Re: Do we have a right to be mad about the lack of plowing

Posted by LIVINMYDREAM

I think that there are a few issues that came into play with this situation...

1. This was a VERY serious storm that dumped almost 3 feet of snow on the Town of Brookhaven.

2. Your elected Highway Superintendant is out SICK and your elected Town Supervisor is out on VACATION!! .. Yes that's right fokes, even though he knew the storm was coming he still decided to leave town on wednesday for a much needed Vacation

3. I do know in my neighborhood even my street my roads were not plowed at all on Saturday so myself, my STBDH and ALL of our neighbors that were physically capable of doing so got out there with our shovels and snowblowers and did our own street...

I think that the towns , Counties and State are doing the best they can with the amount of snow that we got ... Is it frustrating, yes , but for gods sake instead of sitting here behind a computer complaining .. Grab a shovel or your snow blower and start doing something about it !!!!!!!!

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Re: Do we have a right to be mad about the lack of plowing

Re: Do we have a right to be mad about the lack of plowing

Posted by afternoondelight828

Posted by NervousNell

Posted by JennZ

^ oh please. Im expected to go out and shovel my long ass curvy block. I pay a lot in taxes, this should have been done. I saw one plow friday afternoon when it started, another got stuck sat morning, never returned. I finally had one ********* come yesterday, who barely had his plow down. I still have a good foot of snow on my block. I live in a curvy neighborhood. They never plowed the curves in the road. Maybe if this schumk didnt go on vacation, or his partner did call in sick something would have been done. You are incharge of a community, and you go on vacation NOW? You call in sick?? Get your ass back to work and clear this shit off my street. So no, I dont feel bad for them, and NO I dont think they are doing all they can. This is complete crap.


***** = D OU C H E BAG

Exactly.
Maybe we should all just start deducting money off our next tax bills.
Hmmm- let's see. You spent 6 hours shoveling your own freaking street- how much is your time worth an hour? $25? more?
Should we send the town a bill?
Or maybe hire a private company to plow our street and deduct the bill from the next tax payment.
Get the eff out of here.
They are never short staffed when it comes to sending out those tax bills.
They are SUPER efficient in collecting all monies due to them that is for sure!
They don't miss a beat there.
There is no excuse.

Amazing how my check cleared much quicker this year for my taxes than any other year.

Re: Do we have a right to be mad about the lack of plowing

Posted by afternoondelight828

Posted by LIVINMYDREAM

I think that there are a few issues that came into play with this situation...

1. This was a VERY serious storm that dumped almost 3 feet of snow on the Town of Brookhaven.

2. Your elected Highway Superintendant is out SICK and your elected Town Supervisor is out on VACATION!! .. Yes that's right fokes, even though he knew the storm was coming he still decided to leave town on wednesday for a much needed Vacation

3. I do know in my neighborhood even my street my roads were not plowed at all on Saturday so myself, my STBDH and ALL of our neighbors that were physically capable of doing so got out there with our shovels and snowblowers and did our own street...

I think that the towns , Counties and State are doing the best they can with the amount of snow that we got ... Is it frustrating, yes , but for gods sake instead of sitting here behind a computer complaining .. Grab a shovel or your snow blower and start doing something about it !!!!!!!!

No one should have to shovel their own street that they pay the town to take care of.
Most people I know have had to go do it themselves and are not just sitting on their computers complaining. Many can't do it on their own either so they have every right to complain.

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Posted by NervousNell

Posted by afternoondelight828

Posted by LIVINMYDREAM

I think that there are a few issues that came into play with this situation...

1. This was a VERY serious storm that dumped almost 3 feet of snow on the Town of Brookhaven.

2. Your elected Highway Superintendant is out SICK and your elected Town Supervisor is out on VACATION!! .. Yes that's right fokes, even though he knew the storm was coming he still decided to leave town on wednesday for a much needed Vacation

3. I do know in my neighborhood even my street my roads were not plowed at all on Saturday so myself, my STBDH and ALL of our neighbors that were physically capable of doing so got out there with our shovels and snowblowers and did our own street...

I think that the towns , Counties and State are doing the best they can with the amount of snow that we got ... Is it frustrating, yes , but for gods sake instead of sitting here behind a computer complaining .. Grab a shovel or your snow blower and start doing something about it !!!!!!!!

No one should have to shovel their own street that they pay the town to take care of.
Most people I know have had to go do it themselves and are not just sitting on their computers complaining. Many can't do it on their own either so they have every right to complain.

And just another thought.
What happens if someone gets hurt doing the town's job?
What if you throw your back out, slip on ice and break a leg, have a heart attack as many do when shoveling heavy snow?
Can you sue the town?
Will they pay your medical bills?
I doubt it.

