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Regardless of whether Tahoe winters are “real winter” or not, I don’t think they use salt in CA because of the environmental effects downstream - I believe they
by beamatronic 9y ago
Regardless of whether Tahoe winters are “real winter” or not, I don’t think they use salt in CA because of the environmental effects downstream - I believe they use sand instead.
- grzm 9y agoThis prompted me to look up which states salt and which don't, and I learned the term "Salt Belt": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Belt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Belt (And yeah, you're right: CA isn't one of them.)
- greglindahl 9y agoCalifornia has a variety of climate areas, and a little googling tells me that they use various kinds of salt in the high Sierras, including the Tahoe area. Also, half of Tahoe is in Nevada, which uses salt. Sand only works when it's barely freezing. Which can be true at low elevations, but not at 10,000'.
- soperj 9y agothey use sand and gravel in Edmonton. Which is below barely freezing.
- maxerickson 9y agoIt depends. Michigan uses sand when it's too cold for salt to have any effect.