If you need to go out, however, and you don’t have any rock salt for melting the ice that’s sure to form on your driveway and walkway, then your strategy might be to try to clear the snow at ...

With heavy snow, rain and then ice earlier this week, around western Massachusetts and throughout New England, many store shelves are empty of rock salt or de-icer. Even municipalities are running ...

Pour warm water into a bucket. Add rock salt crystals to it. (A good ratio is 1 gallon water to 1 cup rock salt, but this is ...

Lace-up shoes and boots with non-skid rubber treads can help you avoid slips and falls. They should fit snugly. For more ...

This has left many to rely on salt and other de-icers for safety when ... "I actually had been all over town looking for ice melt and I happened to call the hardware store in Waterville and ...

Factors that influence ice melt include the angle of sunlight, cloud cover, the distribution of salt and sand, and plowed roads, which allow solar radiation to penetrate the asphalt more easily.

Rich Kerr, owner of Kerr Landscaping, Altoona, picks up a bag of rock salt at Mallow’s Hardware in Altoona on Friday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Years of mild winters paired ...

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