Inspiration From New Mark Commons And Beyond
Feb 10, 2010 18:46 - 2 Comments
Posted by: Cindy Cotte Griffiths
Department: News,Volunteer
Tags: by Cindy Cotte Griffiths, snowpocalypse2, What You Can Do
Department: News,Volunteer
Tags: by Cindy Cotte Griffiths, snowpocalypse2, What You Can Do
As we share our double blizzard stories, I’m hearing more and more about how people have come together to help each other during the storm.>
Photo by Angelin Donohue
Roald Schrack sent along this picture. The residents of 13 to 21 Farsta Court took matters into their own hands last Monday when their secondary street had not been plowed.
With some help from an underpowered snowblower, the eight of us cleared the street. The City came through on Tuesday morning and made it wider. We are all set to tackle it again tomorrow if needed. It was really inspiring to see everybody pitch in.
Across Rockville, people are talking about how neighbors have pulled together:
- In Horizon Hill, residents shoveled the street up to their neighbor’s door because he was a doctor and needed to go on duty.
- Here in the comments of Brad Rouke’s encouraging post, Pitch In And Be Prepared, Tim Wood said “Thanks to James Bisnett and Emmett Bisnett Maple Ave between 28/First Street and Reading Ave has been cleared since Saturday. Along with the sidewalk, multiple driveways, etc. Emmett deserves some neighbor award for all the work he’s done with his snowblower.”
- On my street, a car was stuck last weekend. A group of neighbors came out of their apartments to dig it out. The driver, Chris, shared his apartment address and repeatedly told the everyone if they ever needed any help, they should not hesitate to knock on his door.
Neighbors have been pulling together to get the job done. Sometimes while doing so, they are meeting each other for the first time.
Obviously this storm is beyond the scope of our regular preparation. All levels of government from state to city are having a tough time keeping the roads clear. Snow plow drivers have been working long shifts. With this current snowstorm laying approximately 15 inches on Rockville, we will all need to do more than usual.
Thanks to everyone for the inspiration. We’re going to need to dig down deep to make it through this one.
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My neighbors across the street helped me shovel the first two snow falls and yesterday my next door neighbor, Pedro, helped with using his snow blower to dig me out. Here is a link of a few photos from yesterday:http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=51529&id=1408842534&l=09de82fa0eThe strong cold wind blew back much of the snow that was removed. My sympathy and understanding goes out to the City of Rockville crew who must remove all the snow from our neighborhood streets. There is no good space to plow the snow.I hope neighbors continue to help each other dig out. With schools and government closed there should be plenty of people home to help after they dig themselves out.Thank you to all good neighbors for helping, especially those who are not getting recognition for their kind help.
Brigitta, what a thoughtful comment — kudos to all the neighborhood folks not getting recognition! For every person singled out for acts of kindness, I am certain there are five more who remain anonymous.