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Snow emergency in Boston at 9 p.m.
By adamg on Sat, 12/29/2012 - 3:56pm
Among other things, the declaration means you can't park on a snow-emergency route, but otherwise you can use a cone, chair, fan, toilet or stuffed animal to save a space on the street for up to 48 hours after the snow emergency officially ends.
Use this city mapping system to find out which of your local roads double as snow emergency routes and where you can park at a discount (with a resident parking sticker on your car).
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No snow emergency in Somerville
The official City of Somerville Facebook page says:
Parts of Boston in the "jackpot": area
So up to 10 inches, like, oh, right where we are.
Snow emergency in Arlington
No parking on side streets after 6 PM
No parking on Mass Ave after 10 PM
And don't even try the cone/chair/stuffed animal trick here.
Sane reaction
Somerville sounds like it is having a sane and rational reaction, rather than the mad hysteria that has accompanied these moderate snowfalls in recent years, such as schools announcing cancellations days ahead of a snowfall that may or may not come, etc.
I wonder what the economic
I wonder what the economic impact these Boston snow emergencies have on Boston area businesses? How did we survive without them? Channel 7 says we might get 2-4 inches?
None in Chelsea either
Email from Jay Ash (City Manager)..
Snow emergency
is an unfair tax on the residents of Boston. Check out who the tow companies donate to during an election year.
Fully agreed, this said
Fully agreed, this said having worked at a towing company while I was in college.
Ugh. Gross. I can't find
Ugh. Gross.
I can't find anything about Cambridge declaring a snow emergency. I really hope not. It'd just be the icing on my day off.
I wish each town had a
I wish each town had a timestamped web page that said explicitly if there is currently a snow emergency or not.
Searching for a lack of an announcement is unreliable and a waste of time.