Winter's icy grip can turn your once-welcoming driveway and walkways into treacherous obstacle courses. Though traditional rock salt remains a go-to for many, a plethora of DIY snow melt solutions ...

It’s ice season, when environmental advocates remind Minnesotans not to salt the sidewalk or driveway like a bucket of popcorn or a steak destined for the grill. Doing so threatens freshwater and ...

A: There are many products out there that can be used to melt snow and ice from your driveway and sidewalks. The most popular is rock salt, or sodium chloride, which is the same thing as table salt ...

Ice has a semi-liquid surface layer; When you mix salt onto that layer, it slowly lowers its melting point. The more surface area salt can cover, the better the chances for melting ice. Ice particle ...

Rock salt saves our behinds each winter by preventing nasty falls. Without it, there's a risk we'll come crashing down when slippery ice is in the forecast. But while it's hard to imagine surviving ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Many people across the Philadelphia region were scraping, shoveling and de-icing sidewalks and driveways this week for the first time in almost two years, and more winter weather ...

Hazardous roads during the winter are a genuine concern in Kansas City. The Kansas Department of Transportation used 82,000 tons of road salt in the winter of 2023-2024, and the Missouri Department of ...

EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass. (WWLP) – With another round of snow on the way Wednesday, 22News is working for you with some important reminders about keeping your driveways and sidewalks free of ice. 22News ...

With predications of a winter storm and subzero temperatures, the city’s usual method of clearing the roads won’t cut it, so crews are turning to another option. “When it gets below 15 degrees we ...

Winter, we all know a good winter can be both beautiful and hard, like every year the cold season approaches fast and silently, and most of us start to prepare to make sure every item and amenitie to ...