mercredi 5 février 2014

New York Is Extremely Icy and Running Out of Salt

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It seems like the entire month of January has been one long winter storm in New York. Wednesday's snowfall came with an added challenge, however: a shortage of salt for de-icing the roads and sidewalks.


Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who declared a state of emergency on Wednesday due to dangerous conditions resulting from the severe weather, confirmed in a statement that the salt shortage has affected not only New York City, but also other areas of the metropolitan area, including parts of Long Island.



The storm did not come as a surprise, Cuomo said. But the salt shortage complicated things. Read more...


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