You guys. Wednesday I got a tour of the Town of Cary Public Works department and it was the best thing ever. There were garbage trucks, snow plows, a garage just full of traffic lights, a camera on a rope that takes video of sewers, SNOW COMMAND… If these things don’t excite you, I don’t know what you’re doing with your life, but probably having less fun than me. Check it:
Me inside Snow Command!!!!
I told you it was the best day ever. It started with a talk by the water guys.
Fire hydrants whaaaaat
Then I got to try my hand at emptying the trash with the automatic arm of a garbage truck.
Spoiler alert: I was terrible at it
It was joystick controlled, and I guess I was a little too excited to be in an actual garbage truck controlling the actual giant arm. I asked the guy if he would give me a job and he said he would be fired so another prospective career path is closed to me.
In a room full of traffic lights!!!
We got to see the computer systems that the road sensor data feeds into: how many cars in the last hour went through a certain intersection in town, what the lane capacity was, etc. Plus cameras to check for accidents and icy conditions!!!
This is one of the trucks that cleans the sewers!!
And here’s the sewer robot camera to look for problems!!!
All the Town of Cary vehicles chillin
Yes, that is definitely a fire truck up on a jack!
Giant igloo of road sand/salt!!!
Me in front of Town of Cary’s massive stack of road sand/salt!!!
I don’t know why they still have so much in April. ALWAYS PREPARED
Ready to load up the trucks at Snow Command’s call!
Apparently, one of Cary’s priorities is to look better than Raleigh, which, naturally, we always do because if relocated yankees know one thing it is how to wage unceasing war against winter’s fury. That, and loving the shit out of tennis apparently.
ALSO THERE WERE AMAZING PRIZES!
I got a cool Town of Cary hat, which I will absolutely wear with pride, and an awesome Town of Cary glass stein.
What an amazing trip!!!