Boston mayor requests no jumping from windows into snow

[Opti]

“We’re asking people to act responsibly in the city of Boston,” Walsh said. “This isn’t Loon Mountain, this is the city of Boston, where we’re trying to remove snow off of the street and it becomes very dangerous.

“And the last thing we want to do is respond to an emergency call where somebody jumped out of the window because they thought it was a funny thing to do.”

www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/mayor-urges-knucklehead-bostonians-not-to-jump-out-of-windows-and-into-the-snow/ar-BBhGbrh?ocid=iehp

Nanny government or a mayor trying to keep costs down?

[zibazinski]

Crap, that was on my list to do this weekend. Some people just are put on this earth to suck all the joy out of life.

[chiver78]

in a country where we have to have heat warnings on coffee cups, are you really surprised?

[cael]

There are a lot of dumb people and college students in Boston, so I have no doubt there are people doing this.

(and for the record I was totally considering jumping into snow from the second floor since, well, the piles are so high I could. )

[mollyanna58]

It's called thinning the herd.

[ArchietheDragon]

Feb 17, 2015 15:15:53 GMT -5 Opti said:

“We’re asking people to act responsibly in the city of Boston,” Walsh said. “This isn’t Loon Mountain, this is the city of Boston, where we’re trying to remove snow off of the street and it becomes very dangerous.

“And the last thing we want to do is respond to an emergency call where somebody jumped out of the window because they thought it was a funny thing to do.”

www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/mayor-urges-knucklehead-bostonians-not-to-jump-out-of-windows-and-into-the-snow/ar-BBhGbrh?ocid=iehp

Nanny government or a mayor trying to keep costs down?

both or neither or somewhere in between.

[Jaguar]

Gee I never even thought of that one. Jump Responsibly

[Tennesseer]

Landing on a fire hydrant or wrought-iron fence must hurt.  

[mroped]

Now the good mayor of Boston just gave people an idea of "what you should do when the snow piles high!"

[chiver78]

Feb 17, 2015 15:47:49 GMT -5 cael said:

There are a lot of dumb people and college students in Boston, so I have no doubt there are people doing this.

(and for the record I was totally considering jumping into snow from the second floor since, well, the piles are so high I could. )

the April Fool's Day storm back in '97 (jeez, I'm getting old... )  where the city shut down for the first time I was aware of, we went up to the roof of our dorms and had snowball fights back and forth across the courtyard lol... and I seem to remember some inappropriate snow sculptures being built in the front yard of our dorm, too. nobody jumped out any windows though.

[Tennesseer]

Feb 17, 2015 15:57:10 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

Feb 17, 2015 15:47:49 GMT -5 cael said:

There are a lot of dumb people and college students in Boston, so I have no doubt there are people doing this.

(and for the record I was totally considering jumping into snow from the second floor since, well, the piles are so high I could. )

the April Fool's Day storm back in '97 (jeez, I'm getting old... )  where the city shut down for the first time I was aware of, we went up to the roof of our dorms and had snowball fights back and forth across the courtyard lol... and I seem to remember some inappropriate snow sculptures being built in the front yard of our dorm, too. nobody jumped out any windows though.

You're getting old? I remember hurricane Diane which struck New England back in 1955!

[Malarky]

There's been a fair amount of jumping off of roofs around here.  What the hell, it's often only a short drop.

Considering that we've been shoveling roofs, hanging out windows to knock snow off of overhangs and perched precariously on anything we can in an effort to save our houses from the ice dams I'd say a little fun is in order.

At this moment the snow is level with my dining room window.  Jumping from the bedroom window above it would be no big deal.  

We're in the suburbs so we have a bit more space to play with.

[djAdvocate]

yeah, it is not every day you get to jump off your own roof without hurting yourself.

[Tennesseer]

We used to carve out snow caves when the plowed snow was really high.  

[Jaguar]

Feb 17, 2015 16:20:07 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

We used to carve out snow caves when the plowed snow was really high.  

We did this as well.

[ArchietheDragon]

Feb 17, 2015 16:20:07 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

We used to carve out snow caves when the plowed snow was really high.  

Did that with my girls two weekends ago.  Also built a pretty cool snow fort in the backyard.   Would have kept building it but they got cold and wanted to go in.   I thought it would be a little silly to stay out and keep building it by myself. 

[Malarky]

Feb 17, 2015 16:20:07 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

We used to carve out snow caves when the plowed snow was really high.  

