HA, HA, HA

It was not such a good idea to go to Costco in Robinson, nor Trader Joe's in East Liberty today.   And it was definitely not a great idea to go to the Market District back in Robinson tonight!  I totally forgot about all the people that had been trapped inside and without any way to get around for the past week.  Not to mention that they were starving!   Today just happened to be the first time they could get shopping anywhere.  I am not a patient person when it comes to having to wait in line to do anything....

I don't remember in my lifetime seeing trees broken by heavy snow except in pictures or movies and hearing about them in stories.  Well, I saw them today.  Lots of them.  Hundreds of them along the roads and streets and in yards.  And they are still covered by snow.  Lots of snow.  Snow in the streets, snow in the yards, snow on buildings, snow totally covering cars.  What looks like huge piles of snow along the streets turned out to be cars buried where they were parked nine days ago!  There are also huge piles of snow that are really snow and some piles are at least 10 feet tall.  And they are on the streets, not in parking lots like we see snow piled around the Valley. 
I am amazed that there is such a problem with snow removal in Pittsburgh.  I know that there are budget problems, etc.  but what is the matter with getting off your duff and shoveling some snow people?  The sidewalks aren't even cleaned yet!  This is when you help others. 
There is a 10% unemployment rate around here.  Put some of those able bodied people to work plowing and hauling and shoveling.  The Strip was closed for three days.  Why didn't they ban parking on Penn Ave and haul the snow the heck out of there?
It is not like there is NO snow in PA in the winter.  It is not like this is the first time it ever snowed in Pittsburgh.  It is a city like a lot of cities in this country with nowhere to push the snow, but other cities deal with snow removal in a more efficient and timely manner.