[treeswarper]

Gotta love it. Some areas in the county where folks have bought land and moved onto in order to be left alone now are asking for volunteers to plow their roads out as they are running out of food and stuff. It hasn't even been a week since it snowed. Don't move to the sticks if you can't afford plowing. We have winter here. Meanwhile, I get in a ranting mood from trying to walk around town safely. If snow can't be moved via an atv or small piece of rideable equipment, it doesn't get done and those machines do a poor job of it. It's an ADA lawsuit just waiting to happen, or a fall injury. People are lazy. I walked out in the street instead.

[neek]

Got pics?? Actually sounds kind of fun to volunteer to help save people from their own ego.

[Randito]

Maybe these newcomers will move back the hell hole of King County and leave the countryside to actual country folks. But they will probably just buy a bigger truck and get a plow attachment.

[zimmertr]

Growing up in Northern Michigan everyone either owned a tractor, a truck with a plow, or a friend with one that you paid to come plow you out every couple days. The idea of trying to push snow around with a quad is hilarious to me.

[Stefan]

Um. I don't know the area you live in Treeswaper. Are you talking Packwood or Republic or Silverton, CO?

[Chief Joseph]

We have a guy plow us out near priest lake, we were paying 3-400, now 500 which is a great deal, he probably comes by 9-12 times per year and brings his backhoe once or twice too. I do spend a bit of money at his bar-restaurant. Luckily we live on a county road so that is plowed frequently.

[Cyclopath]

I use the snowplow app.

[BigBrunyon]

It's CHAINS REQUARRED out there!!

[Chief Joseph]

[treeswarper]

A couple of years ago, I was at an auto mechanic place trying to talk to them. Their phone kept ringing and ringing. Finally, there was a break, and the guy said "Snowplowing has started so there are lots of troubles." Apparently snowplowing is very stressful on the truck, especially if the truck is not made for such a thing. The first plowable snowstorm swamps the mechanics with those.

[Trailhead]

Well treeswarper, are you going to volunteer to help these folks out? Seems like a neighborly thing to do, no matter where they're from.

[treeswarper]

Nope. They wanted to live in the sticks and have low taxes, that's what they got. I'm mean.

[Randito]

[sarbar]

There are 2 types of country/rural livers. One you help, because they help you as well. They know what they are doing. City folk like to mock these types, and call them "good ol' boys". The other type is the "new-to-the-life" who don't have many skills. Some can move up to type 1, because they want to learn. Most don't. Where I live now the majority of my "neighbors" are retired and have very few skill sets. But expect anyone under 55 to help them. Without even offering payment - especially to my 25 yo. My direct neighbor, I'd do pretty much any chore for them. They are good people. Tree comes down, we go buck it and clean it up. If they needed food, I'd walk over and help them. The rest of them? Not so much. They are not neighborly. One neighbor, on the other side of our land, she has been trespassed off our land years ago. She's a nut job. (To everyone) My husband took the CERT class a few years back and the fire chief said to his class that the real issue is the age where we are. There are only 2 people CERT trained for miles in our area. We are the only ones "young" (and I say that with a laugh, we ain't young). In the event of a major emergency, we would secure our land, then if possible go help others. I know multiple neighbors living rural are over 70 and use oxygen. One cannot walk. The fire chief said to my husband that in the event of a major earthquake to expect he will be signing houses with spray paint that the people are dead if it's a bad event. No water, no meds, no power. Especially in winter. You can only really help them stop gas leaks, tarp a roof. You cannot save them if they have no meds or oxygen. The chief said that when the big one hits they expect a high mortality rate due to age. The other summer we buried a neighbors horse who had to be shot due to a broken leg. We have an excavator. Husband remarked dryly that this was as deep and wide as a human would need. He had no experience, but figured it out by reading up how deep a grave needs to be for a beast. We "joke" he has grave digging on his resume now. Never quit learning new skills. Know how to drop trees, how to buck, how to use heavy machinery, how to clear snow, how to build a fire. How to kill animals. And you will do far better. And yeah, I will never understand those who run out of food in a week. A month? 2 months? 3 months? Meat running around outside is important, in its fresh stage. That's what the roosters are for.....cock-a-doodle-doo.

[Sculpin]