"I was fighting a losing battle,” said Ruben Jones about shoveling snow only to see his work undone by the snowplows. “I called the city. I'm a senior; I can't be shoveling like this every time. "
Janice Bluchard spoke for some elderly members of the community that she said could not attend the town hall. She related that the storm made it impossible for many people to get out of their homes to get necessary medications and food.