Hopefully you didn’t venture out and get stuck on area roadways in this latest winter mess. Rockland Sheriff Lou Falco says his department’s equipped with hi-tech vehicles in case they are needed…
Thankfully, the weather will warm up considerably today so the ice won’t be an issue much longer. Meanwhile, an area storm water expert would like to see municipalities use more sand than salt and brine when treating the roads.Mike Wilson is with the Cornell Cooperative Extension and hosts the Storm Water Consortium show here on WRCR. On his most recent program, Wilson explained the brine eventually dries and becomes dust in the air, and said it’s probably not something anyone would want to be frequently inhaling…
Rockland County Executive Ed Day says the salt is just a small component of the brine, and it is necessary to delay roadway freezing and make plowing easier…
Day says the November storm that paralyzed the region was in part more difficult as state trucks did not get out ahead of the storm to put the brine down on state roadways. Of course, if you don’t have to go out, don’t. Instead, stay home and eat bread and drink milk.