It's Wednesday morning, February 1st. To be precise it is 4 a.m on February 1st when I am awakened to the sound of a snow plow going up my street. Out of a deep slumber I smile to myself, happy that we've been blessed with winter snow and open the curtains to see what the overnight storm has brought. But there's nothing. The road surface is essentially black. There is a dusting of snow on the sidewalk. It must have been a dream. Slightly disappointed by the lack of snow and my snow-plow hallucination, I climb back into bed.
To be clear, by not much snow I mean there was less snow on the road than there were attendees at the recent inauguration. To claim otherwise would be an example of "alternative facts."
But then just as I am about to pull the covers over my head and hoping for a more pleasant outcome to the rest of my sleep I hear the plow again. However, this time I am definitely awake. I grab my iPhone and go to the front door and take a photo of the black-top.
Winthrop Road Feb 1, 2017
I hear the truck, but don't yet see it and then the plow comes around the corner. And then another follows soon after. They are plowing the black and clear surface of our road. I take pictures and videos so that I can show any disbelievers and I wonder what on earth is going on.
What has reality become? Are these climate change denying plow-drivers? There is no snow! There are only sparks flying off the road where your plow meets the tar. We are paying to plow snow that isn't and then will have to pay for potholes that shouldn't have been.
There is so much suffering in the world and I truly appreciate how well we are taken care of in Lexington. I don't take it for granted. We live a life of such privilege and have so much to be grateful for, but it is over the top to send the plows out when there is no snow, especially when it is 4 in the morning, I mean if we are going to waste tax-payer money, money that could be going to our schools and plenty of other worthy causes, don't rub salt in the wound by waking us up. And speaking of which, they did not appear to have spread any salt, so that's something.
To be clear, by not much snow I mean there was less snow on the road than there were attendees at the recent inauguration. To claim otherwise would be an example of "alternative facts."
But then just as I am about to pull the covers over my head and hoping for a more pleasant outcome to the rest of my sleep I hear the plow again. However, this time I am definitely awake. I grab my iPhone and go to the front door and take a photo of the black-top.
Winthrop Road Feb 1, 2017
I hear the truck, but don't yet see it and then the plow comes around the corner. And then another follows soon after. They are plowing the black and clear surface of our road. I take pictures and videos so that I can show any disbelievers and I wonder what on earth is going on.
What has reality become? Are these climate change denying plow-drivers? There is no snow! There are only sparks flying off the road where your plow meets the tar. We are paying to plow snow that isn't and then will have to pay for potholes that shouldn't have been.
There is so much suffering in the world and I truly appreciate how well we are taken care of in Lexington. I don't take it for granted. We live a life of such privilege and have so much to be grateful for, but it is over the top to send the plows out when there is no snow, especially when it is 4 in the morning, I mean if we are going to waste tax-payer money, money that could be going to our schools and plenty of other worthy causes, don't rub salt in the wound by waking us up. And speaking of which, they did not appear to have spread any salt, so that's something.
