Calling all zip car drivers and zip car wanna be drivers. The folks from Zip Cary have organized a little zippity happy hour of sorts.
What is ZipCar?
ZipCar is a car sharing company. You sign up and become a member, they send you a membership card with a microchip. There are ZipCars in designated ZipCar parking spots around Pittsburgh. When you want to use a car – you visit ZipCar.com and reserve the car Continue reading
Just wanted to create a place on the web to share information about what is closed and still open due to weather. We are still digging out from the 20+ inches of snow from the weekend and now more snow will be arriving on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday cancellations have already started. Here is what we know is open, closed or canceled for Tueseday, February 9, 2010. Please add other open/closed/canceled announcements to the comments below – we will try to update the post during the day too.
The roads are still extremely dangerous – if you do not have to drive – please stay home. Be extra careful if you are out walking in the streets and move far away from cars when they come down the road – the cars are sliding all over the place and drivers could easily slide in to you. Share road condition info: A Google Group has been created to share information about Pittsburgh road conditions – http://groups.google.com/group/pittsburgh-roads
======Snow Emergency Contact Info======
From the City of Pittsburgh website – If it is an emergency or you are not sure if it is an emergency CALL 911. For any other help the city 311 lines are now open 24 hours a day. The National Guard is available to assist – if you need help – need to get to medical care, medications, heat issues or anything else – CALL 311.
Visit http://www.pittsburghpa.gov/ for updates and additional information.
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TUE Open
TUE Closed
TUE Canceled
Wednesday and Beyond
Thought it might be helpful to start another thread to share what is open, closed and canceled for Monday, February 8, 2010.
I was out very early to drive someone to the airport for a 7 am flight – even with 4 wheel drive – it was very difficult. The city streets are very snow covered and very messy. I would not recommend driving to anyone – 2 wheel drive cars are getting stuck everywhere. Buses are running but not on schedule.
Here is what we know about for today. Leave comments with others – I will try to update the list as we go.
Open
Closed
Canceled
While the news stations are reporting on school and libraries – we thought it might be good to keep a running list here and in the comments of other events that are canceled and places that are closed. It is recommended that you DO NOT DRIVE – roads are very dangerous and the snow has brought down many power lines.
But for those who live in walkable neighborhoods – please share what businesses are open near you.
Here is what we found from twitter and facebook updates. We are watching the twitter hash tag #snOMGpgh. Check out some of the photos that have been posted to twitter – http://twitcaps.com/search?q=snomgpgh
CANCELED
CLOSED
OPEN
Seriously – take a break from shopping and take yourself (or your family) to the movies. Check out this great line up of films this weekend at the Hollywood Theater in Dormont. Check out some history on the theater here.