Waking in Winter Quarters

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• wildman December 23, 2022, 9:21 AM

  i worked in nyc and saw the most idiotic thing. the epa there forbid pushing snow into the east river. instead there was a huge truck down on water street and its job was to melt the snow and let the meltwater drain into the east river. the front end loaders would fill it and it would melt the snow. all powered by this giant tank of fuel. idiotic.

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  • Mike Austin December 23, 2022, 9:54 AM

    I would expect nothing different from New Yorkers. Their streets are covered with the used needles of junkies and the feces of the “homeless”. Sewer rats run rampant, as do criminals. The ability for a man to protect himself will get that man thrown into person if he actually does so. Negros and sexual degenerates are protected classes, immune to both law and condemnation.

    New Yorkers consider themselves and their city as hallmarks of human achievement and cultural excellence. In fact they both are examples of the depravity of which man is capable. If they and their Gomorrah disappeared tomorrow the benefit for all mankind would be obvious and joyous.

    In any war with Russia New York and its denizens would certainly be targeted. Ok then.

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• mhf December 23, 2022, 10:24 AM

  no that guaranteed the epa nuts jobs

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• Roll-aid December 23, 2022, 3:39 PM

  Beautiful pictures, all of them.
  The comment from wildman, above, reminds me of the winter storm in 2008 in Seattle where the mayor reportedly did not want to use road-salt on the steep, icy and snow-packed streets of downtown. He was concerned by the fact that salty run-off could impact Puget Sound which, of course is already rather salty to begin with, being on the Pacific Ocean and all that.
  I think he got convinced otherwise and changed his tune.
  Being our host lived in the Seattle area for some years, he might recall that particular event

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  • Casey Klahn December 23, 2022, 6:34 PM

    I remember it very well. Liberals have difficulty with things like water, snow and ice because they can’t comprehend them. For loads of fun, get YouTubes of Seattle Metro buses in snow storms, on Queen Anne and Capitol Hills. Very entertaining.

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• anonymous December 23, 2022, 9:10 PM

  I once lived on the Ballard side of QA hill. Just across the ravine from the Methodist College. One day about 11:00 I turned on the local radio and was informed that a “snow storm” is coming. The announcer declared that the snow would arrive in about an hour and a half. I went on about my work at home and then got in my car to go over the top of the hill into town. I got in my car at 1:00 the city had the buses closed off and the news on both radio and TV were declaring a snow emergency to begin at 1:00. I drove over the top of the hill and started down the back side into town. When I got to the bottom of the street there was already a massive car pile up. There had been a slight snow coming down that did not stick–yet the media and the Seattle cowardice combined to create “an event”. It was created by the media declaring a snow emergency but was carried out by drivers who had no idea how to drive in the snow, and though the snow was net yet an issue their minds were so terrified they actually created an issue.

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  • ghostsniper December 24, 2022, 4:38 AM

    Amazing what some folks have allowed themselves to become, innit?
    You can’t tell who the idiots are beforehand so I just try to avoid everybody.
    Stay my ass at home where the environment is still somewhat predictable and controllable.

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• jd December 24, 2022, 6:00 AM

  A beautiful choice of photos for winter, Gerard. Thank you and a
  Merry Christmas to you and your faithful.

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• jd December 24, 2022, 6:41 AM

  Good poem too!

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