[Finger]

Originally Posted by Omaha Rocks

There's just one little problem: MONEY.

Sure. And another one, even more important: priorities. That's it.

Ok, it's a fruitless discussion. You are voters here, not me, and it is up to you to decide how things should go here.

[Omaha Rocks]

Originally Posted by Finger

Sure. And another one, even more important: priorities. That's it.

Ok, it's a fruitless discussion. You are voters here, not me, and it is up to you to decide how things should go here.

You're right. It's priorities.

As a property owner and tax payer, I'd rather have it take one extra day for the snow plow to come by my house, than have my property taxes double. I'd also rather have streets that are in good condition and sanitary sewers that work, than streets that are plowed within 12-hours after the snow stops falling.


Yes, it's priorities. What I'm getting at is that we KNOW it's a matter of priorities. Dealing with snow is ONE of those priorities.

[Jays1983]

Originally Posted by Omaha Rocks

You're right. It's priorities.

As a property owner and tax payer, I'd rather have it take one extra day for the snow plow to come by my house, than have my property taxes double. I'd also rather have streets that are in good condition and sanitary sewers that work, than streets that are plowed within 12-hours after the snow stops falling.


Yes, it's priorities. What I'm getting at is that we KNOW it's a matter of priorities. Dealing with snow is ONE of those priorities.

Good response, I ran out of energy for a decent rebuttal.

[dsrich98]

It's just a general nuisance. I drive a Ford Explorer so travel is not a problem. But I work 50 hours a week and have a small child at home. I don't have time to dedicate to scooping snow. I want to spend that time with my family.

When I single I enjoyed the snow, now that I 've got other stuff to do. I hate the snow!

[mattpoulsen]

Finger,

Not to beat it to death, but Omaha and the midwest has plenty of experience with snow. And as you stated, sure, we "could" have it cleaned off faster. However, people in the real world deal with finite resources, so to spend another $1 million on snow removal per year would mean cutting something else by the same amount. Furthermore, the streets in Omaha are pretty darn good considering the volume of snow we just received. The fact of the matter is, as has already been stated, its a nuisance and its one that pretty much disappears within about 24 hours of a storm. On top of it, its an unpredictable nuisance. Its kind of hard to budget the exact amount of resources necessary to handle such a thing as there is a fair amount of variability from year to year. It boils down to living in the real world.

[Omaha Rocks]

Hey - yesterday I saw a guy busting around neighborhood streets with a STX 535 QuadTrac, and about a 14' snow blade on it. I would love to have been driving it!

[Omaha Rocks]

Originally Posted by mattpoulsen

Finger,

Not to beat it to death, but Omaha and the midwest has plenty of experience with snow. And as you stated, sure, we "could" have it cleaned off faster. However, people in the real world deal with finite resources, so to spend another $1 million on snow removal per year would mean cutting something else by the same amount. Furthermore, the streets in Omaha are pretty darn good considering the volume of snow we just received. The fact of the matter is, as has already been stated, its a nuisance and its one that pretty much disappears within about 24 hours of a storm. On top of it, its an unpredictable nuisance. Its kind of hard to budget the exact amount of resources necessary to handle such a thing as there is a fair amount of variability from year to year. It boils down to living in the real world.

One main problem with Omaha's snow removal has become obvious to me these past couple days.

People parking in the streets, and abandoned vehicles in the way.

On one street, where I own a rental house, the snow plows didn't clear the street until Sunday afternoon BECAUSE people had cars parked on both sides of the street and a plow literally could not pass between them.

Again this morning I saw a mini-van at the corner of 52nd & Ames, sitting in the right turn lane, keeping that lane from being opened further and/or used. It is not in a parking spot, but a driving lane. The van has been there since Sunday night - for 36 hours now.


My family moved to Omaha from Minnesota - where your vehicle WILL get towed in a Snow Emergency, if you leave it parked where it shouldn't be. It was not a question of if, but of how soon.


Why are Omaha residents not required to get vehicles out of the way, so city crews can get through with snow plows?

[Jays1983]

Originally Posted by Omaha Rocks

Why are Omaha residents not required to get vehicles out of the way, so city crews can get through with snow plows?

They are during declarations of snow energency. That vehicle should have been towed. I'm quite surprsied is hasn't been actually.

[ShawJ]

Originally Posted by Omaha Rocks

One main problem with Omaha's snow removal has become obvious to me these past couple days.

People parking in the streets, and abandoned vehicles in the way.

On one street, where I own a rental house, the snow plows didn't clear the street until Sunday afternoon BECAUSE people had cars parked on both sides of the street and a plow literally could not pass between them.

Again this morning I saw a mini-van at the corner of 52nd & Ames, sitting in the right turn lane, keeping that lane from being opened further and/or used. It is not in a parking spot, but a driving lane. The van has been there since Sunday night - for 36 hours now.


My family moved to Omaha from Minnesota - where your vehicle WILL get towed in a Snow Emergency, if you leave it parked where it shouldn't be. It was not a question of if, but of how soon.


Why are Omaha residents not required to get vehicles out of the way, so city crews can get through with snow plows?

What if you don't have anywhere to park? On my street, a lot of people don't have off street parking and all of the near by parking lots are for apartment tenants.

[Dave1215]

Did Omaha even declare a snow emergency? - don't remember hearing it.

I know Ralston, LaVista, Papillion, and Gretna did - I drove around those areas quite a bit and it looks like people really paid attention to it - hardly any cars on the street.