took my son (and me) 2 hours to shovel a tiny path, from the street curb, to the back stairs.....this does not include the 1 hour to shovel out from the 1st, floor front porch, to get out of the house....!!!
you can see the 1st floor front porch door to the upper left..
i am standing on the sidewalk with 3.5 feet of snow we still have to cut into to that pole, then the city dead-end (or Court) as it is named) that like 14 cars need to use to get into the various backyards.
also very hard to see, but to the left, is a black iron fence...3.5 feet tall.. you might be able to see some of the "iron pickets" just above the snow line...
the other direction looking towards the main street, where you cannot see this, but fire crews had an emergency to get to, and no, they could not use my street, a more direct route, due to the unplowed street....same here, that continuation of that 3.5 tall iron fence......(wrought iron) that is.....towards the end of my property line.
the city actually stopped plowing cuz the winds were so fierce, the guys could not see where they were going.
and one more thing, i kid you now, 1 lone fireman, walked up my unplowed street to the fire station.....
just like the blizzard of 1978, when the entire station had to carry ladders and hoses to the street around the corner, (where you can see the double stop signs in one of my pics) for an abandoned house fire, thanks to a now gone..fire bug.....