PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS AND
TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS AND
LOCAL OFFICIALS AND OTHERS AS
MASSACHUSETTS AND THE CITY OF
BOSTON AND GREATER BOSTON
CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH THIS
UNPRECEDENTED COLLECTION OF
SNOWSTORMS.
WE ARE NOW UP TO BASICALLY SIX
AND SEVEN FEET ACROSS EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS OVER THE PAST 14
DAYS.
WITH THIS IN MIND WE HAVE A
COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANT TO
SAY.
FIRST OF ALL, I JUST SIGNED AN
EMERGENCY DECLARATION
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY HERE IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
THIS IS NOT SO MUCH FOR SOME
OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES
THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY DOM --
DOMINATED THESE KINDS OF
DECLARATIONS, BUT TO MAKE IT
POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE INVOLVED
IN MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES
THAT WERE INCREDIBLY HARD HIT
ON THE SOUTH SHORE, AND OUR
ABILITY TO ACCESS EQUIPMENT,
FRONT END LOADERS, DUMP
TRUCKS, BACKHOES, BOBCATS,
SNOW MELTERS AND OTHER TYPES
OF EQUIPMENT LIKE THAT FROM
SURROUNDING STATES AND THROUGH
EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT
PROCESSES SO WE CAN HELP AS
FAST AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES DEAL
WITH THE IMPLICATION OF TWO
FEET OF SNOW THEY GOT TODAY.
AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS WITH
AN EYE TOWARD THE FACT WE