Out in the snow for a reason

(David Kamerman / Globe Staff)

L.Z. Nunn was one of those people who actually enjoyed this morning's snow. She went out for a morning ski in Lowell's Francis Gate Park.

By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff

They seem like free spirits usually. Whizzing around the downtown area on their bikes. But bicycle messenger Jennifer Dunn, 26, of Boston said today was a day she wished she had a regular desk job where she could stay inside and keep warm.

She couldn't get traction in the wet snow. "I’ve been doing a lot of walking today, actually," she said, standing next to her battered bicycle in Post Office Square in Boston's quieter-than-usual financial district.

Dunn was one of the people who didn't stay hunkered down at home during the storm that dumped wet, heavy snow on the Bay State this morning.

Nathan Silva, 38, of Boston was another. He was one of the army of maintenance people shoveling and squeegeeing sidewalks for downtown office buildings.

He shrugged his shoulders when asked about the storm. He's been on the job for four years and it's nothing new.

"When you've got just snow it's easy, but when it's rain and snow it's more work," he said of the wet stuff he was shoveling.

Meanwhile, over at Castle Island, Edward J. Sullivan was taking his daily walk despite the storm, enjoying his lunch break from his job as a custom metal fabricator in Roxbury.

Sullivan said he walks in all kinds of weather. Today he had donned ski goggles and extra warm clothing.

"If you are dressed warm, you can be out here and it's like a 70-degree day," he said.

He said he enjoyed walking in bad weather because "no one's out here. It's like you own the place."

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