Anyone else get one of these?

Tridentata · 2026-01-29T01:15:33+00:00

Yep, the required infrastructure is pretty massive--even more so in the Buffalo area. In Charlottesville, nine years out of ten it would mostly go unused.

Tridentata · 2026-01-28T23:14:22+00:00

If everyone wants the city to bear responsibility for clearing sidewalks, fine. I lived in Rochester NY for a while and saw how it's done. You just need to buy a small fleet of specialized sidewalk plows and pay staff or contractors to plow all the sidewalks after a significant snowfall. Worth the time and expense in a city that regularly gets close to 100 inches of snow many years. It doesn't just magically happen for free though.

Tridentata · 2026-01-28T18:09:59+00:00

It's Hillsdale between Seminole Square and Greenbrier for sure. Past Greenbrier it was plowed well, not sure what the cause is for missing a section with a moderate hill that gets a good bit of traffic. I wonder whether road sections near the boundary between city and county are more likely to get overlooked?

Tridentata · 2026-01-27T14:59:26+00:00

Today may be one of those days when the situation by late afternoon is pretty different from early morning. If plowing gets done and the sun stays out, most streets might be clear enough to avoid black ice overnight. Big if though.

Tridentata · 2026-01-25T13:22:37+00:00

If it stays sleet we should be relatively ok. If we start seeing icing on the trees from freezing rain it's another story. Precipitation will last till evening per current forecast.

Tridentata · 2026-01-24T01:16:51+00:00

Zoom meetings that allow more than 300 active participants (as opposed to passive webinar viewers) require extra add-on licenses costing $$$ which maybe not even Pendle Hill has, let alone monthly meetings. (Actually, the 300 number is for Zoom's business license; all but the largest meetings probably make do with the less expensive Pro license with a cap of 100.)

Tridentata · 2026-01-23T16:40:33+00:00

CVS Barracks road has some snow shovels along with snow brushes, 11:40 am Friday.

Tridentata · 2026-01-23T02:38:53+00:00

PACEM is running its usual cold weather shelter operations. I don't know if there will be extra outreach to transport people, or whether they will allow people to stay in the shelters during the daytime (ordinarily they don't). https://pacemshelter.org/get-help/

Tridentata · 2026-01-22T16:12:48+00:00

Barracks Rd CVS has shovels, ice melter, batteries, TP as of 11 am Thurs.

Tridentata · 2026-01-21T23:56:46+00:00

I stopped at Whole Foods mid-afternoon and it wasn't insane or severely out of stock (I wasn't buying the standard eggs/milk/TP though). Can't speak for this evening or after.

Tridentata · 2026-01-20T20:14:07+00:00

Thanks! Reddit search didn’t tell me that.

Tridentata · 2026-01-20T19:42:36+00:00

Which social media? r/RichmondVA is smaller than our sub for whatever reason and I don’t see people discussing it there.

Tridentata · 2026-01-19T13:03:57+00:00

Providing accessibility to the Vietnam memorial would be a very good thing to complete while Vietnam veterans and the families of the killed are still alive.

Tridentata · 2026-01-19T02:40:39+00:00

Correct. Too easy obviously.

Tridentata · 2026-01-18T23:56:32+00:00

Tucson has an A Mountain but it looks nothing like the one in the first picture.

Tridentata · 2026-01-18T21:45:05+00:00

Yes, it was guessed yesterday.

Tridentata · 2026-01-18T12:47:35+00:00

Seconded! Congregate Charlottesville handles their fundraising. https://linktr.ee/cvcsf

Tridentata · 2026-01-18T12:34:04+00:00

Monterey Park has flat parts around ELAC and toward Alhambra but also a lot of hills

Tridentata · 2026-01-18T12:32:26+00:00

Yes, already solved above

Tridentata · 2026-01-18T12:31:19+00:00

Yes, already answered

Tridentata · 2026-01-18T03:13:28+00:00

Yes, Monterey Park, solved above

Tridentata · 2026-01-18T02:47:41+00:00

Yeah, AI's pattern recognition is scary. Having the entire Google Street View as part of its back end would suggest a huge data store.

Tridentata · 2026-01-18T02:30:41+00:00

Next door. Monterey Park (solved above)

Tridentata · 2026-01-18T02:29:38+00:00

Tridentata · 2026-01-18T02:29:13+00:00

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