Again?
Disturbing:
- Found out today that Streets and Sanitation snow removal is up to their old tricks again. Remember last year when Sgt. Haymaker was killed in a traffic accident and there was some blame about Streets and Sanitation being ordered to stop salting. Well, today's snow response had the same order given. There was an order given about 2 hours ago to stop salting. Proves even more that the city does not care about safety, only the bottom dollar. What ever happened to the investigation into Sgt. Haymaker's death? chirp....chirp.
Whatever did happen to that investigation? We noticed that more than a few main thoroughfares we're less than ideally plowed and salted today and the snow coming down didn't seem like the type to actually overwhelm plowing efforts.
If an order was given to slow or cease salting or to lift plow blades, would we ever find out? We know all CPD radio transmissions are archived for a set period of time. Does anyone know if the Streets and San radio chatter is even saved at all?
Too many questions.
If an order was given to slow or cease salting or to lift plow blades, would we ever find out? We know all CPD radio transmissions are archived for a set period of time. Does anyone know if the Streets and San radio chatter is even saved at all?
Too many questions.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
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Stayed in today and didn't venture out til around 1400hrs. I was surprised to find many MAIN streets on the northwest side dangerously snow and ice filled.
Plowing would have been great. Salt would have been pretty miraculous.
Wouldn't you think, by mid-afternoon, the streets would have been cleared? I'd shoveled my walk TWICE by then. Maybe my ever-rising tax dollars could have bought me at least one plow-sighting as I drove through 017, 014 and 019?
Nothing to worry about. 025, McVicker north of Grand -- in front of the radical-Hispanic church/"charter school" -- was plowed out and salted almost immediately.
Now that's side-street service. Want your street plowed, get your own Che Guevara flag.
The junk trucks can get through easier too. Everyone's a winner in the Sanctuary City!
TIPS & CLUES
Keep your headlights clear with car wax! Just wipe ordinary car wax on your headlights. It contains special water repellents that will prevent that messy mixture from accumulating on your lights - lasts 6 weeks.
Squeak-proof your wipers with rubbing alcohol! Wipe the wipers with a cloth saturated with rubbing alcohol or ammonia. This one trick can make badly streaking & squeaking wipers change to near perfect silence & clarity
Ice-proof your windows with vinegar! Frost on it's way? Just fill a spray bottle with three parts vinegar to one part water & spritz it on all your windows at night. In the morning, they'll be clear of icy mess. Vinegar contains acetic acid, which raises the melting point of water---preventing water from freezing!
Prevent car doors from freezing shut with cooking spray! Spritz cooking oil on the rubber seals around car doors & rub it in with a paper towel The cooking spray prevents water from melting into the rubber
Fog-proof your windshield with shaving cream! Spray some shaving cream on the inside of your windshield & wipe if off with paper towels. Shaving cream has many of the same ingredients found in commercial defoggers.
De-ice your lock in seconds with hand sanitizer! Just put some hand sanitizer gel on the key & the lock & the problems solved!
1/11/2011 10:45:00 AM
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Excellent info. Thanks.
Yeah, in 006, didn't see a damn salt truck till after 7:00 tonight and the side streets still sucked.
It said salt where necessary
Well, SCC it's 3am and I was just woken up by a meeting of (2) plows and I guess the other guy was a Streets and Sans Supervisor. As one of the plows drove away the Supervisor waved him down and yelled, "No salt" and gave a motion for him to pick up his plow....
I have no idea what's going on with this plowing.
My side streets are usually pretty well done by streets and sans in 020 but it looks like they forgot today
Investigation? Little Tom Byrne can't be investigated. He's the Man at the Hall. How dare you complain about anything Tom does? The nerve of you. His departure will be an added benefit of Daley leaving. He was an asshole here at CPD and continued his back stabbing ways at the Hall.
Anonymous said...
TIPS & CLUES
1/11/2011 10:45:00 AM
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Excellent info. Thanks.
1/12/2011 01:04:00 AM
Hope you aren't a cop hater.
If you are you may have just cost me thousands of $$$ by destroyong my car !
The city had what they call a 50% program going until 1300 hours then they called garbage drivers in and put them on spreaders.100% program was in effect from about 1400 hours as the city saw it could not keep up.They didn't want a bad rush hour.
Untrue. My brother works for s&s, and he and wveryone else was salting from 11am untill 4am next day. Just didn't see as many because there are less salt crews thatn there used to be.
Quit your complaining!!! The money saved can put more of the needed Flower Pots throughout the City.
Got off at 1100 last night took archer home from kedzie to neva slippery as hell was plowed buy obviously no salt! Guess little tommy byrne is trying to impress next mayor and make sure he collects another huge pension1
I live downtown and they did a fine job. I didnt even know that it snowed.
keep working,rahm wants all of us in 401k's!
