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Road salt supply low, demand high as winter looms
Associated Press ^
| Sep 29, 2014 2:32 PM EDT
| Jeff Karoub
Posted on 09/29/2014 11:51:32 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The reward for surviving last winters frigid temperatures and record snowfall, several states are learning, is drastic price increases for road saltin some cases, five times as expensive as last season.
And thats even if they can get it.
Replenishing stockpiles is proving challenging, especially for some Midwestern states, after salt supplies were depleted to tame icy roads last winter. Price increases of at least 20 percent have been common in several cities, including Boston and Raleigh, North Carolina.
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TOPICS: Weather
KEYWORDS: globalcooling; ice; roadsalt; snow; winterroads
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posted on
09/29/2014 11:51:32 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Darn global warming is making the winters colder. Go figure!
2
posted on
09/29/2014 11:53:55 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Olog-hai
Road salt?!! We don’t need no stinkin’ road salt. We’ve got globull warming!
3
posted on
09/29/2014 11:54:28 AM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
(Texas isn't just a state. It's a state of mind!)
To: Olog-hai
That’s like rubbing salt in the wound.
4
posted on
09/29/2014 11:55:10 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: rfreedom4u
Yeah, no need for road salt these days, what with all the global self-righteousness, er, warming.
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posted on
09/29/2014 11:55:13 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Olog-hai
This is impossible because Global Warming....
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posted on
09/29/2014 11:55:17 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(When Amnesty was granted 30 years ago, they promised to close the borders and enforce the law)
To: Olog-hai
I was glad when living in Alaska they used sand and gravel to deal with icy roads over salt.
7
posted on
09/29/2014 11:55:24 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
To: Olog-hai
Sand..........It’s what works, and is local.
8
posted on
09/29/2014 11:56:00 AM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: Olog-hai
Spread some on the Obamadork.
He’ll shrivel up and rot like the slug that he is.
9
posted on
09/29/2014 11:58:28 AM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: Olog-hai
Farnmer’s Almanac Sez COLD SNOWY WINTER...
Famer’s Almanac is more accurate than their models, LOL
If you can work from home this winter consider yourself blessed...
10
posted on
09/29/2014 11:59:19 AM PDT
by
GraceG
(No, My Initials are not A.B.)
To: GraceG
The Magic 8-Ball is more accurate than any UN “climate model”.
11
posted on
09/29/2014 12:00:12 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Replenishing stockpiles is proving challenging, especially for some Midwestern states.
It shouldn't be. Its not like there's an actual shortage.
12
posted on
09/29/2014 12:01:48 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
To: Olog-hai
Sand.
Call Florida.
We have plenty..........
13
posted on
09/29/2014 12:02:03 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Olog-hai
They have to keep the automotive industry on foreign soil going. The more road salt, the sooner the desperate will seek more mortgages on $40,000+ vehicles.
14
posted on
09/29/2014 12:04:27 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: thackney
At Arctic temps, alkali-halide salts cant melt ice, thats why.
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posted on
09/29/2014 12:04:35 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Let us also not forget that certain states reduced their order for ice melting compounds based solely off of the claims of global warming, with hilarious results.
16
posted on
09/29/2014 12:04:39 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: cripplecreek
Shortage, no, but they’re raising the prices, most likely due to the average fuel prices and the government bureaucracies piling on more regulations.
17
posted on
09/29/2014 12:05:50 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
And its use helped prevent my fenders from melting as well.
18
posted on
09/29/2014 12:06:05 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
To: cripplecreek
I was gonna say, the salt reserves under Michigan and Ontario are one of the biggest on the planet.
CC
19
posted on
09/29/2014 12:06:59 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
To: cripplecreek
I have an idea, California can use reverse osmosis on ocean water to purify and use to solve their water shortage and they can sell salt to the Northern statesto defray the desalination costs.
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posted on
09/29/2014 12:07:12 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
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