Severe Weather Update - February 9-10, 2015 (click here)
What to expect when winter weather hits.On Tuesday, all MBTA rail services (Subway, Trolley, and Commuter Rail) will be suspended all day while maintenance crews continue to clear snow and ice from tracks, the third rail and switches. Mechanical forces will continue to assess the damage done to subway cars, trolleys, locomotives and passenger coaches....
Cancelled flights website (click here).
The storms are causing financial hardship in the northeast.
February 10, 2015
By Bob Salsberg and Denise Lavoie
...The steady run of winter blasts (click here) has already sucked up over 70 per cent of New Hampshire’s Department of Transportation winter maintenance budget. Rhode Island, too, said Monday’s storm will use up what’s left of its $14 million budget for snow removal and nearly the entire salt stockpile. The mayor of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, said snow removal was eating up so much of the city’s budget that he ordered officials to hold off on hiring new personnel or purchasing non-essential items. Baker has asked Massachusetts lawmakers for an additional $50 million in snow removal funds even as the state grapples with an overall budget deficit of $768 million....
Some towns in Massachusetts have so much snow there is no place to dump it until it melts. They are considering dumping the snow into the ocean.
