So what — besides letting the water run to prevent the pipes from freezing up — could we do better the next time we get hit by one of these snowstorms followed by a blast of near-arctic freeze? What could mid-valley residents and our communities do in order to have any easier time?
More sand on the roads would help
In many parts of the Albany area, including and especially hilly North Albany, people were stuck in their houses this weekend because the roads were treacherous with a layer of ice on top of hard-packed snow.
Tags: county roads, ice and snow, road departments, sanding and plowing, winter storms