[Grovenet] council meeting to discuss city's (lack of) response tosnow

[Greg & Cindy Gritton]

David,

While it might possibly help with keeping the lanes clear, I'd sure hate to 
be a pedestrian.  :-)  Living here in Oregon and having mud flaps directing 
not only snow, but rain, towards the curbs could lead to a whole new sport 
(or suits--the legal kind, though rain suits would probably be more 
handy.)  However, if we could just adapt your patented force field to the 
rain suits (or, better yet, as Greg suggested, to the streets!), it might 
just work.  :-)

Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!


Cindy Gritton



At 10:38 PM 1/4/2009 -0800, you wrote:

>I have often wondered what would happen if every vehicle had mud
>flaps that directed the splash toward the curb.  Would the passage of
>cars while the snow is falling be sufficient to keep the major
>streets clear?
>
>David
>
> > allen-
> >
> > those are great suggestions.  I  agree it doesn't make sense to
> > equip the city for this kind of snowfall, when it only happens
> > every 40 years.
> >
> > honestly I don't know what the answer is - but then again, I don't
> > work for the city.  but if I did, I would have done something.
> > first of all I would have answered the public's phone calls.  then
> > when I realized this wasn't going to thaw out in 2 or 3 days, I
> > would have tried to find a creative solution - maybe one of yours.
> >
> > as far as I can tell, the city did diddly to help us.
> >
> > gary
>
>
> > I hope that the city can come up with some plan to plow at least
> > the major streets (and eventually the smaller ones) in the future,
> > whether it is owning a snowplow capable truck, contracting with the
> > county, or contracting with private individuals.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Greg Gritton
>
>
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