor Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:09:16 +0000 http://baltimorebrew.com/publish/?p=8629#comment-10604 Thanks, Antero.......We hope to followup if we can. Meanwhile, did they ever plow YOUR street? Thanks, Antero…….We hope to followup if we can. Meanwhile, did they ever plow YOUR street?

]]> By: J. Rice http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2010/02/08/paramedics-use-childs-snow-sled-to-rescue-hampden-heart-attack-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-10586 J. Rice Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:37:53 +0000 http://baltimorebrew.com/publish/?p=8629#comment-10586 Most of the side streets in Hampden will never be cleared. Baltimore is notorious for leaving every man for themselves in the snow. Earlier a friend posted a shot on Facebook of everyone who lives on her street in Hampden digging out the street. They know the plow is never coming. You can complain all you want, it's been this way for the 17 years I've been in town. Most of the side streets in Hampden will never be cleared. Baltimore is notorious for leaving every man for themselves in the snow. Earlier a friend posted a shot on Facebook of everyone who lives on her street in Hampden digging out the street. They know the plow is never coming. You can complain all you want, it’s been this way for the 17 years I’ve been in town.

]]> By: Antero Pietila http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2010/02/08/paramedics-use-childs-snow-sled-to-rescue-hampden-heart-attack-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-10574 Antero Pietila Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:38:31 +0000 http://baltimorebrew.com/publish/?p=8629#comment-10574 Great stuff, Sean! Great stuff, Sean!

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