Notice Anything Missing From Those Winter
Storm Stories?
Posted By: RockyTCB, 1/26/2026 8:25:35 AM
Over the weekend, USA Today reported that northeast states were experiencing an unusual winter problem – a shortage of salt. It seems that there have been so many snowstorms this winter that even states like Michigan and Vermont – which are quite accustomed to them – are running short of the snow-melting chemical. “An official from Monroe County, [Michigan] located between Detroit and Ohio, told the news station that local crews used more salt in December than in the past four Decembers combined,” says USA Today. But what’s curiously missing from this and other accounts of the winter storm
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It seems that there have been so many snowstorms this winter that even states like Michigan and Vermont – which are quite accustomed to them – are running short of the snow-melting chemical.
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Organization
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in Medicaid for Illinois children without SSNs 13 replies
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