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Quincy adopt a hydrant program turns to abandonment in the gutter?
The much-touted when first announced last month on the fly local adopt a fire hydrant program has apparently devolved to outright abandonment.
Quincy Quarry found a partially-wrapped baby – or at least small – fire hydrant abandoned in the gutter in front of a local restaurant.
One can only wonder if the person or persons who apparently abandoned the hydrant had mistakenly thought that the owner of restaurant who had provided gift certificates for a raffle for hydrant adopters was instead – or at least also – providing a Safe Haven program to drop off hydrants with no questions asked.
Baby Hydrant Safe Haven?
A Pinterest photo
Quincy Quarry did not reach out to the restaurateur for comment as the restaurant had not yet opened for the day as well as that the Quarry had other breaking badly stories to cover.
The Quarry also did not reach out to City Hall with questions about this apparent latest failure on top of its many failed previous initiatives.
Obvious reasons why not include that Quincy Quarry knew that City Hall will not respond to the Quarry’s inquiries – nor anyone else – who seeks answers to even but one of the innumerable questions embarrassing for City Hall.
Partially swaddled baby fire hydrant abandoned in the gutter
A Quincy Quarry News photo
Fortunately, there has not been a major fire in Quincy since last September’s at last report $2.5 million – up from an originally estimated but $1 million – Quincy City Hall fire.
How long the City’s luck will last in this one rare lucky break remains to be seen.
After all, reports are rampant that fire hydrants are missing all over town, however, neither City Hall nor the Quincy Fire Department have addressed this potentially dangerous problem.
Whether – or not – this silence is to avoid causing a panic among already far beyond merely Snow Dazed local residents or merely wishing to not draw attention to the apparent cavalier incompetence of snow clearing and removal efforts around town is as yet unclear.
Abandoned in the cold fire hydrant on City property?
A Quincy Quarry News file photo
Expect Quincy Quarry to continue to investigate this sure to continue breaking even more badly story among the innumerable instances of bad news impacting the Q.
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“How many more Mr. Speaker! Until we have drop boxes for abandoned hydrants!!!” http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2015/March/Baby-Box-Bill-No-Shame-No-Blame-No-Names/
You may have found the best solution for the woman in Indiana to place her efforts into solving an abandonment crisis. It’s extremely obvious that “baby boxes” won’t work, but this uninformed woman insists that it’s her “vision” to attempt to install them instead of doing what Massachusetts has done and have a functional Baby Safe Haven law awareness campaign.
Now she can shift her focus to installing “hydrant drop boxes” across the country to counter this plague that has begun in Quincy.
Passed out and bloody. Wait …Is that an abandoned hypodermic needle above it? Do we have to worry that hydrants are overdosing and passing out? Will Quincy have the “First” recovery home for little hydrants in the state?
Skyrat,
Good eye on that red substance abuse paraphernalia item near the head of the Hydra.
Time for QQ to work up an editorial calling for expanding the local Narcan and detox programs to hydrant addicts.