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That's likely anywhere there's been winter this year. Storms have been more frequent and it's been used at a faster rate than average. Which is what buying road salt is-a best guess at what you'll need. You really can't store it from one year to the next unless you have it in a climate controlled dome and it's incredibly corrosive.
According to NBC, there is a shortage of rock salt in NY State and there won't be enough salt for future snowstorms this season.
From the Buffalo News today:
***Hes sending OUR salt downstate. Gotta wonder why we put up with the man. Will he make us pay more here because we are prepared? The price is up already!****
"Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo declared a state of emergency this morning for all counties of the state. Such a declaration gives the state more flexibility in getting state equipment into the hands of localities and, in this case, waives certain commercial trucking rules, such as weight regulations on bridges. That is needed, Cuomo said, to get salt into communities where road salt supplies have been depleted due to an increased number of storms this winter, especially downstate. Cuomo said the state will be releasing 130 truckloads from its road salt stockpile to assist areas facing shortages, which are primarily on Long Island."
I thought I had heard a few years back that it was cheaper to get salt in Albany on a ship from China than hauled across from the Finger Lakes. The salt mine in Lansing at least used to ship by rail (that might become the only reason to have a rail line thru Ithaca at all if the AES Cayuga power station closes or converts to natural gas). I've never heard of them shipping by barge although that would seem at first glance like a good way to get the summer stockpile to the Island.
Hey, its 40 degrees and melting.... maybe we won't need too much salt after the next few weeks
The cold weather returns next week including snow!
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