We did that.  And we built a tunnel to slide through.  We dropped my baby brother,  three years old, into the tunnel and it collapsed.

As a child my only concern was to dig him out before Mom found out.  As an adult    I have no idea how we didn't manage to kill that kid.  

Mom found out when I was in my 20's and had moved to a different state.  She was still pissed.  

[billisonboard]

Feb 17, 2015 16:23:17 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

... I thought it would be a little silly to stay out and keep building it by myself. 
...

And that stopped you?

[Tennesseer]

Feb 17, 2015 16:23:17 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

Feb 17, 2015 16:20:07 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

We used to carve out snow caves when the plowed snow was really high.  

Did that with my girls two weekends ago.  Also built a pretty cool snow fort in the backyard.   Would have kept building it but they got cold and wanted to go in.   I thought it would be a little silly to stay out and keep building it by myself. 

Way to go building snow blocks! Not silly at all to build it by yourself. You might not have impressed your kids, but you would have impressed your neighbors. No matter how old we get, we can still be kids at heart.

We just used shovels to dig into large snow piles and kept digging further into the pile, blissfully unaware the 8-10 feet of snow above us could collapse on us at any time.

[Tennesseer]

Feb 17, 2015 16:27:46 GMT -5 Malarky said:

Feb 17, 2015 16:20:07 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

We used to carve out snow caves when the plowed snow was really high.  

We did that.  And we built a tunnel to slide through.  We dropped my baby brother,  three years old, into the tunnel and it collapsed.

As a child my only concern was to dig him out before Mom found out.  As an adult    I have no idea how we didn't manage to kill that kid.  

Mom found out when I was in my 20's and had moved to a different state.  She was still pissed.  

We are all fortunate our parents did not find out a thing or two about us we did as kids.

[ArchietheDragon]

Feb 17, 2015 16:27:54 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Feb 17, 2015 16:23:17 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

... I thought it would be a little silly to stay out and keep building it by myself. 
...

And that stopped you?

Also, there was beer inside. 

[billisonboard]

Feb 17, 2015 16:32:49 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

Feb 17, 2015 16:27:54 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

And that stopped you?

Also, there was beer inside. 

Okay, there's the Archie we know and love.

[NancysSummerSip]

Given the amount of snow in Boston, I'm shocked anyone has to actually jump from a third story window.

I would think the snow is so high at this point, all you need to do is open a window, climb out and settle in.

I hear Bostonians have invented another pastime: digging an igloo in the snow drifts and drinking inside them. I cannot find any stories on the internet to back this up, but I think some newly-minted cocktails in honor of Beantown's getting beaned by the weather are in order.

Any ideas? I'm not a cocktail drinker myself, but I'm thinking about some good names, like a Snowblower Martini, Salt Truck Fizz, Sex on a Snowdrift, Wish-I-Was-In-Singapore (Sling), Shirley Temple Black Ice and Frozen Rusty Nail.

[Tennesseer]

I liked Ithaca, NY's tourist office on-line news from yesterday.  They gave up-at least for the winter.




Ithaca, NY tourism office: Go to Florida instead

[zibazinski]

Did anyone see on the weather channel
Last night people using snow blowers on their roofs? How the hell do you get those heavy suckers up there to begin with? Let alone the navigating it. Boggles the mind. Maybe they just drove it up to the roof because the snow was so high?

[Tennesseer]

Feb 17, 2015 17:25:38 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

Did anyone see on the weather channel
Last night people using snow blowers on their roofs? How the hell do you get those heavy suckers up there to begin with? Let alone the navigating it. Boggles the mind. Maybe they just drove it up to the roof because the snow was so high?

I saw that on the news and wondered the same darn thing.

[Malarky]

www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/please-stop-snowing#.hida2R9ZAp


I thought you might enjoy some photos I found of our current shenanigans.

And the answer to the "how to get the snowblower on the roof" question is "with a little help from your friends."

And most of us have dug out our grills in case we lose power and have to cook on them.  

[djAdvocate]

is the Boston Airport open?

[Malarky]

Yes, Logan is open.  DH finally got to fly out this morning.

We happen to be between storms at the moment.

[Deleted]

Feb 17, 2015 22:21:53 GMT -5 Malarky said:

www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/please-stop-snowing#.hida2R9ZAp


I thought you might enjoy some photos I found of our current shenanigans.

And the answer to the "how to get the snowblower on the roof" question is "with a little help from your friends."

And most of us have dug out our grills in case we lose power and have to cook on them.  

Oh my goodness. You have my sympathy.