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New York

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Thu Feb 6, 2014, 11:32 AM Feb 2014

Salt shortage felt across New York, New Jersey

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A special delivery is coming to New York City and Long Island Thursday, especially important when the roads are icy in spots.

The intense snow and cold had led to a huge shortage in salt, and Governor Andrew Cuomo is steppig in to make sure there's enough to go around.

Cuomo ordered 3,500 tons of stockpiled road salt to be trucked to the New York City area, where supplies were running low with plenty of winter left.

Storage facilities piled 50-feet high just weeks ago are now nearly empty, and we've still got more than 40 days of winter left.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9419964

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