Fallout From the Snow

For many of us, last week's snowstorm served as a reminder of the rule against Hotza'a - carrying in public on שבת, as the eruv was down in many Jewish communities for the first time in recent memory.  This phenomenon was addressed in today's NY Times.  Often when the details of our observance are broadcast to the general public (an issue somewhat related to the other topic at hand here, which I hope to address soon), the results can be less than ideal, if not even embarrassing, but I think we did OK here.