Could be that the mail service was shut down on your street or at your address. Sometimes the post office shuts down service because of aggressive people, dogs, or other dangerous situations like icy walkways, collapsing stairs or porches, etc. Your mail might be at the post office, waiting for you. Bring a bag or two.

Ohiopyle down by the Yough. There’s always good skipping stones there.

Locally, maybe in Duck Hollow on the mud flats by the Mon River. Or even up near the Highland Park Dam Overlook on the Allegheny, but you might need to bring your own stones.

North Park Lake also has a few good stoney shores. In the summer, the boaters, kayakers, and paddle boarders there might make it a challenge (or fun, depending on your outlook).

It’s probably just the way that light works. It’s timed, but it holds a lot of traffic from the West End and from the bridge. So, if you’re hitting it right at the right time in it’s sequence, then you’ll get caught in the traffic.

That intersection, by the way, took me about a year of regularly driving through to finally figure out which lane to be in.

This is in addition to what u/ballsonthewall said: It probably also has some to do with the urban heat island effect, which is more severe is summer, but still impacts weather in the winter. Basically, we have a city of concrete buildings that, during the winter, are being heated and emitting some heat out into the environment which creates an overall warmer local atmosphere than the surrounding area.

Getting from 65 to 28. You have to get on 279 in the left lane, then immediately get to the right lane to take the exit. If you miss that exit, the next one is Hazlett St. I’m not sure why 65 doesn’t just run into 28.

You have arrived in Pittsburgh during winter. It is the cloudiest city in the United States. This is what our city looks like during the grayest, cloudiest season.

If you don’t like it, I hope your stay is short and you leave soon. If you don’t mind it, then please come back sometime.

Get your neighbors in on it too. 311 reports are more successful when there are numerous reports of an issue. Include as much information as you can and photographs (if you’re submitting online). If you can claim it’s a public safety issue, it might take priority over being just a nuisance.

If you and a few of your neighbors claim that this is an issue, then the city might do something about it. Whereas if it’s just you complaining, then they might claim that you are the only one with a problem.

You can take the bat to the ACHD on Penn ave for testing (you should call first). They’ll take the bat (alive or dead) and get you results in a few days. You can also have animal control pick up the bat for testing. Rabies testing requires brain tissue, and thus a deceased animal. Keep the bat in the fridge in a sealed bag for testing.

FYI: Animal control is available on holidays 8-4 through 911 or the emergency number 412 255 2935 and takes emergency calls after hours.