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| This truck is full of snow, but it is a bit like the truck that I saw passing by. |
What I thought was, that they might very well be beginning the process or removing the curbside snowbanks — like the one behind me in the photo.
I was right to suspect what the empty truck was presaging, for, when I awoke at 5 in the morning, the snow banks out front were gone. While it was a pity that I hadn't been able to see and document the process, I had been able to do just that back in 2022. In the photo, you see the orange machine blowing snow into the truck by its side. When it is full of snow that truck will drive off to dump the snow in the river. The truck to the right of the frame will pull up to the blower and so on and so forth. Most of you were also here back then in 2022, so you saw both the photo and the ensuing video clip back then. https://anvilcloud.blogspot.com/2022/01/winter-excitement-in-great-white-north.html
Our city does that also when we have tons of snow. We haven't had that now for a few years.
ReplyDeleteI love the wonderful machinery that does this.
I love the audio on the snow moving video. Around here the snow is just piled up off the road in front of houses, crushing any shrubs in the way. I like those clever trucks.
ReplyDeleteIt must be nice to be free of all that snow for awhile.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea...dump the snow in the river! Water to water. And the walks were even kept open for your neighborhood all along. Keep warm my friend.
ReplyDeleteI'd been wondering what happened to those snow banks. What a muddy mess if they were left to melt.
ReplyDeleteSnow removal? Nah, not out here. We just keep to one lane courtesies. And wait for the Great White Melt. Coming, not soon, to a location in need.
ReplyDeleteAnd where we are going to park when we have to buy food is beyond me.
I have seen some >0 temperatures posted for next week but not too high or for too long.
DeleteJust enough to turn the snow banks to slush banks. Ah, the joys of Canadian winter.
DeleteWe cannot dump snow in the river due to road salting. I cannot get over the amount of snow you have. This morning shortly after 2, I saw a man snowblowing sidewalks.
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DeleteOh, that is a thought that I hadn't thunk. Maybe we dump somewhere else, but I can't think where.
The Almonte sludge goes into a field beside the sewage lagoons.
DeleteOh, I would've wanted to watch, too! That's very satisfying.
ReplyDeleteI've never lived somewhere that needed to remove snow to make room for more snow. I hope I never do.
ReplyDeleteAlong with the annoying beeping of loader, waking one up, back in our old home....
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a lot of snow!! Glad they removed it, and nice job documenting it. Sounds like it will make driving much safer. Stay warm!
ReplyDeleteI wondered where all that snow went--into the river! That's a great solution.
ReplyDeleteIn the country setting I live in there is no snow truck to do the job. It's been a long time since we've had enough snow to worry about.
ReplyDeleteWe have the same thing. I've just seen two dump trucks go by, hesitating to talk to each other as they passed - one full of snow and one empty. They must be carting snow out of the cul-de-sac around the corner.
ReplyDeleteThat’s quite a fascinating glimpse into winter life! It’s amazing how something as routine as snow removal can become a whole orchestrated process
ReplyDeleteThis is so improved! I think back to 78, when the mayor of our city had the snow lifted into trucks with front end loaders, to be dumped into a valley.
ReplyDeleteIn St. John’s, the city dumps some of the snow in the harbour.
ReplyDeleteYour snowbanks are way more impressive than the ones here in Nashua, NH, although there are some high ones. The city has been doing night time clearing on side streets.
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