Salt and brine used extensively all throughout the northeast.
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> On Dec 5, 2018, at 10:00 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> In RI they salt. As Curt said sometimes,brine before the storm. Then either
> salt or salt & sand I used to live near the Cargill salt mine
In RI they salt. As Curt said sometimes,brine before the storm. Then either
salt or salt & sand I used to live near the Cargill salt mine in Lansing
NY. Jillions of tons of road salt out of there every year.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Dec 5, 2018 11:25 AM, "Curt Raymond via Mercedes"
In MA the trucks generally can do both brine and salt, brine before the storm,
rock salt after, usually mixed with some sand. We've got hills, this is a
requirement or nothing would ever move around. The salt kills some of the grass
on the edge of the road but that's about it.
Curr
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On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 03:41:23 -0600 Curley McLain via Mercedes
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> I can't speak for the east, but between the rockies and the
> appalachians, they salt the crap out of the roads, especially in the
> fall. The salt of choice has gone from rock salt to liquid brine.
> They will put the
Rock salt here.
I'm sure our friends can tell us what they do in the People's Republics of
Massachusetts and Rhode Isle.
Like Craig said, where it's so cold you don't dare shut down without a place to
plug in your block heater, it's far cheaper and more effective to put studs and
chains
> She is of the opinion that salting roads is an ecological crime and if they
> do not salt her Alaska roads, the rest of the nation, especially in the
> radical liberal enclaves of the North East, salt has been banned.
They salt in Spokane. They did not when I first moved here, but the EPA
I can't speak for the east, but between the rockies and the
appalachians, they salt the crap out of the roads, especially in the
fall. The salt of choice has gone from rock salt to liquid brine.
They will put the brine on the roads before it snows. As the winter
wear on and the salt gets
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> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Salted nuts
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> On Tue, 4 Dec 2018 20:37:34 -0800 clay monroe via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> > SWMBA and I are in disagreement about winter road conditions along the
> > Atlantic coast and other real winter pla
SWMBA and I are in disagreement about winter road conditions along the Atlantic
coast and other real winter places. I contend that the roads are salted and
that this continues to this day. She is of the opinion that salting roads is
an ecological crime and if they do not salt her Alaska
