The winter is not over yet in Boston, but after the past month or so we can be sure Bostonians are ready to take whatever the winter throws at them with a fortified mix of defiance and resignation.
In case you have spent 2015 like this…
Respectable use of snow in Boston. pic.twitter.com/V8v9HDJH8G
— Andrew Veety (@amveats) February 18, 2015
…let us fill you in.
It’s been snowing a bit in Boston. Not that the city isn’t used to it. But in just three weeks since Jan. 26 Boston dug itself repeatedly out of a grand total of 83 inches of snow.
That’s almost four yards. That’s the height of a grown man standing on the head of another grown man.
Counting from the start of the season in December, Boston collected about 103 inches of snowfall, just 5 inches shy of the 1996 record. At that time, of course, it took until April 10 to reach the mind-boggling 107.6 inches, so let’s not jump to conclusions.
It is clear though, Bostonians went through a lot and the ways they’ve dealt with it are in many ways extraordinary.
Point A to Point B
In a way, transportation suffered a blow from two sides—while the weather gave it a cold shoulder, it was taking heat from the residents.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or “The T” as locals call it, has been crippled so often in the past month, some commuters now suffer from a reverse freak-out.
Like this lady:
Time to freak out. Got on red line at Davis. No crowds on platform, got a seat on train & trains are running regularly. #mbta #BOSnow
— Hypersonic Feminist (@sparkymonster) March 2, 2015
