The city of Seattle does not use salt on the snowy/icy roads!!!

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

I am disliking you right now with the Florida thing...

Anywho, it is snowing here right now. It is said that it will switch to rain. Either way there is ice and the morning commute is going to be a flub...

No sand or salt is going get through any kinna ice...

We're now under a snow load roof warning. Since the previous stuff hasn't cleared it is just going to get worse, and that will be compounded by all the college students coming back and parking willy nilly.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

I am disliking you right now with the Florida thing...

Anywho, it is snowing here right now. It is said that it will switch to rain. Either way there is ice and the morning commute is going to be a flub...

No sand or salt is going get through any kinna ice...

How was your drive this morning? No ice to be found on my way into Seattle...just some slush in a couple places.

Also, the mayor has announced that the city of Seattle is going to be using salt now when necessary. I stick by my original point, though, that salt and sand don't matter at all when the roads haven't been plowed.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

How was your drive this morning? No ice to be found on my way into Seattle...just some slush in a couple places.

Also, the mayor has announced that the city of Seattle is going to be using salt now when necessary. I stick by my original point, though, that salt and sand don't matter at all when the roads haven't been plowed.

We've got a snow day for the University here, and hopefully they will get some plowing done. The snow stopped and it is windy, and foggy, the rain should be here soon and hopefully it won't flood if the storm drains are ice jammed.

[AGDee]

They could use other things like sand too. That's what they use in the south. There's no excuse to not do "something" except that I heard they only have 27 snow plows.

As an aside, they are not salting as many roads or plowing as well as they used to in previous years here in metro Detroit either. It's a money thing, not a green thing though. Some roads just aren't getting done and those roads are getting scary dangerous to drive on.

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by AGDee

They could use other things like sand too. That's what they use in the south. There's no excuse to not do "something" except that I heard they only have 27 snow plows.

Apparently in today's Seattle Times newspaper, they are saying that sand is worse than salt.

What happens with the sand is that it makes the road lumpy and uneven. Really messes up the suspension of some vehicles.

What's worse about Seattle is that we don't get weeks on end snow/ice like we've been getting. So the use of salt in this particular case outweighs the environmental risk that we are suffering right now. Most people have to work in these tough economic times and if the streets are poorly cleared, then what are we paying all these taxes for them to take care of us.

The other issue is our STATE DOT actually USES salt on the freeways. So, it is NOT a foreign concept in the State of Washington. It's just that these folks in Seattle, King County, Washington are beyond being anal retentive during this weather emergency and economic downturn...

You need to see some of the asinine comments by Seattle DOT... Too much redundancy for my tastes and the Governor ought to step in at this point and fix this issue since the Mayor is a lame duck. Seriously...

[VandalSquirrel]

So many people I know have had horrible experiences getting to the West side or down to Portland. I decided to just stay here and enjoy some solitude and peace and quiet, but I can't believe some of the stories people are telling me.

I have a Subaru and a snow shovel, and haven't had to put my cables on, but I think there is a serious lack of common sense on many people. Don't try to drive over a three or four foot high snow berm if you have a GEO METRO. I've gotten so much exercise from helping stupid people get their vehicles unstuck.

I made a list of vehicles that haven't moved in my neighborhood and turned it into the police today so they can get the vehicles moved or towed so the plows can get through. If a car is from Ada county (Boise) and hasn't moved since August, they've pretty much decided to leave it there.

[a.e.B.O.T.]

I am STUCK in Portland. I was visiting a friend last week, and was suppose to leave sunday. Well, my flight to Cincinnati was canceled, a long with a billion flights this last weekend. When could I be rescheduled for a seat? FRIDAY. So I am sitting here on waiting list after waiting list, hoping that maybe, at least once, that my number will be in the teens. THE KICKER: my friend's flight left monday for Paris. So, I am stuck in this town for christmas and I know anyone here. yay, me.