According to a local paper here in Mockba this year we’ve had record snow fall already and we’ve just started февраля. It hasn’t snowed this much in 100 years. The average snowfall in Mockba is 61cm (24 inches). To date we’ve had 216cm (85 inches) which includes a massive storm we had a few days ago that yielded 26cm (10 inches).
Snow clearance in the parking lot in our compound is pretty primitive. Four or 5 guys every time it snows spend most the day pushing snow around with large double-handled (home-made) shovels and piling it up. The era of snow blowers is not upon us here in Mockba although I did see my first one yesterday in another neighborhood on the other side of town.
The piles have gotten well over 2 meters in some places and the guys are having a hard time finding places to put it. The snow is now encroaching on parking spaces and it’s been getting difficult to get around in the park lot.
Today (this happened last year too) a Bobcat loader and several large dumpsters were brought in to remove the encroaching snow. It took the Bobcat nearly a day to remove the snow. Actually it’s still here – I can hear it from our 5th floor window. A testament to how much snow we’ve had and how much manual labor (and expense) is expended. You’d think they’d bring the Bobcat in at the outset of a big storm or invest in a few snow blowers. But…this is Mockba and doing things the easy way here is just not an option.
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