This is a video of how snow affects Portland, Oregon, where there are no snow plows and nobody owns shovels or snow blowers, so the smallest amounts of snow (by New England standards) simply brings the city to a screeching halt.
I've been out of work for the entire week and yesterday was the first day with over an inch of snow! Most days this week the roads were actually pretty much bare, but still nobody was out and the ones who were all had chains on their tires. It's a completely different mentality, and I find it quite amusing...
Click here for Quicktime movie (in a new window)
Runtime is just under 2 minutes
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2 comments:
I really wish Boston would forgo the plowing too. It's nice when weather shuts the whole city down. Is it so bad for the city to just stop for one day? I'm sure there are tons of convincing arguments surround ambulance and police access to roads, etc. But really, Portland seems to be doing okay. Thanks for the video.
-mike
that stuff had better be cleaned up by the time i get back next week! i'm done with snow in portland. although somehow my flight was not cancelled, so am i grateful for that. hope you're not stuck there for christmas.
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