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madinmaryland

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21. Holy Shit. That's where my Dad lives.

Reply to diabeticman (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 3, 2014, 10:59 PM

Jan 2014

Stay safe. They don't go out often this time of year.

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How the HELL does a city in the North East run out of Salt in January?! [View all] diabeticman Jan 2014 OP

oops somebody forgot to order it Niceguy1 Jan 2014 #1

They probably didn't buy enough badtoworse Jan 2014 #2

That's pretty outrageous . . . markpkessinger Jan 2014 #3

Lawrence county. diabeticman Jan 2014 #5

Holy Shit. That's where my Dad lives. madinmaryland Jan 2014 #21

Yes Western PA has higher-than-average snowfall so far this year. femmocrat Jan 2014 #34

It's the newer, better, lower taxes government. al_liberal Jan 2014 #4

BINGO, we have a winner. bluestate10 Jan 2014 #28

Or they budget for the general case and get socked with a lot of snow and ice. Igel Jan 2014 #32

In that case they should avoid salting areas where the rich live LiberalFighter Jan 2014 #42

More like "Live Free AND Die" jmowreader Jan 2014 #33

Are there many places that still use salt? ManiacJoe Jan 2014 #6

Actually I have never heard of Sand being used it is always salt around here. diabeticman Jan 2014 #7

For places that use salt, ManiacJoe Jan 2014 #11

My wife just asked the Penn Dot worker about that and The city we live in general use all salt diabeticman Jan 2014 #13

Interesting choice. ManiacJoe Jan 2014 #17

I've been in Chicago my whole life and never seen sand anywhere in the area Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2014 #20

I lived in CT and MD and sand was actually used a lot more than salt. Doesn't madinmaryland Jan 2014 #23

But does nothing to melt the ice. WillowTree Jan 2014 #25

No it doesn't melt ice. But it does work well for traction, when salt doesn't really do much madinmaryland Jan 2014 #30

Not only that 2naSalit Jan 2014 #40

My state uses a sand/salt mix. It works well. nt bluestate10 Jan 2014 #29

They certainly use it in Northern IL. Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2014 #8

They use salt only in the Kansas City area. RC Jan 2014 #12

Cinder only here. And I'll tell you two things: It WORKS, and it doesn't ruin cars. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2014 #16

Out here in 2naSalit Jan 2014 #41

here in western NY, just salt.. back home in maine.. sand. depends on the area i suppose... dionysus Jan 2014 #18

Austerity can be a bitch tiredtoo Jan 2014 #9

No clue to your supply issue. Yet at extremely cold temps salt does no good on roads. pinto Jan 2014 #10

Right BUT when the temp was warm enough to make snow they could have used salt to help with diabeticman Jan 2014 #14

Pretzels. zappaman Jan 2014 #15

that won't do shit to 3 meters of hail. dionysus Jan 2014 #19

... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2014 #24

Look - those salted caramels are really really really . . . really good! nt el_bryanto Jan 2014 #22

If God wants clean roads, he'll clean them himself MannyGoldstein Jan 2014 #26

The same way Indianapolis forgot to call in the plow operators BlueStreak Jan 2014 #27

Perhaps they purchased based on use for the past few years, instead of worst case. MADem Jan 2014 #31

Turkey brining was way more popular than planned this year Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #35

In oregon, we don't use salt at all bhikkhu Jan 2014 #36

Yeah, they coat the roads in grape-nuts mindwalker_i Jan 2014 #37

That's interesting OwnedByCats Jan 2014 #38

We don't ever run out of salt here in Utah. indie9197 Jan 2014 #39