Baker Declares State of Emergency to Help With Snow Removal

[brooklynite]

Source: Boston Globe

Gov. Charlie Baker has signed an emergency declaration allowing him to request help from neighboring states as Massachusetts struggles to dig out from a spate of heavy snows.

Baker signed the declaration Monday as a third storm dumped upward of two feet of snow in portions of the state.

Baker also declared a partial snow day on Tuesday applying to non-emergency state workers in the hardest hit areas of Massachusetts, including Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Middlesex counties.

The emergency declaration allows Massachusetts to request equipment like dump trucks and front-end loaders from nearby states. It also lets Massachusetts more quickly sign snow removal contracts with private companies.



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All bus, train and subway service will be cancelled tomorrow.

[DeadLetterOffice]

1. "Welcome to Office, Mr. Governor. We got you a hello gift -- SNOW."

[MannyGoldstein]

2. This snow would have never happened under a Coakley administration. Nt

[greatlaurel]

3. If he were a Democrat, the news media would already calling for his resignation.

Good luck and stay safe to all New Englanders.

[asiliveandbreathe]

4. Feb 1978 held as the worst snowstorm in Mass

As a commuter let out late from work (who knew back then) - and a one hour driving commute turned into 3 -Braintree to Holliston - boy are they getting wicked smacked (I was lucky to make it home in 78 - so many had to abandon their cars on RT 128 ) - I feel their pain..all you can do is make sure you have heat (we had a fire place - brought mattresses into the living room..3 little kiddos at the time), they call us the French toast crowd - bread milk and eggs.. maple syrup was a staple in our home...because I had 3 kiddos I was last on CD (civil defense Telco workers were essential) call -

On the fifth day, a front end loader came down the street, we were one of the last due to our remote location..

Please be safe all..stay off the roads and check on neighbors...

[Betty]

5. I wasn't here in '78

But have lived here for over 30 years and this is the worst winter I can remember in the entire time. Never so much snow in such a short time, and more is coming on Thursday. I hate it.

[catnhatnh]

6. That declaration would be truly helpful...

...if, say, Florida, Alabama, and Texas were adjacent states. But I kinda doubt that the Actual five adjacent states (NH, Vermont, NY, Conn., and RI) have a bunch of spare snowplows laying around...

[former9thward]

8. Actually they do.

They are using snow removal equipment borrowed from NY right now.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. Don't they have a Walmart in that state?

Shouldn't that save them?

[bluestateguy]

9. Not Martha Coakley

Because she's too much of a drooling idiot to win an election in Massachusetts.