*Whatever happened to the efforts to (somewhat) control weather? Will we ever be able to, say, disrupt a snowstorm enough to change its course to, for example, miss land and go off over the ocean? Or is this science fiction that will never be possible?
Randall * On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall < [email protected]> wrote: > Tell me about it. > > I lived in a corner house. Every morning I went out I would have this huge > pile of snow right in my walk way. I would have to shovel a path out for > the mail man or no mail. (Canada, no such thing as no matter snow or ice) > > I complained and the pile got bigger. > > What they would do is, as they came around the corner, they would aim for a > corner to push all the snow too, My corner was the most convenient. > > Stewart > > > > At 06:57 AM 2/13/2010, you wrote: > >> Exactly. And how do you do that? You dump or push it where people >> usually walk. In particular, urban and suburban snow removal is all >> about the automobile. Most bus stops become totally unusable after >> heavy snows. Buses may begin operating fairly soon after a large >> snowfall, but bus riders are SOL because they cannot even get on a bus >> at most stops and drivers cannot let them off. Thus, most buses will >> run their routes mostly empty of passengers. Many pedestrians wind up >> in hospitals or morgues after heavy snows because they have to walk >> the same traffic lanes being used by cars, trucks and other vehicles. >> >> Steve >> > > Rev. Stewart A. Marshall > mailto:[email protected] > Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org > Ozark, AL SL 82 > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
