Don't forget your mailbox when clearing snow

Neither snow nor rain nor the steep snowy steps in Glen Rock kept postal worker Michelle Rehmeyer from her deliveries in Glen Rock in December. (Paul Kuehnel - Daily Record/Sunday News)

Mailboxes are engulfed in snow in front of Ebenezer Mennonite Bible School on York Road near Spring Grove. (Clare Becker - FOR THE DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS)

Most commuters hope that last week's storm that deposited nearly 20 inches of snow in some areas of York County will be the last of its kind, at least for this winter.

However, should Mother Nature see fit to dish out another round of wintery precipitation, York's Postmaster has some advice to those left to shovel.

After the driveway and walkways are cleared, take a few moments to visualize if a vehicle would be able to drive up to the mailbox and deposit a letter through an open window, safely.

"If you can't visualize it, you still have some work to do," said Mike Becker, York's Postmaster.

In the wake of last week's storm, some plows didn't move snow all the way to the edge, leaving a 4 or 5 foot barrier of snow between mailboxes and cleared asphalt, Becker said.

"In many cases, the postal driver can't reach from the window over the plowed snow," he said.

The average postal worker for a mounted route, or curb-side delivery, handles between 500 to 600 deliveries a day. "There isn't time for them to park, get out and walk to every box," Becker said.

Just driving through deep snow in front of mailboxes can be a hazard

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Don't forget your mailbox when clearing snow