It's not rocket science. If people want the city of Vancouver to buy a fleet of snowplows for winters like this - that come once every ten or fifteen years - just say so. If they want the city to spend a million dollars every snowfall to plow every street in the city - when 9 times out of 10 it all melts within a week - it's easily done.

The city could have done a better job in some respects to be sure, but the level of finger-pointing strikes me as silly. I'd rather the city be logical and responsible in its location of resources. If it means we occasionally have to suck it up for a few weeks once every 10 years, I think we can manage that.