"Global warming" jokes aren't funny anymore
Last year, areas like northern Iowa, northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin were hard hit by winter. They were buried in record snowfall. This Spring they were flat out of salt and the DOTs in those states increased their bids by 100,000 tons, 421,000 tons and 351,000 tons respectively. And the media was filled with nearly-daily stories of the salt industry's frantic efforts to meet this dramatic increased demand.
Well, it looks like they were right to worry. The area is well ahead of last year's record snowfall. Dubuque, IA , for example, near the conjoining of the three states, reports snowfall fully 33% more than last winter.
Champaign-Urbana, IL has been buffeted with 21 storms so far this year; their usual winter is 23-30 storms total. And south of Chicago, Tinley Park, IL has responded to 24 snow events, one more than their usual full-season total.
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