What's the deal with the tree branches?

[brunoflipper]

they took all of ours yesterday...

funny thing is, there are christmas trees up and down the block... everyone had thrown them on the piles and, i guess, the debris gang decide they were not their responsibility...

[Wilbur]

I don't get it.  They came into my neighborhood and hit a block or two.  The city's website showed our neighborhood was currently being worked on.  But then, they didn't show up again for over a week and the city's website showed them not working in our area.  Today, they were back for a little bit, but then left again and the city's website does not show them in my area.

Not complaining.  Just don't understand.

[patric]

quote:Originally posted by Wilbur

Not complaining.  Just don't understand.

Councilor Maria Barnes was too kind when she described the useful(less)ness of the city's cleanup map.

Seems like there are a lot of gaps in the pickup to be considered systematic at this point.  They stopped halfway through one of my neighbors about two weeks ago, so im wondering if they broke down and passed us on to another crew.

I know it's a big job (and a lot of citizens are glad they dont have to tackle it alone) but I think it's going to be a lot bigger than even the city imagined.  

3 Million Cubic Yards and rising...

[EricP]

I paid a friend of a friend 50 bucks to pick up our pile which consisted of an entire 20 year old bradford pear. Had it done by Christmas. In reality I think the pickup for the city will continue well into April, May... who knows.

This week the new tree will be going in while the rest of the neighborhood will be waiting for limb pickup at LEAST another month (I live in BA.) I know not everyone can afford it, but I'll be damned if I am going to let all that crap sit in my yard.

[bokworker]

Question for RM.... there have been a couple of cold mornings lately that I noticed steam coming out of the huge piles of mulched debris at 61st and Riverside.... what are the chances that we get some sort of a spontanious combustion bon-fire going?

[safetyguy]

quote:

3 Million Cubic Yards and rising...

I was at a meeting recently that Mike McCool (Emergency Management Director) spoke at and at that point they estimated 2 million cubic yards of waste. Considering that on average most of the contractors trucks can haul 100 cubic yards at a time that equals 20,000 truckloads!!

It's a good thing the contractors are using Hybrid dump trucks for this job to save on fuel costs!![}:)]

[sgrizzle]

I might worry about the mulch pile burning more than the limbs...

I've heard the 3 million cubic yards estimate as well.

[jne]

Looks like the map has been wiped clean.  The world shows zones scheduled.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080207_222__Tulsa64430

Looks like my area is not going to be addressed any time soon...

[Wilbur]

Looks like the City has dropped the map idea in favor of a list.  And, of course, the list is incorrect, at least for my area of town.

Come on folks.  It's not that difficult.

[jne]

Are there any drop off sites still open?  I may have to take this into my own hands. I'm sick of watching this pile kill the grass and collect trash.

[jne]

I have seen a miracle.
My limbs are no more.
They made quick work and I would trust the dude working the arm to remove my appendix with that big claw!

[Wilbur]

Mine finally got picked up today too.  Took just over two loads!

[Kashmir]

quote:Originally posted by jne

I have seen a miracle.
My limbs are no more.
They made quick work and I would trust the dude working the arm to remove my appendix with that big claw!

Ditto here!  The 4 year old had a blast watching the guys work.

[patric]

They picked up our area on the LAST day of the "first pass" today.  Had to laugh.
http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=7888141

[Conan71]

Second pass came down my block this morning near 15th & Harvard.  Really doesn't mean anything to anyone else.  They still had not gotten the first pass until a week or so back just a block away.

I'm anxious to see how much of the twigs I've got left that they will take.  I've got a few hangers still up in the tree out front.  I'm guessing they will get blown out in the next 80 mph microburst this spring.