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NOOOOOOO â" wait, 6 inches?
The Web site for the award-winning alternative weekly, the Philadelphia City Paper.
NOOOOOOO â wait, 6 inches?
Full disclosure: I grew up in Chicago, and therefore have an innate and unfortunately unpreventable sense of superiority in all things winter. I'm a perennial a-hole on the matter, and I can't help it.
But still: Is 6 inches really a snow "emergency?"
The city says yes, and has declared a snow emergency beginning at 7 p.m. tonight.
But is it really so terrible to have 6 inches of snow that schools need to be closed, press conferences held, and what seems like a not-so-small mountain of salt poured over the city, as if we were trying to make Philly into sauerkraut?
(A press release from the mayor's office said that city crews have been "applying a brine solution" to the streets since Tuesday morning.)
I mean, it's winter. It snows. It's 6 inches. Big deal, right?
Why, I remember back in Chicago ... OK. Enough.
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I'm so sick of the "where i come from" line about the snow. Chicago is equipped for the kind of snow we're getting. Philadelphia is not. It's little things like budget and equipment that affect how cities deal with snow. And today, you can look outside at the snow emergency routes, esp. Washington Avenue covered in 4 inches of packed ice, as you enjoy your crow sandwich.
I'm from Chicago, too. I actually think the "Where I come from" argument is valid because it offers a unique perspective as to how other cities deal with snow. Yes, a typical winter day in Chicago is a 4-6" snowfall, so we are better equipped to deal with such weather. Philadelphia just isn't. However, since the Eastern seaboard often sees patterns of no snow or a foot or more storm, you'd think by now the city would be able to accommodate for the forecast. Just another typical winter day, if you ask me.
BURRRR
I come from a place that's snowier too but I don't think that those arguments do anything to advance the problem of big east coast cities' poor response to snow. While not every winter in Philly is as snowy as some winters, I would argue that snowy, icy winters are NOT abnormal and therefore, there is no reason for Philadelphia and New York to fail to plan. If they end up not needing money for snowfall, then use it to pay off debts. For every year that I spent in Philly without a snow day, I spent two winters with multiple snow days. Snow and ice are the norm in Philadelphia. Get to planning the response and the budget. And don't stop storm preps just because Chicago doesn't think anything about 6 inches.
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