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[quote=Anonymous]There was no win-win for this one, OP.

Here's the gist:

1. Use the appropriate salt chemical for appropriate temperatures. It's too cold for  pet-friendly crystals You have to use sodium chloride, effective until 15F (and we're mostly at that temp), or the more toxic calcium chloride (effective until well below 0F). You can use coarse sand for traction.

2. If more than a couple of inches are in the forecast, you never salt beforehand, since salt cannot melt tons of snow. You salt right after shoveling, and by shoveling, I mean when you hit pavement, so they don't become icy when snow melt refreezes.

3. When conditions are difficult like yesterday, it's better to shovel a little portion at a time and salt that, before going on to the next portion.

4. But here precipitation lasted 20hrs or so, with fast accumulation at times. If you went out at the wrong time, it was impossible to get to bare pavement and salt.

5. So you need to adapt to the event you have, carefully listen to last minute forecasts by actual met offices (not random influencers on social media) and have a stock of everything early in winter just in case.

6. For this storm, many chose not to shovel at all. If you know you need to get out right after the storm, you park your car at the very edge of your driveway, shovel what you can, salt if you get to bare pavement, or put down sand, and don't forget to clean the roof of your car. If you have sidewalks, you must legally clear them, but lots of people don't.

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