Boston Public Works prepped a giant salt pile for winter and documented it all on Twitter
While you were enjoying September temperatures, the City of Boston was thinking ahead to winter snowfall.
This week, the city’s Public Works department has been tweeting the progress of its massive salt pile.
“Here comes the salt! Enjoy your mild September days while we prep for snow season,” the department wrote on Twitter on Tuesday, along with two pictures of salt mounds.
Here comes the salt! Enjoy your mild September days while we prep for snow season. #BePrepared #WinterIsComing pic.twitter.com/fCPUtXTNOp
— Boston Public Works (@BostonPWD) September 13, 2016
Two days later, the pile had grown. The PWD tweeted a video of a truck dropping off another mammoth amount of salt. The city received a total of 10,000 tons of salt this week, according to the tweet.
Wait for it…
JK, it’s more salt! @CityOfBoston received nearly 10,000 tons of salt this week for winter prep. pic.twitter.com/Uag1EfY4dl
— Boston Public Works (@BostonPWD) September 15, 2016
Then, Saturday afternoon, the pile was complete. The department tweeted a photo that makes it look like an Egyptian pyramid of salt got plopped down on a parking lot in Chelsea.
And now the finished product. The salt pile is ready for winter. Let’s all hope we don’t need to use all of it… pic.twitter.com/JWpyQD0SDz
— Boston Public Works (@BostonPWD) September 17, 2016
“The salt pile is ready for winter,” the department tweeted with the picture. “Let’s all hope we don’t need to use all of it…”
One can only hope.
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