If they're looking for infrastructure projects, they can start with storm drains in Boston

[rockymountaindem]

This place is a snowy, swampy mess right now. Blech. Me and everybody I saw out there today got soaked trying to wade across the intersections.

Wintry mix? More like nature's mucous.

[bicentennial_baby]

1. Damn straight

It's a complete mess out there. I can't wait to slide down my driveway on the way to the T in the morning once it all freezes up. Ugh.

[rockymountaindem]

3. I can't decide

Wet and grumpy without a car? Or slipping and sliding all over the road in one...

I think I'll stick with the sidewalks. I've only been living here for a year and a half (off and on), so maybe you can tell me: why doesn't this city have anything close to adequate drainage?

[bicentennial_baby]

9. I'll tell Sniffa to answer you when he's home in a few

He's a surveyor...maybe he can tell us. :D

[graywarrior]

2. How about when the subways flood?

That's always fun. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[skygazer]

4. I was just reading about that recently

Good book - The World Without Us.

Anyway, the author pointed out that in NYC, they have pumps running constantly to keep water out of the subway tunnels and that if all the power shut down (and no generators or any kind of backup kicked in) it would only take something like 36 hours for them to completely flood.

We're geniuses, we humans.

[XemaSab]

6. That book was THE BOMB

:D

[graywarrior]

7. The green line floods during the winter sometimes

And everyone is astounded...like it never happened before.

[XemaSab]

8. That book was THE BOMB

:D


Good enough to say it twice!

[Xipe Totec]

5. Damn straight!

And as I'm trying to unclog one particular snow plugged drain, massholes are swerving into the puddles to splash me with icy muck.

They think it is such fun!

:eyes: