Dump the Snow at Pimlico
Dump Truck Full of Snow on Its Way to Pimlico
As many of us have been shoveling snow off of our porches, paths, and sidewalks, we have simply been piling it in our yards. When we finally get out to the street and begin shoveling around our cars, we have been piling it on the side of the road. But when we start shoveling the snow in the street we begin to think with each shovel-full, “Where am I going to dump this?” We balance it on the existing mounds on the side of the road and watch helplessly as it slides down the other side onto the newly cleared sidewalk.
Apparently snow removal professionals are faced with the same conundrum. Luckily, Pimlico Race Track has been generous enough to allow the City to dump truckloads of snow on their property, said Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Tuesday. Starting at about 10:00 p.m. and ending at about midnight, dump trucks like the one pictured above could be seen driving up Sulgrave Avenue on their way to Pimlico to deposit tons of snow every ten to fifteen minutes.
In a statement made from the State’s emergency operations center on Tuesday, Governor Martin O’Malley has requested patience from Marylanders.
We are all accustomed and desire to see our county and city crews … being able to scrape the snow down to the pavement. That will not be a possibility over the next 72 hours. The best we can do is send the plows down, with the plow up to make them passable by tapping down, and tramping down, that snow to make it passable for the Humvees and the emergency crews.
While some neighbors have certainly seen a reduction in the amount of snow around their homes and on their streets, other neighbors are still feeling frustrated. Ridgedale Road, for example, is still buried. While the Governor’s statement asked us not to expect to see pavement before the weekend, I’m sure that some Mt. Washington residents would be happy enough just to see a plow for the first time after six days of snow.
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