Re:Thousands trapped on Pine Ridge burn clothes for warmth i...
by dredmorbius on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @04:26AM
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The skid steers comments were about an organisation which stores and delivers wood to residents in the area. Individual households / residences presumably aren't using skid steers to retrieve wood.
From the article:
Oglala-based service organization Re-Member provides firewood to families on all corners of the reservation, but the drifts of snow have rendered their wood stockpile inaccessible still – and it’ll be that way for the foreseeable future.
“Our wood pile remains inaccessible,” read a Facebook post on Dec. 20. “Our skid steer and plow are out-of-service. Given the conditions, it would be near impossible to operate our equipment and unsafe for our staff to work in the conditions we are facing.
That is, one of the key stockpiles serving the community couldn't provide fuelwood due to both weather conditions and broken equipment.
And, as numerous others have noted, the region is desperately poor and remote.
From the article:
Oglala-based service organization Re-Member provides firewood to families on all corners of the reservation, but the drifts of snow have rendered their wood stockpile inaccessible still – and it’ll be that way for the foreseeable future.
“Our wood pile remains inaccessible,” read a Facebook post on Dec. 20. “Our skid steer and plow are out-of-service. Given the conditions, it would be near impossible to operate our equipment and unsafe for our staff to work in the conditions we are facing.
That is, one of the key stockpiles serving the community couldn't provide fuelwood due to both weather conditions and broken equipment.
And, as numerous others have noted, the region is desperately poor and remote.