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Was it a lawful order? Did it require executive action from the governor? Was it just a polite request with no legal ramifications? Inquiring minds want to know.

Very good questions.

Every now and then a major snow storm hits where I live.

The local authorities go on the radio and TV asking that people stay off the streets.

Most things shut down.

It is not an order. The worse that will happen to you if you go out and have to be rescued is that you will be featured in a news story and all your neighbors will laugh at you for the next twenty year.

If the Boston lockdown was like that then ok.

If it was a forced lockdown then there is a problem.

47 posted on 04/20/2013 1:45:09 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Promotional Fee Paid for by "Ouchies" The Sharp, Prickly Toy You Bathe With!)

To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Re: my post on the MA snowstorm -- I agree that requests to stay off the roads can be appropriate in some parts of the country during snow emergencies. In MA, the governor ordered everyone off the roads. I believe the fine was $500 if you drove that day.

That ain't right.

51 posted on 04/20/2013 1:48:33 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The ballot box is a sham. Nothing will change until after the war.)

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