Behind the Scenes of Arlington Snow Removal

Our street in Lee Heights has been plowed. Once lane with a small plow. Not sure a big plow could get through cause too much snow has been shoveled into piles in the road itself. With today's sunshine, got nice pavement today. Course with tonite's low temps, black ice in the morning is a real concern.

Here's the latest vid from Arlington county offering a behind the scenes view of Arlington's Snow Removal Crew.

Lots of Stupid abounds when it comes to snow removal. Good example is in the vid when, last sunday, someone preparing for a superbore party called up the county demanding that his street be prioritized for snow removal so that he could have his party. That counts as stupid.

If you follow Arlington's facebook page lots of people are praising the county for its efforts during this storm. I am certainly one of them. This is an impossibly tough situation. I have lived in DC all my life - I have lived in Arlington for 20 years. I only remember one snow storm that was worse that this. That was the storm when the airplane bounced off the 14th Street bridge and went for a swim in the Potomac, while simultaneously a metro train imitated a pretzel inside a subway tunnel. These types of storms - they come once in a lifetime. This time, we took long walks with the dogs, went sledding at the local hill, and broke out some old recipes (yummmmmm Welsh Rarebit).

For people who are whining about their roads getting plowed, think of it this way. Yeah, we could be like Minnesota and have a huge snow removal budget and huge number of plows and a huge number of snow removal staff so that we can be prepared for that once a lifetime storm - but that's dang expensive - or the government can prepare for the average storm, handle the average three inches, and keep our taxes down. When the big one comes, we can take those tax savings and buy some extra beer and nachos and have a good time - and enjoy the beauty that is nature.

Hey, those people whining about snow removal -- they look just like the people whining about taxes. Do you think they know each other??

We Survived Snowpocalypse. We even have a T Shirt to prove it. Good job Arlington!