The folks in New England will have thousands of cubic yards of snow to dispose of. They probably won't be permitted to dump in rivers or streams. I remember years ago some communities in the Midwest loaded their snow into railroad gondola cars and sent the trains down south to melt. In a similar north to south operation I recall an icing situation that occurred on one of our ships coming westbound from Europe in midwinter. Before arriving in New York she took a lot of spray which froze everything on deck including all the cargo containers in their stacks. Upon arriving at her Hudson River pier no amount of steaming could penetrate the ice coating. After several fruitless days she upped anchor and headed south until she picked up the warm Gulf Stream current and the ice began to melt. Then she headed back to New York but by that time she was a week late which further disrupted our schedule. I seem to recall one of our mariners telling me that "we dumped a few tons of ice on Castro's doorstep."
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Loved your blog entry...the subject of where to put the snow did come up to Governor Malloy and he did indeed say they would have no choice but to do it if the site they do have is full.
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