How to Deal With Snow

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The good, the bad and the ugly of Boston’s snow removal - Dorchester Reporter

As Bostonians continue to dig-out from this week's blizzard, the city's 14 snow farms— including three in Dorchester— continue to grow.

www.dotnews.com

The 17 inches of snow dropped by Monday’s blizzard reaffirmed what many Dorchester residents were already thinking: When will this winter end? More than 44 inches of snow has dropped on Boston in the last month. With temperatures only recently hovering above freezing, much of it remains.
Meanwhile, Boston’s 14 “snow farms” continue to grow. Three of these farms are in Dorchester. The lot at Bayside Expo, Circuit Drive and Franklin Park serve as designated areas where large trucks dump snow to be melted.
The city rented snow melters from two or three vendors, interim Chief of Streets Nick Gove said. The vendors fire up the machines for up to 10 hours and all melted snow is released into stormwater drains.
Snow farms are typically parcels that are in an “interim state” that don’t see a lot of traffic, like the lot of the former Boston Edison Power Plant in South Boston, Gove said. Others are placed in sites owned by the City, like the Bunker Hill lots in Charlestown. The large trucks that transport snow cause temporary road closures, and farm sites are chosen to minimize that disruption.

 

[BACsop]

Love it when people resurrect 10 year old threads (with good reason)!

 

[as02155]

Love it when people resurrect 10 year old threads (with good reason)!

apparently the last time we need to really talk about the snow.

 

[DZH22]

This is now the highest snow total since 2015. Here's a site with the full breakdown for Boston by year.

https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/boston/most-yearly-snow

Here's the annual breakdown since 2000. I highlighted the amounts that exceed the current total. We just barely eclipsed 2009.

EDIT: I decided to toss in the 1990's, as there was a 4 year stretch with 3 of our 6 highest years on record. (also note 1997 is barely ahead of 2026)

 

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‘It makes it feel like our needs aren’t as important.’ Disabled residents say Boston could have done better in removing snow. - The Boston Globe

Slippery steps, hard-to-reach crosswalk lights, and transportation lifts that couldn’t reach the curb were some of the difficulties they faced across two major snowstorms.

www.bostonglobe.com

 

[KCasiglio]

Massachusetts loves winter road salt. But why not sprinkle in some starfish skeletons? - The Boston Globe

A new technology that adds crushed starfish skeletons to winter road salt can minimize damage to streets and the environment.

www.bostonglobe.com

The product, made by the South Korean company STAR’s Tech, is called Starcrush and takes advantage of the porous nature of starfish skeletons. According to the company, the microstructure of starfish skeletons helps regulate the release of chloride from salt, reducing damage to concrete by up to 90 percent, while improving the ability to melt snow and ice by up to 66 percent. Even when you add a small amount.