At the risk of sounding like a pro-govt troll (yeah...that's me...just look at my posting history), municipalities have (generally) gotten MUCH better at snow removal over time. Remember, by 1978, the increase in vehicle ownership was only about 50-60 years old, and govt likely trailed that ramped-up demand for snow-free roads.
Since the blizzard of '93 (I was in PA at that time) the typical saga is a) mass hysteria before the storm, b) prep for the storm - food, booze, ammo, gasoline, c) stay home, eat, drink, plink, d), storm is bad but fails to meet the hysteria, e) muni workers keep things generally clear, e) next day, roads are clear and we sort out what to do with 7 loaves of bread and 19lbs of beef and 3 bottles of Johnny Walker Black.
No, here in this city of high pop. density (=hard to find parking) we shovel snow from driveways (if you have one) on the side of the walk and try to find a place to shovel snow from the walk onto someplace close. Good exercise though, and help neighbors, thank God, and brings neighbors together more.
49 MINUTES AGO Blizzard conditions confirmed across 4 Northeast states By Adriana Navarro, AccuWeather staff writer The National Weather Service has confirmed blizzard conditions across parts of Suffolk County, New York, and New London, Connecticut, Saturday morning, as well as along the coastal strip of New Jersey and Delaware beaches both Friday night and Saturday morning. This included places across the Monmouth County coast, Long Beach Island, Atlantic City, Cape May and all of the Delaware beaches, according to the NWS. To meet the blizzard criteria, there must be three or more hours of visibility reductions to one-quarter mile or less due to falling or blowing snow, as well as sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or greater.
20 MINUTES AGO Power outages mount across eastern Massachusetts By Adriana Navarro, AccuWeather staff writer Power outages are continuing to climb across eastern Massachusetts amid the nor’easter, far surpassing the surrounding states. Currently, over 119,000 customers in the state are experiencing power outages — twice as many outages as New York, the state with the second-highest number of outages in the Northeast — is experiencing, according to PowerOutage.US. Extreme Meteorologist Reed Timmer reported nearly 100-mph winds at Truro Beach, Massachusetts, shortly after noon Saturday. As of 1:25 p.m., Wellfleet and Yarmouth, two towns in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, recorded 81-mph wind gusts Saturday. West Dennis, also in Barnstable County, had recorded an 81-mph wind gust. “The winds feel like they’re from the Wizard of Oz,” one Twitter user from Plymouth Harbor commented on a tweet by the National Weather Service that showed a map of wind gusts. - https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/live-news/latest-updates-on-northeast-snow-storm/1132968
In Pa factories have to run with half a crew because guys with snow blades on three trucks call off....they make a ton of money in a storm. Companies know this is going on but turn their heads and get by.