Actually, the thing collapsed as quickly as their circulation.
"The main hazards of this winter’s unusually copious amount of snow have been mainly on the road. But yesterday’s heavy snowfall brought a new menace: the risk of roofs collapsing....
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"Heavy burden won’t be lifted soon; Region isn’t taking massive snow accumulation lightly" by Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff / January 28, 2011
A snow-weary region awoke yesterday to the month’s third major storm, with snowfall in Boston challenging the record for January and potentially rivaling the all-time mark for one winter. Though the snow tapered off during the morning, the 9.9 inches measured at Logan and the foot or more that hit parts of the state continued to torment motorists, pedestrians, and public works crews.
Even after the plows went through, massive snowbanks and piles from a multitude of storms and a scarcity of warm days encroached on city streets and obscured sight lines for those on foot and in cars. On the commuter rail system, the MBTA experienced its most difficult morning in a trying week, with just 20 percent of trains on time, while customers who tried to check service alerts on the T’s website found an error message, overloaded by traffic.
I'm just wondering where your taxes are going, Boston. Not into the trains, obviously.
The storm knocked out power for thousands, and hospitals saw several snow-related emergencies. Brigham and Women’s reported multiple slip-and-fall injuries, as well as a heart attack from shoveling and a man who lost several fingers trying to clear a snowblower.
In Boston, officials asked residents not to be fooled by the sun and to continue respecting a snow emergency that remained in place until the evening....
Virtually all all of the snow this winter has fallen since Christmas, and only that first storm was followed by warm days....
And yet I will still see global warming garbage in my agenda-pushing paper.
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