[PRCo] Re: Here comes Snowzilla

[Herb Brannon]

I retired last year. I'm thinking of going back to work again. Ohio Public
Employees Retirement System does not give me the $$$$$ that RTA did at
$25.13 per hour plus benefits.
Each year, in late Autumn, each operating employee must take eight hours
training called "Snow Pro".  After an operator is "qualified" as a "Snow
Pro" you had better have your vehicle running up and down your route or
conditions better be so severe that you cannot move the bus, car, or train.
I know of one female operator who had a crowded bus, two years ago, headed
for Strongsville in a heavy snowstorm. When she got to Strongsville Park &
Ride Lot she discharged the passengers (even though the route still had five
miles further to go) claiming the weather was too bad for her to continue.
She discharged the passengers and the next day RTA discharged her. No, RTA
does not shut down in the snow.

Washington, DC has the problem of not enough snow fighting equipment to keep
things clear. The Cleveland-Akron-Canton megacity has over 2000 pieces of
snow fighting equipment. Even here at my place we have the Summit County
plows, City of Cuyahoga Falls plows and National Park Service plows.
Sometimes, during the periods when it's snowing at the rate of 1 or 2 inches
an hour the road gets snow covered but still navigable if one knows how a
motor vehicle operates and behaves in such weather. Otherwise when the
snowfall is "normal" things are pretty clear. This morning was nice for
going to the stores. The Weather Channel had everyone so scared they all
stayed home. Giant Eagle and Sams Club were both nearly empty at 8:30am
today.

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 13:54, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:

> Did you retire or does CTS shut down in snow storms like Washington Metro?
>
>
> On Feb 1, 2011, at 1:38 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:
>
> > Here in the snowy Cuyahoga Valley National Park my sidewalk has 14 inches
> of
> > snow on it and it is now raining. Of course, the rain is freezing on
> contact
> > with the surface. I took care of Giant Eagle, Sams Club, gas station,
> > and one cat to the vet before the rain started. I'm inside for the next
> 12 -
> > 24 hours. Usually today (1st of the month) would have been a Pittsburgh
> > trip to UPMC. Had to put that off until next week.
> > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 12:14, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> If he's smart, in Florida.
> >>
> >> Realize that global warming does not mean all places on the globe are
> >> simultaneously going to be warmer, only that the aggregate is, which
> >> would change weather patterns.
> >> But that's not happening, right?
> >>
> >> Derrick
> >> my sidewalk is clean. it's raining lightly.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Jerry "Matt" Matsick
> >> <jerry.matsick at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The Question comes to mind:    "Where is (AL GORE) in the midst of one
> of
> >> the worst Winters in
> >>>
> >>> recent history?    Here in Sunny Florida we are going to 73 and partly
> >> cloudy!    Had to sweep
> >>>
> >>> sidewalks today, the had some sand on them!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> J.Matsick
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: bobrathke at comcast.net
> >>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2011 9:41:42 AM
> >>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Here comes Snowzilla
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Snow is starting to fall in Chicago.  Forecast is for 18-22" by
> tomorrow
> >> morning.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Bob
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams2 at comcast.net>
> >>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2011 7:11:27 AM
> >>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Here comes Snowzilla
> >>>
> >>> It's 37 degrees and raining this morning.  So much for doom and gloom.
> >> But
> >>> don't tell the Weather Channel.
> >>>
> >>> There is a forecast for a lot of rain today and into tomorrow, then it
> >> turns
> >>> cold again for a day or two.
> >>>
> >>> Hey, it's February.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Derrick
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Herb Brannon
> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
> >
> >
> >
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-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park