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onedef92
06-01-2015, 10:02am
Officials Say Those Boston Snow Piles Are Even More Vile

BOSTON — May 29, 2015, 10:09 PM ET

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It's disgusting enough to put you off snow cones for the rest of the summer.

A Boston public works official says the towering piles of filthy snow left over from the city's record-setting winter are even more grotesque than most people can imagine.

Daniel Nee says one giant pile contains an estimated 86 tons of debris, and much of it is household garbage. Nee says two snowstorms struck after Bostonians put their trash out, and it all got swept up by passing plows.

Nee said Friday that as the piles melt, they've revealed fire hydrants, parking meters and other items. But he says a lot of rotting garbage is still buried in the leftover snow.

Officials think the piles easily could last until the Fourth of July or longer.

99 pewtercoupe
06-01-2015, 10:16am
Boston already has The Big Dig
Now they have The Big Stink!

Madmikeee
06-01-2015, 10:28am
and this folks, is why they cannot "just dump the snow into the ocean"

mrvette
06-01-2015, 1:11pm
MAN what a pile of shit, wonder how the rest of the region is coping?? NYC for instance.....jeebus....

:issues::shots:

DukeAllen
06-01-2015, 1:26pm
That must be where Hillary's e-mails went!

Jobaka
06-01-2015, 1:58pm
Nee said Friday that as the piles melt, they've revealed fire hydrants, parking meters and other items.

Who teaches the snow plow drivers how to aim, the Boston PD?

onedef92
06-01-2015, 2:49pm
No tellin' how many spent condoms are inside that mofo, too. :ack:

Nemesis
06-01-2015, 2:56pm
MAN what a pile of shit, wonder how the rest of the region is coping?? NYC for instance.....jeebus....

:issues::shots:

NYC is doing just fine, as always

DukeAllen
06-01-2015, 5:21pm
NYC is doing just fine, as always

That bad, eh?

onedef92
07-15-2015, 8:36am
Boston's Tower of Filthy Snow Finally Melts Away

BOSTON — Jul 15, 2015, 1:36 AM ET

The last of Boston's winter nightmare has finally melted away.

Mayor Martin Walsh announced Tuesday that Boston's once-massive pile of filthy snow has officially dwindled to nothing. The pile accumulated into a 75-foot tower of snow after a record-breaking winter that dumped more than 110 inches on the city.

The mound made Bostonians shiver into the summer, but not because of the temperature: It was laden more than 80 tons of garbage, transforming it into a repulsive trash heap as the snow melted. Officials say two snowstorms struck after residents put their trash out, and it got swept up by plows.

The persistent pile prompted Walsh to hold a contest for who could guess when it would melt. He'll announce the winners Wednesday.

With summer in full swing and temperatures flirting with the 90s, the epic winter has seemed like a distant bad dream to many Bostonians. Others had speculated — and not happily — that the messy mound might last until Labor Day.

Gov. Charlie Baker captured the mood Tuesday, tweeting: "Our nightmare is officially over!"

Fastguy
07-15-2015, 10:47am
Who teaches the snow plow drivers how to aim, the Boston PD?

That is from tractors moving the 10' piles after the storms, no way to know what is under them.

boracayjohnny
07-15-2015, 10:48am
They have the Big Dig and now the Big Stink.

joecaver
07-16-2015, 4:09am
that's disgusting