"The icy streets are the result of Seattle's refusal to use salt, an effective ice-buster used by the state Department of Transportation and cities accustomed to dealing with heavy winter snows.
"Wiggins said ... "We decided not to utilize salt because it's not a healthy addition to Puget Sound." ...
"The occasional application of salt is probably not going to have a lasting effect" on the environment, Spector said. ...
Seattle's stand against using salt is not shared by the state Department of Transportation, which has battled the latest storms in Western Washington with de-icer, 5,800 tons of salt and 11,500 cubic yards of salt and sand mix, said spokesman Travis Phelps." "Seattle refuses to use salt; roads "snow packed" by design"
Result: "Sunday was full of car crashes, even after several pleas from State Patrol and local police to stay off the roads.
The State Patrol responded to 157 collisions Sunday in King County. ...
Between noon and midnight on Saturday, the State Patrol responded to 246 collisions ... in King County." "Snow: Sunday Traffic accidents by the numbers"
2 comments:
dear Lord, this is what happens when Moonbats run cities. Most "old" Democrat City mayors knows to keep those streets clean of snow if they wanna get re-elected because people will forget you raised there taxes however you will get voted off the island you can't get the snow up but this is Seattle were the lefties are tripping over themselves to re-elect there House of Lords.
oh unless your driving a 84 Chevy Monte Carlo, I think your car will be fine (as long as you run it thought a car wash).
What do expect from a city that sports a statue of Lenin?
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