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We use straight rock salt. I looked it up and they use magnesium chloride when it's really cold in Minnesota. It costs about three times as much. Since we only get these kinds of crazy winters once in a while, I guess it's not worth them stocking up on the more expensive stuff. It sure is causing us issues this year though.
It is official- with 39.1 inches of snow in January '14, we have broken the record for the snowiest month in Michigan since they started tracking such things.
We're all sick of it. All of our municipalities are also facing huge budget crises because the state reduced their payments to them. At the same time, the state now has a 971 million dollar budget surplus. Go figure. And we suffer, because they're playing politics.
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