In the spirit of the snow season, and because the atmospheric water vapor in the Deece threatens to freeze again and form a mass of ice crystals and fall as white flakes (possibly for the last time), I am going to allow myself some Snowbama humor on this blog. :)



Today, I walked two miles to a diner on a slippery main road next to a sidewalk piled up with snow and wasn't happy about it at all. Moreover, my friend who accompanied me on my way back slipped on ice and bruised her knee quite badly. I was wondering whose responsibility it is to make the roads pedestrian-friendly. Does my city council's snow ordinance say anything about requiring the sidewalks to be clean and safe to traverse at all times? It absolutely does!... I called their hotline with the intention of reading their ordinance to them and lamenting about the hazardous walking conditions they are having us live with, but their hotline is warm at best and directs you to an answering machine. Very annoying! If they don't do anything to clear the snow after tonight, I am going to try the Public Works Department next. Think that might work?