“We’ve been trying to get back into the residential streets,’’ Rowser said, “but the salt is just washed away.

“We’ve hit the streets with about everything we’ve got at this point,’’ he said. “But I don’t see the side streets improving much before Tuesday morning.’’

Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert was answering calls to the Mayor's Hotline on Monday afternoon, with most callers asking when city trucks would be out to salt their residential streets.

Because of rain, those trucks delayed the start of their routes until noon Monday, Stothert said.

"It's still really difficult in some of the residential areas," she said. Stothert said she had heard reports that some of the city's contracted vehicles had even been sliding around.

"I know I had trouble getting out of my driveway this morning," Stothert said.

The mayor said she was happy with the city's preparation and response to the storm and would give her staff an A+.

"We had a plan -- we knew what we were going to do and we knew we had to be flexible."