I remember when i was learning to drive that the city side streets were never cleared. The side streets only became a issue during an election year after the blizzard of '79.
I for one feel its a waste of money to take care of the side streets. People have forgotten how to drive. In these these bad economic times city goverment must reduce services in order to save money. I got a great idea for driving in snow , SLOW DOWN!! leave early to get to where you have to go. The people that bitch about the snow, ice and poor conditions of the roads need to remember its winter out. We as a people have become so dependent on the goverment to do things for us that we cant function. So if you can't handle the snow...... Florida awaits.
Does anyone know if the Streets and San radio chatter is even saved at all?
are you crazy SCC? that might incriminate tom byrne.
the city only has money for useless GPS tracking so the boss's can fuck with employees and the mayors friends get contracts for shit the city doesn't need.
I have no idea what's going on with this plowing.
1/12/2011 03:12:00 AM
maybe the same thing that's been going on with the CPD?
Live in 016 They did a great job, main streets were just water and wet by 5PM, before midnight there was a truck salting and plowing the sidestreets. Not a big fan of S & S or Byrne, but whats right is right and they did a good job around my neighborhood.
And no there are no politicians that I know of around here that could have made the call and got the job done
TomThumb strikes again.
To Tips & Clues: These are some very good tips!!!! Thank You very much!!!!!!
Salt is only used in areas that voted for O.bama (Daley knows all).
Y did I see a plow truck pass by me as I was shoveling the street, it had its plow up and not spreading salt? It went up and down the blocks like this. And as of today , my street not plowed. Northwestsider
TIPS & CLUES
--1/11/2011 10:45:00 AM
Here's one to add --
"Use an inexpensive brush/scraper to clean the snow from your car before you drive it. Clean all the windows, not just a 4" x 6" slit right in front of the driver, and clean the rear-view mirrors.
"That way, you'll be able to see."
Nothing like a rolling igloo with the headlights glowing dimly through the snow-pack.
Idiots.
"As one of the plows drove away the "Supervisor waved him down and yelled, 'No salt' and gave a motion for him to pick up his plow....
"I have no idea what's going on with this plowing."
--1/12/2011 03:12:00 AM
No salt, plow up...did we leave anything out?
To what purpose is this vehicle being driven at all?
You meant to say....Streets and Sans Supervisors.
WWW.IllinoisPolicy.org
The Institute's Snow Squad gives the city of Chicago an A on main roads and an F on its response to side roads during today's winter storm.
Check out the Snow Squad's neighborhoods street photo's
Got a camera? Join the fun and post your missed Streets and Sans side streets on their Facebook site.
(You know it's the "tech-savvy" thing to do -- right?)
Calling BS on this one! In fact, main streets on the far northwest side have so salted to the point that any large trucks or buses kick up a cloud of salt so thick that pedestrians are covering their faces to prevent choking in the dust left in their wake. I look for bandanas to come into style much like the cowboys used to prevent choking on trail dust.
My OEMC pal WC bob D. says all transmissions are held for 30 unless a HOLD is requested.
Also, he intimated that red light camera transgressions can be digitally manipulated to place the "target" vehicle in the crosswalk while the traffic control signal is displaying red.
A disclaimer is made that the "photographic evidence" sent to violators and the video found on the website, is not permissable as evidence in a court of law.
Remember: a hearing with an administrative officer is not a hearing in a court of law.
As the snow was piling up yesterday, there was a traffic crash at 10500 S. Spaulding. Two 20 year old female St.Xavier students were t-boned by the other car. No injuries, thankfully. The striking vehicle attempted to stop but slid on the thick snow that was on the street. Here's the kicker!! Both drivers' vision was obstructed by something. Can you guess what??? It was a City of Chicago snow plow truck!! It was parked at 10501 S. Spaulding on a fire hydrant with no occupants! Both drivers said they couldn't see the other until it was too late because of the truck parked on the corner. To add insult to injury, as the crash victims were waiting for the paper car, the Streets and San guy came out of his house, jumped in the truck and took off. Is that a kick in the a.s.s. or what?!! hahaha f**kin city workers.
RE:
The junk trucks can get through easier too. Everyone's a winner in the Sanctuary City!
1/12/2011 12:39:00 AM
So....if you don't like them...
Enforce 9-64-170 B & D then. Or STFU if you can't remember what a Parker book looks like.
/tiphat
2313
Pension, pension, pension.
hey SSC, my neighbor(a fireman) plows our streets with his own pick up on his own time. a city inspector told him he could not do that..i check the municipal code and could not find anything that says he cant....anyone have more info
Nothing like a rolling igloo with the headlights glowing dimly through the snow-pack.
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Rarely does a comment make me laff out loud, but this one gave me a big hearty ROFLMAO!!
