Lol, every few decades!?! we get a storm like this ALMOST every year some years we get two. Go home.

Glad you found someone, I was gonna offer to come up after reading everyone’s comments. Only thing I’ll give you shit about is the use of meters. Next you’ll be like my brother using Communism degrees instead of Freedom degrees.

"70 meter driveway"

I smell flatlander.

advertising that you are willing to pay for plowing services does not make you any more of a target than putting out garbage buckets proves you were able to afford trash service. it's a bit absurd. this is not a display of wealth

Appreciate the photo! I used to drive along that river every day for work when I lived there. I miss it 😢

Agreed, OP is in Morrisville, there's for sure at least one farm local to them and the farmer has a bucket loader or plow truck or two. Guaranteed they'd help them out.

I walked mine with snow shoes. Couldn't stand shoveling that beast by hand again.

If you have a contract with a plow company, it is not unreasonable to be upset that they go away on vacation right before a major storm, without warning and without setting up alternates. Same goes for any other contract you would have.

And again, you can have medical issues, problems with health as a senior, things happen. Should I let my 90 year old neighbor suffer and possibly die just because they knew what living here would entail? They are natives. Lived here 3 generations. Or is that not enough for you?

Again, even natives can get sick or injured, and they get old. I'm glad your 75 year old neighbor is lucky enough to be healthy enough to do it, but not everyone ages as well. Bitch about leaf peepers driving like shit, bitch about tourists peeing in electrical closets because they don't like that there's no bathroom but an outhouse, but don't complain when someone is upset because their plow guy ditched them right before a major once in a few decades storm when they have an infant.

People move here complaining about having to shovel snow is a special kind of idiocy to me. My reaction will never change to hearing people complain about things that a region is known for. It’s like moving to Seattle and complaining about your stuff getting wet because of the rain. Just stop it.

Pretty sure that's a Ski-Doo. I had a Freeride 137, that 800 was a phenomenal motor.

As a side note, it's pretty interesting how they implement reverse. They literally stop the engine, then restart it and run it backwards. The marvel of a 2-stroke.

You are right, natives would never get injured, older than 75, or sick. No one should ever get help when having trouble. Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps. It'd just being called a heart attack storm for no reason.

Funny. My 75 yo neighbor still shovels and maintains his driveway without crying about it on Reddit. Of course he is a native. Unlike 65%+ people here.

Its hard for some people. My dad is recovering from a hernia, my mom is in physical therapy because her knees aren't working correctly and she's like a few months out from possible knee replacement, and my fiance has bad asthma. That leaves our 200 ft, very steep, driveway to me, recovering from covid, with nerve damage in both shoulders.

We have a contract, and he's awesome and a neighbor. If he just decided right before a big storm to leave with no warning, I'd be just as pissed. Not everyone can do that kind of physical labor, nevermind doing it safely. They use tractors to plow our driveway, we got 4 ft of snow this storm.

This guy vermonts. It’s not for everyone. Most people that move here don’t understand that at some point you WILL have to labor

Ooof, think of the implications of this comment.

Sure was, snow let up around noon and by 2pm I needed sunglasses

I don't know why you're getting down voted. We live in a rural area on a tough road that wreakers can't make it up until it's plowed and sanded. when the guests at the Airbnb down the road get stuck, we tell them to "walk to the farm at the bottom of the hill, ask for Dan." He's got a tractor and is always excited to help/ rib some flatlanders about not having snow tires while he pulls them out. (Without ever asking for anything but a thank you. )

People in this thread are barking about community but are to afraid to knock on their neighbors doors. I'm positive if this guy talked to even one of his neighbors his driveway would have been cleared in no time. Instead he decided to get roasted on Reddit.

I'm not saying it's a good or bad idea..

I have a 200ft driveway with a four car landing at the top. It takes 45 minutes to snowblow it. I do it every time it snows. Last year the blower was down and we got a heavy storm, we shoveled 5'×200' to the road so we could get a car out. It took a few hours and it was hard work, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

I'm sure he's a great lady

We bought a used one for $2000 from FB market. It's a total game changer. It takes me 15 min to plow my 200ft driveway in regular snow and a half hour for this deep heavy crap..

I’m sorry this happened OP. I had a similar situation happen in the Valentine’s Day storm of 2007. Our plow guy quit and we were stuck with a 1500’ driveway under 45.”. I had a toddler and a very pregnant wife at the time. This happened to me 16 years ago and the trauma is very much with me today. We all have our ways of getting through winter. My take away is to not rely upon others to get out anymore. I’m the only one that I can really count on when the chips are down.

Grab a shovel and start working. Ask your neighbors for help

Do you? It hardly ever snows in the state anymore

Same. Even if they are young we have no idea what physical limitations they have. This thread is big yikes