Josh's Not-a-Blog

Wednesday, 28 Jan 2009

Webcams

I've added a couple of webcam thumbnails to the right column of this weblog's main page. One is a view of the end of my driveway, and is there mainly so I can see how much snow I'm required to move before I can get my little car up the driveway. There's no bigger version of that one right now, as the camera's not the greatest quality.

The other thumbnail is of a webcam in downtown Calumet on the northeast corner of Portland and 5th Streets. It's an outdoor PTZ camera, mounted on top of the first-floor canopy of the Miners & Merchants building. Here's a spy photo through my sunroof.

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Tuesday, 27 Jan 2009

Snow moving action on my street

I was home this morning and caught the SnoGo, a heavy truck with an independently-driven front snowblower.

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The SnoGo took the snow from the banks and put it in the street. Then the grader scooped the snow to the end of the street, where it was picked up with a loader and dump truck.

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Oh, and my neighbor getting stuck in the SnoGo's leavings. The SnoGo driver was nice enough to dig the car out, and the neighbor returned a few minutes later with a plate of cookies.

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Monday, 05 Jan 2009

Winter. Meh.

The Village of Laurium has excellent snow removal. I don't live in the Village of Laurium. On my block, I have to wait for the county grader to come by.

There was about a foot and a half of snow on my street this morning, with drifts higher. I got to the end of my block and saw a car stuck in the berm left by the Village plow. It was a Subaru. AWD. Uh-oh.

I thought the other side of the lane looked passable, but it wasn't. I got stuck and ended up walking back to my house for a shovel, and just as I had my car almost dug out, the grader pulled up. Um, sir, you appear to be inching up on my car. Please don't scratch my pristine paint job. It turns out he saw the rear hitch on my car with the ball mount in it, moved his blade up to push me through the berm with it.

So, if you can't be early, at least you can be helpful. Thanks, grader guy.

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