Date:         Fri, 29 Nov 2002 15:17:17 -0800
Reply-To:     Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Road Salt in Wa State- We need to protest!
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Yah!

Protest is right!!!  I live here in Wash. And this salt stuff sucks!,
well kinda sucks,  The place they want are going to use it is on I-90
out in the middle of nowhere (2.5 hrs west of Spokane and about 1 hr to
the small town of Ellensburg)  There is this hill (6-7% grade) for about
5 miles, (kinda like the grape vine) and when it snows these semi trucks
get loose and coming down the hill and kill all those people that are
already on the hill and then it take about 45 minute for emergency
vehicles to get there!!!  And if there are really dead then you can't
move them until they are pronounced dead and that takes for ever but the
snow and Ice keeps the bodies cold.  If you can't get up the hill the
detour is about an additional 6 hrs to Seattle.  SALT SUCKS, ALWAYS
CARRY YOUR CHAINS!  The truckers should puck up the cost for using the
expensive stuff that does not contain salt.

Jere
90 GL
88 GL