"It was real tough to get ice melt and get all your staff situated, your machines fueled up, fix everything that broke from the last storm. You're lining up all your guys, and then you'll line up replacement guys. It's a big logistical spider web to make it all work."
"When it falls that fast, you're gonna have trucks out there full time. I had guys go in at midnight and they ran non stop. There were 30 mile an hour winds, multiple inches falling per hour. You set the expectation that we're gonna throw everything at it and do the best we can."
The February 23 Massachusetts blizzard created severe challenges for snow removal operations across the state. Boston received 17 inches while southern areas experienced up to 3 feet of snow. Plow crews worked continuous 24-hour shifts with limited resources, hampered by lingering supply shortages of ice melt and equipment damage from previous January storms. Operations like Plow Guys in Weymouth deployed multiple trucks, skid steers, and crews of shovelers to manage the rapid snowfall rates of multiple inches per hour accompanied by 30 mph winds. Despite extensive preparation efforts and maximum resource deployment, many residential streets remained uncleared days after the storm ended.
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