A Snowy Surprise For Massachusetts

"Beware the Wicked Winter of 2014" the woman said to Mayor Marty Walsh

Over the past winter (December - March), Massachusetts got a total of 108.6 inches of snow. This is amazing, the previous record being 110.6 inches of snow in 1995-1996. But this caused lots of problems across Massachusetts. Cities such as Boston and Newton were more affected than others, but in the end, everyone was hit by the snowfall, and it wasn’t very fun.

Boston broke its Snowfall Record, which in turn broke Boston :-)

The MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority), the organization that runs the T, a trolley service that goes across Massachusetts, had to shut down due to damages as well as so they could clean off the LOADS of snow on the tracks. Many people all over Massachusetts use the T as transportation to get to their jobs, so without the T, many people were unable to get to work and do their job. This caused many problems for businesses because not many people were able to get to work, and then couldn't work from home. Another problem was that due to all the snow, many streets were shut down and people weren’t able to park on them. This caused problems for small businesses and stores, because without places for people to park, they lost many potential customers, thus loosing lots of money because of the weather, some places even closing. Both these problems affect the economy of Massachusetts, because with less people working and less businesses, the people make less money, and the lesser money, the lesser things can be bought, which causes loss or no growth for the economy. Another problem was the damages caused by the storm. There was so much snow, that when it landed on some roofs and accumulated, it cause them to collapse, causing damage that is not very easy or cheap to fix. Another part of this was after all the snow melted, it caused the water to flow and leak into some places, creating flooding of buildings in lower levels, causing water damage. There also were loads of health risks, such as frost bite, hypothermia, and even death because of the crazy weather. Another problem was that since there was so much snow, there was a lot of people who needed to clean off the streets, but a big problem was that they were not efficient, fast, or even powerful enough to keep up with the snow. This made it so Boston and other cities had to buy new equipment in order to combat the snowfall, which cost a pretty penny. All of these problems came together to form a horrible catastrophe this winter, which was hard on many places in Massachusetts. A way to maybe fix this in the future might be to be more prepared for the snow by watching the weather for signs of future snowfall more closely, as well as cities buying more efficient and powerful equipment, capable of fighting and defeating the heavy snowfall, as well as better laws and rules to be put into act next time a snowstorm like this happens. Maybe next year we’ll be more prepared....

Evidence: http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/15/us/weather-winter-storm/