Posted on 01/07/2025 7:25:15 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
As Winter Storm Blair wreaks havoc across the United States, blanketing highways with snow, disrupting power grids, and bringing life-threatening conditions to millions, the absence of leadership in promoting remote work is both perplexing and deeply frustrating. With the storm spanning over 1,500 miles from the Plains to the Mid-Atlantic, affecting more than 60 million people, this is a moment when proactive policies could save lives, reduce economic disruption and maintain a semblance of normalcy.
The National Weather Service has issued stark warnings, with blizzard conditions, significant icing and dangerously low visibility reported in numerous states. In Ohio, where my hometown of Columbus braces for up to six inches of snow with winds gusting at 35 mph, traveling by car is increasingly perilous. Across the Midwest and Northeast, the story is much the same: jackknifed trucks on icy highways, stranded motorists and overwhelmed emergency services.
Yet, federal, state and local governments, along with business leaders, remain silent on one of the most obvious solutions: encouraging or mandating remote work.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
*** In Ohio, where my hometown of Columbus braces for up to six inches of snow with winds gusting at 35 mph, traveling by car is increasingly perilous.***
To the author of this piece, Columbus is particularly well known for its haphazard response to using its snowplows. Some areas get really looked over by the city. For some reason, the city can’t figure out how to do snow removal well, or salting the roads. Driving wouldn’t be so perilous if City Hall could work smarter. It would be great if taxpayers would get what they’re paying for in this regard.
See my post 61 for insight.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4288557/posts?page=61#61
Makes sense. It allows agencies to track costs and efforts assigned to the storm versus regular operating costs.
“I don’t recall them missing work because of snow.”
It takes longer to clear the streets now, because the EPA has outlawed dumping of Street snow into the Watershed. Lakes, rivers, bays, fresh or salty.
We name our winter storms here in Alaska too.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday!
What’s a, ‘Gleb Tsipursky?’
-Crews digging out fire hydrants
-Electricians responding to no-power calls
-Employees of companies selling supplies such as propane, rock salt, shovels, etc.
-EMTs and Paramedics
-Fire trucks
-Groceries and food stores
-Hospital employees
-HVAC technicians responding to no-heat calls
-Pharmacy employees
-Plumbers responding to emergency calls
-Police
-Snow plows
-Tow trucks
They don't want on the road:
-people driving to work that can wait a day or two
-people driving to work in order to avoid their dysfunctional families at home
-people driving to work because their mentally deficient bosses can't grasp that adding non-essential vehicles to roadways only makes it worse for critical drivers
-people driving to work because their sociopathic bosses don't care that adding non-essential vehicles to roadways makes it worse for critical drivers
Don’t you find it odd that none of that was ever necessary before “Offices of Emergency Management” existed?
Studded tires are still legal in Idaho. You start hearing them around October. Noisy buggers.
We just use All-Season tires on our Expedition and baby Mercedes SUV. Never had any problems.
However did we survive before the creation of Officious Emergency Management?
We simply got on with life.
OK, here goes. I like remote work, and I’m WFH. However, other people, mostly the ones holding the high cards, see this differently. They see office work as an opportunity for collaboration (teamwork), and some see going in to the office as a sign of commitment to the job. So the office is still going to figure prominently in people’s careers.
The other thing is that some remote workers have engaged in such forms of perfidy as putting programs on their computers that mimic keystrokes and mouse movements so they can goof off. Others use WFH as an opportunity to sell their services to bad actors such as the Red Chinese. Bosses do keep track of these things, and requiring time in the office should cut down on this crap.
The office is here to stay!
SPEAKING ABOUT COMMUTING:
WHEN COVID WAS RAGING——HOW DID THEY ADHERE TO THE 6 FOOT DISTANCING RULES???
I had a set of the most aggressive 13 inch snow tires on the rear of my 1973 Opel GT in that storm .Didnt ram though huge drifts but did fine on the ordinary 6-8” of snow.
I wouldn't say it wasn't necessary. Commuting, fire trucks, ambulances, and snow plows are a relatively recent historical phenomena. Oil and gas heat are relatively new. Migration of people from non-winter areas to snowbound areas is a very recent phenomena.
As systems become more complex and overburdened, it's more critical than ever to adjust responses to adverse events.
OR AS ANY LEVEL OF POLICE OFFICER
What the heck is a Gleb?
ONE of the local roofing companies has added another division—:
They clear roofs/driveways/sidewalks of snow.
I think even the Hill will require Gleb to come in to a big, beautiful office building, like none other in history. That I can tell you.
Gleb Tsipursky
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