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Tignanello


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http://globalnews.ca/news/3161889/following-salt-chaos-on-day-1-city-of-vancouver-to-hand-out-new-supply/

 

SALT CRISIS
 
January 5, 2017 5:42 am
Updated: January 6, 2017 7:27 am

Mayhem at Vancouver fire halls as residents break the line for the free salt

Amy Judd is one of Global BC's web producers, co-host of Trending Now BC, and also appears on BC1By Amy JuddOnline News Producer  Global News

WATCH: Free salt arrived at several Vancouver fire stations Thursday morning and it took only a matter of minutes for it was all gone. Anxious residents scrambled to fill one small bucket of salt before it all disappeared.

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The City of Vancouver is handing out new salt supplies to residents on Thursday.

But it seems like the salt is such a hot commodity, it’s disappearing within minutes of arriving.

There’s already been one shipment and when it was delivered, people broke from the line and rushed the pile.

 
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#Breaking: salt arrives at hall 17, people break out of line and rush the pile. Incredible. @GlobalBC

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Five minutes later… it was gone.

 
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No one was hurt despite carrying buckets and shovels and rushing the pile.

Some people had been at fire halls since 6 a.m. and were determined to get their hands on the free salt.

“Pretty crazy,” said one resident saying he has not seen anything like it since Boxing Day sales.

READ MORE: Road salt shortage? Alternatives for fighting icy surfaces

Day one of the initiative didn’t go too smoothly either. Long lines formed earlier in the day but some of the salt piles had already disappeared overnight with some jumping the gun and picking it up before the 9 a.m. start.

READ MORE: Vancouver fire halls run out of free salt

Police were called in at two fire halls on Wednesday afternoon when crowds got too large and tempers began to flare.

As salt started to run out yesterday an ad popped up on Craigslist selling salt for $80.

There has been some indication this ad was a prank, given the frenzy over the salt supplies.

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Really? This guy has Craigslist ad selling free salt from a Van Fire Hall. #Notcool

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The salt will be available at the same 10 fire halls as yesterday between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. If necessary, salt will also be delivered again before 4 p.m.

Here are the 10 locations where residents can get salt on Wednesday.



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WOW! You people need help to get rid of that ice!

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Just be wary of using cat litter for traction - it becomes
extremely slippery once it is totally soaked. Better off
using sand.

Hope you get some relief soon, Tig.



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I have often wondered why roads can't be heated.

Use solar to warm the water enough to keep it moving and roads from freezing.

Or sprayers in curbs to spray beet juice on the roads.

Not practical, I know.



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Interesting, Lily. Surprisingly enough there are a couple of towns here in Japan that keep their streets clear in the winter by allowing water from the natural hot springs they have to spray out onto the street. These same towns use hot spring water to heat the floors of their homes....

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Cool!

Or should I say warm?

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Aaaaaand, it continues. Many of the sidewalks are being sanded. Now the city is running out of sand. Everyone in the city has earthquake kits in their homes, in their trunks and buried in the back yard (so one is available wherever they are stranded) but Heaven forbid there be some ICE!

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Ice buildup is the worst to deal with, I feel for you Tig.

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Ice is hard to deal with anywhere.

Ask me about Monday.  wink



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What about Monday?

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Now people are stealing the sand from the beaches by the bucketful.

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Tignanello wrote:

Now people are stealing the sand from the beaches by the bucketful.

 The was inevitable.



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Stealing sand from the beaches? Now I have heard it all!

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Aren't Canadians accustomed to dealing with ice and snow in the winter?

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Not in my neck of the woods! We're technically coastal rainforest. Not usually a lot of ice.

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Well, if they don't know how to deal with it, maybe they should do what we do. Hole up at home.

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I completely agree.

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