Shortages On Salt Supplies Throughout The Country





















Due to the snow storms this year and change of snow storm direction our salt supplies become minimal! This year of 201, has been a tragic year and also a record breaking and Company's that are use of the salt have minimum usage. The state of New Jerseys salt supplie has come to an end, just from a week ago or on January 27, which they had not that much salt, so they had to use it wise lee. The past year of salt usage was a total amount of 258,000 tons of salt and in 2014, they have used a minimum of at least 277,000 tons. Majority of the cities across the country hoping for no more snow and sunny more days so the snow can melt, but that is unlikely to happen. There's a prediction by the Department of Transportation in Pennsylvania, that the year of 2014 usage of salt will be 200,000 more tons of salt. This is going to a problem to solve because what are we going to do if the country runs out of salt? While I was in Chicago over street scenes break, they had very severe snow storms, the roads were very dangerous and you can see cars that go off the highway due to the icy roads, but Chicago has equipment to plow snow and put salt on the streets. Not like Kansas City, which broke the record for the most horrifying ice storm. They don't have the equipment like we do in Chicago.  If you go into a deeper meaning of these situations, we have been having snow storms every two or three times a week and Some schools have canceled days off because of the weather conditions and temperature wise. Some schools have to make up the days they missed due to the snow storms. NBC News, quotes that the majority of cities are going to be using a new method of half salt and half sand. Sand is a mineral and it causes the snow to melt, but it takes time not like salt, which dissolves faster and the snow melts faster.




 











THIS IS THE SALT WE USE TO MELT THE SNOW IT IS FASTER AND EASIER TO MELT SNOW. BUT THE USAGE OF SALT IS GOING TO AND END






THIS IS SAND, THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIES MIGHT START USING TO MELT SNOW TOO, SAND IS A MINERAL, BUT IT MELTS SNOW AT SLOW PASTE.

http://nation.time.com/2014/02/05/weather-forecast-snow-salt-stockpiles/

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/deep-freeze/pinched-salt-shortage-leads-dangerously-slippery-streets