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SuitableDragonfly t1_j1gsrvd wrote

Reply to comment by FuzzyWDunlop in Stay safe out there Boston by TuesdayTrex

Funny, here we got snow and freezing rain that turned the whole city into a very hilly ice skating rink because of no salt. I think we traded weather or something.

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sir_mrej t1_j1gvrlh wrote

Hello fellow masshole living in Seattle

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SuitableDragonfly t1_j1gw5cl wrote

I feel more like a Seattlite who inadvertently spent 7 years living in Boston because of poor career choices, haha. But I am fond of the sub, so I didn't unsubscribe.

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sir_mrej t1_j1h0uuw wrote

LOL. I grew up in New England, and didn't expect to stay in Seattle as long as I have :)

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donkeyrocket t1_j1gx2fq wrote

I'm fairly sure Seattle reversed the salt ban or at least uses different de-icing mixtures now. Even so, an ice storm of that level that sometimes hits Seattle isn't really going to be solved by salt anyway. They may not have treated some areas as it would be futile.

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SuitableDragonfly t1_j1h0ep6 wrote

Yeah, I don't think salt is banned or anything, it's just a matter of them not having the infrastructure to deal with something like this.

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MonsieurReynard t1_j1hnbm9 wrote

Also a Boston boy who loved living in Seattle for a few years in the 90s..: one thing is that folks there could not be bothered with using winter tires, never saw anyone swap them out unless they were hardcore mountain buffs or skiers. Everyone else makes do on all seasons. Combined with little to no snow removal or salting, and Seattle after a winter storm was one of the craziest places to drive ever. I drove a RWD pickup when I lived there, and was sort of a "head to the mountains every weekend" type, so I put snow tires on just to survive. But you knew better than to drive on icy days there if you didn't have to, because it was a skating rink on those hills.

Still miss Seattle, go back every year (or I did before the pandemic) to see old friends and get in some time on Rainier or Baker. Also have to say Seattle food has it all over any East Coast city in my opinion! But in many ways it feels fairly similar to New England culturally. I felt right at home and considered retiring there before settling on Western Mass. Homeboys gonna homeboy.

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wittgensteins-boat t1_j1h43l5 wrote

Seattle has about 10,000 miles of streets and roads.

If they had 50 trucks, each truck is responsible for 200 miles, and could cover major roads in say a 6 to 8 hour cycle.

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wgc123 t1_j1hprel wrote

Yeah, I’m looking apfor update pictures. Yesterday it was rainy, but the overnight low here in a suburb was 11°, so what does all that water look like now?

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