Minneapolis Foregos Snow Emergency, Announces Snow Surrender
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 2:46PM Much to the chagrin of unrealistic Midwestern martyrs, it is snowing like hell in Minneapolis-St. Paul today. As I was commuting this morning, it seemed that the municipality had decided to clear the roads using a concentrated strategy of inaction and denial. Finally, late in the morning, I saw snow plows at work.
Although I have lived in the Metro area since 1995, I don't think I have ever seen the Hennepin County logo until today. When you see it, you suddenly realize why we were so unprepared for today's snowfall. Any government that would approve a logo so easily mistaken for a graphical representation of a reservoir-tipped prophylactic obviously doesn' have much foresight--which is ironic, since the logo would make you think they're all about prevention. In any case, when I see one of these logos plowing past me, I choose to believe it is just the county's way of saying, "Practice safe driving." And remember, when you're plowing a road, you're also plowing everyone who has ever plowed that road before.