On Tue, 26 May 2015 06:16:52 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, May 25, 2015 at 6:46:32 PM UTC-4, Je�us wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 May 2015 17:15:15 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On 2015-05-25 12:29 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> >> > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >>> On Sun, 24 May 2015 19:07:32 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Plus, when the salt is taken out, what happens to all that salt ?
>> >>
>> >> It has commercial applications.
>> >>
>> >
>> >We throw it on roads in the winter. It can also be sold as "sea salt",
>> > cuz that's what it is.
>>
>> From pics I have seen, it's really bad for rusting out cars though.
>
>Yeah. But it's either rusting out over the long term, or
>immediate auto body damage from sliding on the ice.

Now that's true...

I suppose we have been lucky here, we get lots of black ice (as we
have now) and many roads are steep because we live in a mountainous
area, but so far no serious incidents.

>My car is about 15 years old, and isn't a rusted-out hulk
>by any means.

Well that's not too bad then. Last year I saw some pics of some
Subarus on a USAian Subaru forum and I was taken aback at the amount
of rust in what were only ten year old cars - from salt.