A few end-of-season flakes won't change the underwhelming amount of snow this season has seen in the area.
CLEVELAND — Long, drawn-out winters are nothing new to Northeast Ohio, but this year has been mild. For many, a lack of snowfall doesn't exactly elicit complaints, but one industry has been hit hard by the lack of winter weather and is now dealing with the aftermath of the unseasonal conditions—snow plow drivers.In Cleveland to date, this year has seen -35.1 inches of snowfall than the average. Akron/Canton has seen -22.3 inches, Mansfield has seen -30.7 inches and Youngstown has seen -39.
The entire East has seen a mild winter. New York City has had -25.8 inches of snowfall than the average to date, Boston has had -32.5 inches and Chicago has had -16 inches. Even in Michigan, lower-than-average snowfall has been recorded this year. "Everybody says, 'Well, you made out like a bandit on the contracts.' I said, 'Not really the case.' Contract money repairs the truck for next year. That money doesn't mean anything, it's the pay-per-plows that pay your season," he said."It's terrible. The only thing I can do this year is fix my truck. I'm in the hole on my living expenses, I'm in the hole on everything else. The only thing I can do is fix my trucks.
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