Friday, April 20/2018 - Thaw Brings Scenes of Nuclear Apocalypse to Mall Parking Lot.

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As the mountains of snow begin to melt around the city, the trash and detritus that was swept up along with that snow begins to rear its ugly head.  Seen up close, these piles look like the remnants of a nuclear apocalypse.  Scenes like this are popping up in parking lots across the city, and no doubt as we enter the clean-up phase of the '17-'18 Winter That Just Wouldn't End.  I'm posting this on the day after I took theses pics, Saturday, and the wind is HOWLING.  Look for a lot of this debris to be blowing through your community today.


There are always shopping carts in these mounds.



Blecchh!!



It's like there is a shopping cart in every other pile.


I've always wondered what the story was behind the abandoned or thrown out foot-wear that you see from time to time in various places.  These work boots for instance.


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