Re: Do we have a right to be mad about the lack of plowing

Re: Do we have a right to be mad about the lack of plowing

Re: Do we have a right to be mad about the lack of plowing

Do we have a right to be mad about the lack of plowing

I could see if we never got snow. I'm in Brookhaven and the roads are horrible. It's like the plows gave up at exit 52 on sunrise. I think I have whip lash from driving on lumps and bumps. I really don't see how the buses could even turn on some of these side streets.

I heard plows when it first started to snow and haven't seen any since.

I did fill out a form on the towns website.

Message edited 2/12/2013 12:33:35 PM.

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Re: Do we have a right to be mad about the lack of plowing

I am reposting what I posted on my facebook:

After travelling through different areas this morning all i have to say is Town of Brookhaven SHAME ON YOU! It's unacceptable that the majority of the roads are in such despicable conditions. I don't blame the stranded cars or the the workers for this. This was absolutely poor decision making on the part of Town, Highway and even County officials. NOTHING was done on Friday as conditions got worse, which then just snowballed (no pun intended) into the horrible conditions of the roads on TUESDAY! Main roads are finally OK but Secondary and Side roads are disgusting!

We pay some of the highest taxes and we can't get our roads plowed. In 2010 when we had blizzard after blizzard things were plowed. What happened???

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Re: Do we have a right to be mad about the lack of plowing

Honestly, I feel like Long Island's taxes are so high that you should absolutely be furious over not having your streets plowed a couple of days after the storm! They should have been going around during the storm like the NYC Sanitation did!

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Re: Do we have a right to be mad about the lack of plowing

I am NYC resident but what I have heard on hear and from family and friends I think it is atrocious what you guys are dealing with.

Bravo to NYC Strongest.

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Do we have a right to be mad about the lack of plowing

The only area in CT that is still really struggling right now is Bridgeport. They don't anticipate plowing some streets until SUNDAY. THAT is unacceptable, but they have their own challenges. But, we also got a little more snow in this area than most of LI did. We got about 36-37 inches here in Stratford, CT. Next door in Milford? 38".

We didn't see a plow until Sunday at about 8, about 3 hours after the neighborhood banded together to clear the street. My neighbor across the street couldn't get his plow onto the street, and even when he got enough snow cleared to get it onto the street he struggled. There is no where to put the snow, and the regular plows can't get through the drifts, it's insane. Plows were getting stuck, axles on some private trucks that were contracted broke. But the town had the majority of roads with at least a passing lane done by Monday AM, and mainly done with payloaders, which take longer to clear snow than a plow does. They're still going and clearing roads. Rumors that some small side streets weren't done yet too, but the majority of the town is done.

The town had plows out until the point where it was whiteout conditions, then had them back out.

My time on LI showed me that snow removal in Town of Babylon and Islip is sorely lacking. We wouldn't see a plow or sander until after the storm, we were constantly stuck. I never saw trucks out during the storm or doing presanding like I saw in MA growing up or that I see in CT. And even on small storms the cleanup was lackadaisical. They constantly left dangerously high snow banks, never coming back to clean up later on. I never understood the lack of preparation or inability to properly clear snow from a northeastern locale that should be adept at it by now.

Even though we are struggling with the snow removal up here in CT still, I am reading the comments here and feel like we're so far ahead of you guys with the cleanup and it seems so off. It seems wrong, we got MORE than most of LI, and yet LI is lagging behind so much and it makes no sense, I don't understand it. I think those in Brookhaven/Islip have every right to be angry at this point. There seems to be a big problem with communication and with coordination. Seeing a parking lot with plows in it unmanned is beyond frustrating. Watching plows half ass it is atrocious.

Be mad, it's OK and acceptable IMO. Just make sure that the anger is directed at the politicians who dropped the ball on this (and even the other larger storms that they can't seem to manage............)

Re: Do we have a right to be mad about the lack of plowing

I want to clarify that the acting Superintenent of Highway was not elected to this post, Michael Murphy took over January 1st as Deputy Sup until the Special Election March 5 to fill the spot left vacant by Rouse.

Who will be voting March 5th? The way I see it is a lot of people complain and then do nothing about it. I for one will be voting. The 2 candidates are NYS Asemblyman Dan Losquadro and Brookhaven Town Counsel Women Kathg Walsh. I will be voting for one that did his part in his and as well as Sandy and made sure that the state roads within his district (can't ensure all of LI) were plowed. The other candidate has done NOTHING to help get roads in her district cleared....the choice is clear to me.

Oh and my aunt an uncle still arnt plowed. We thankfully are at this time but driving to wok yesterday was ridiculous and so unsafe.

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Re: Do we have a right to be mad about the lack of plowing

Posted by DiamondGirl

Posted by afternoondelight828

Posted by DiamondGirl

I am NYC resident but what I have heard on hear and from family and friends I think it is atrocious what you guys are dealing with.

Bravo to NYC Strongest.

NYC has brought their bull dozers to the Islip area today. They did a great job and had it done in no time.

That is awesome ! And people ask why I won't move to LI?!?!