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by dole 1796 days ago
Curious how saline that rain would end up being, detrimental to plant life, considerable corrosion for metals/cars/etc.
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Just guessing but I can't imagine they use as much salt as northern cities put on the road when it snows (dump trucks worth of salt). There's information for that at my local extension office [1]. The TL;DR is that plants don't love it, but they tolerate it. Grasses are especially tolerant.

[1] https://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/impact-of-road-salt-...