The Sky is Falling

As we were walking along the sidewalk the other day, we noticed that they were trimming the trees for Spring (even though it's still -15C out). A team of men were slicing good-sized branches off the trees and dropping them onto the sidewalk. Now, if this were happening in the States or Canada, there would be an area roped off for the safety of pedestrians. Here however, there were 3 men standing under the tree with brooms. They would watch for the falling branches and deflect them with the brooms before they could hit anyone. It was frightening and funny all at the same time. But hey, it seemed to work for them!