they plowed my side street well enough but the highway near me looks like a solid sheet of ice after being plowed, and like, my driveway is full of it

i do not have a snow shovel lol I don't really know what to do about it, I tried to clear some of it with a push broom (it's presently as light and fluffy as snow could possibly be) but I only got like 1/4 of the way before i got tired u_u

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[–] hollowmines@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

unfortunately sometimes you gotta throw high. at work our stretch of road had a huge snowpile from the plows pushing our 54cm (21 inch) snowfall over to each side, and the city never picking any of it up despite our repeated requests. this was a major irritant because we have to receive deliveries from 26-ft trucks. so after a few days of the city doing squat, and our volunteer force already tuckered out from clearing a huge amount of sidewalk, I took a 30-ft section of that fucker down mostly by myself over three shifts, the bulk of it in the coldest weather I have yet to experience in this city.

the worst of it was the volume of snow (and slush ice!!) that needed to be thrown high because the number of depositing options was low - can't obstruct sidewalks or go too much further out into the road.