Yeah, some municipalities here in the northeast are either very low or actually out of salt too. One of them tried to pawn it off as 'using less salt is better for the public's cars'. Of course that one got called and they had to 'fess up.
We got another 4, 5" of wet, nasty snow today. The forecast predicted 1-3" but it was more than that. I had to blow out the place again and my woodpile is now out of sight under several storm's worth of snow. And the roads are an absolute mess; at least it is late in the year and everyone has had a chance to re- learn how to drive in the stuff (or is that now to [not drive] in the stuff?).... again.
Brian
I had to chuckle this past weekend, some of the local cities who are running low on salt have trucked out this "new great idea" in dealing with all the snow. They are calling this new great idea, "furnace slag". Uh, folks, its called cinders. Its black, and you either throw it down instead of salt, or cut the salt with it. Most rural areas, at least here in Ohio, have been using it since forever. I laugh cause this is the only thing they used in my area growing up in the 60's and 70's, AND, only at the intersections.