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MADem

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

Fri Jan 3, 2014, 11:45 PM

Jan 2014

It's smart to always buy enough for the most horrible winter, that way, if you have leftovers, you just save those for next year and replace what you used.

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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