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Snow Blower Etiquette: What Times of Day Are Appropriate to Snow Blow?
Snow blowers are extremely helpful after a big storm, but they can also be very noisy. How late is too late and how early is too early to use the machines?

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Get ready for more snow! Another winter storm is expected to dump 6-9 inches of snow on the Park Ridge area from 3 a.m. to midnight Tuesday. Β
With snowfalls averaging 1.5 inches per hour, residents will likely have their snow blowers revved up and ready to go. Patch wants to know: How late is too late to snow blow your property and how early is too early?
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We posed the βsnow blower etiquetteβ question to our Facebook fans during last weekβs snow storm and hereβs what residents had to say. (Comments have been slightly edited for grammar and clarity):
"Until it's done."
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"I have great neighbors that have jobs to get to. The city plows come through at all hours, so I don't really care what time the neighbors fire up."
"IΒ have a small snow blower and if continuously snowed all night, I'd be out at 2-3 a.m. if necessary to keep up with it."
What do you think? Should people be respectful of their neighbors and turn off the snow blowers during certain times of the day? Let us know in the comments section.Β
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