....anyone have more info
1/12/2011 09:14:00 PM
get it done quickly.
what's s&s gonna do, push it back onto the street?
One of Tom's finest moments here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/drripco#p/u/7/-JbOyI9D1q8
Investigation? Little Tom Byrne can't be investigated. He's the Man at the Hall. How dare you complain about anything Tom does? The nerve of you. His departure will be an added benefit of Daley leaving. He was an asshole here at CPD and continued his back stabbing ways at the Hall.
I can't wait to see my 2% raise!!!!! Yippie!!! Good job FOP!!
Streets and San is a joke. Tom Byrne lies better now than when he he was in the job. I live in a nice area of Lincoln Park, and after the streets are cleared of snow you never see a salt truck, Never. It's a glaze of ice for days. Fcking joke
"...the city only has money for useless GPS tracking so the boss's can fuck with employees and the mayors friends get contracts for shit the city doesn't need."
--1/12/2011 08:31:00 AM
...and of course the great photos of the private unmarked plow/pickups hauling ass out of city yards with a heaping load of blue salt are entirely individual efforts.
Ya gotta love it!
Put all the snow that the fireman plows off of your street onto the city inspectors driveway and front porch when he is at home, but sleeping. That way he cannot get out to ticket the nice fireman that is using his own truck and plow to clear your street. I checked and there is nothing in the books about placing snow on a city inspectors driveway or porch.
How true that is. Pulaski at 115th was a sheet of ice last night I saw cars sliding all over please be careful out there.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
hey SSC, my neighbor(a fireman) plows our streets with his own pick up on his own time. a city inspector told him he could not do that..i check the municipal code and could not find anything that says he cant....anyone have more info
1/12/2011 09:14:00 PM
Is the inspector from Garfield ridge?
"The junk trucks can get through easier too. Everyone's a winner in the Sanctuary City!
--1/12/2011 12:39:00 AM
"So....if you don't like them...
"Enforce 9-64-170 B & D then. Or STFU if you can't remember what a Parker book looks like.
"/tiphat
"2313"
--1/12/2011 05:56:00 PM
Naw, it's OK. They're straight. They have
"PiCK mEtAL"
painted on the side, as per ordinance.
The one dangling headlight is operable, and there is a wad of crumpled paper firmly wedged into the gas filler pipe, as required.
(grin)
God bless & stay safe.
..."there is nothing in the books about placing snow on a city inspector's driveway or porch."
--1/13/2011 01:58:00 AM
As long as it is not done "maliciously," you should be in the clear.
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I wonder if they picked up the garbage in NYC yet. There was six feet of it bagged up on top of six feet of snow the last time I looked.
Keeps it fresh and crispy.
"Nothing like a rolling igloo with the headlights glowing dimly through the snow-pack."
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Rarely does a comment make me laff out loud, but this one gave me a big hearty ROFLMAO!!
1/12/2011 09:18:00 PM
I think the Honduran driving schools are a little vague on CHAPTER 17 -- ARCTIC CONDITIONS.
Oh, you'll think it's funny alright when one of them comes slewing toward you, and you'll catch by the flash of light that they're text-messaging in there even though they can't see anything at all around them. More snow sifting down off the foot-thick accumulation on the roof to fog out the driver.
It's too weird.
Glad to make your day go a little faster. Be safe -- especially from these.
"Nothing like a rolling igloo with the headlights glowing dimly through the snow-pack."
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Rarely does a comment make me laff out loud, but this one gave me a big hearty ROFLMAO!!
1/12/2011 09:18:00 PM
I think the Honduran driving schools are a little vague on CHAPTER 17 -- ARCTIC CONDITIONS.
Oh, you'll think it's funny alright when one of them comes slewing toward you, and you'll catch by the flash of light that they're text-messaging in there even though they can't see anything at all around them. More snow sifting down off the foot-thick accumulation on the roof to fog out the driver.
It's too weird.
Glad to make your day go a little faster. Be safe -- especially from these.
1/13/2011 07:20:00 PM
I laughed because of how it was described 'rolling igloo'. I still think that term is funny, as I can envision it.
Folks who can't take 5min to brush all the snow off their car are lazy jerks and of course I wouldn't want to see one come slewing at me. But thanks for your well wishes :)
"I laughed because of how it was described 'rolling igloo'. I still think that term is funny, as I can envision it."
--1/14/2011 03:04:00 AM
Yeah, I swear to God, one of today's great big SUVs, made even bigger by a foot-thick coat of sticking snow, and all they did was to scrape a little vision slit like on a tank, and go driving.
It was like something that got loose from the Russian Front. Guys yelling "Panzerangriff!" and fleeing in terror as the thing advances...you'd sure better get out of the way because you know they can't see anything.
That, and those headlights glowing dim amber underneath it all.
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Seen it before, will undoubtedly see it again.
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