As snowy winter drags on, U.S. Northeast struggles to cope

[onehandle]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - The latest in a series of winter storms hit the United States on Wednesday, threatening to drop up to a foot of snow in central New England, snarling travel and eating into supplies of salt needed to keep roads clear.

Officials in New York and New Jersey warned they were beginning to run short of the rock salt used by road crews to keep ice from building up on highways and local roads, the result of the season's repeated storms.

"We have a salt shortage for some parts of the state, primarily New York City and the Long Island area, because there have been so many storms this season already," New York Governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters on a conference call. "The state does have a significant amount of salt on hand, we'll be shipping that salt around the state."

Neighboring New Jersey reported a similar shortage.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/05/us-usa-weather-idUSBREA120WG20140205

[Historic NY]

1. Yeah I'm pretty much done with this winter...

at least my roads are plowed and clear, not like some of the places I was in in Virgina last week.

[jakeXT]

2. Almost 1 million customers lose power in U.S. Northeast

(Reuters) - Almost a million homes and businesses were without power mostly in the U.S. Northeast on Wednesday afternoon following severe snow and ice storms overnight, according to local power companies.

The hardest hit state was Pennsylvania with over 720,000 customers out.

Other affected states were Maryland, Arkansas, New Jersey, West Virginia, Kentucky, Delaware, New York and Ohio.

http://news.yahoo.com/almost-1-million-customers-lose-power-u-northeast-201333880--sector.html

[sakabatou]

3. California would love some snow

[tblue37]

4. Lawrence, KS: We got our foot of snow yesterdasy. nt

[Seeking Serenity]

5. I'm cold.

We're averaging about 15-25 degrees F below our normal temps 'round here.

To those of us in the South, that's miserably cold. I'm done with winter.

[adirondacker]

6. Where's "Winter Is Coming" when you need him.

I love that username.

[Earth_First]

7. I work for a plow contractor and we were told yesterday by our distributor...

that for the time being, we are being limited one more 25 ton delivery this week until the shortage eases.

That is just under a week's supply provided we had to service our clients on a daily basis.

Rough winter.