Re: [gardeners] Winter storm in Rochester

Jill Fyffe (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 19:42:09 -0500

> dump it! I said since they are only 10 minutes from the shores
> Of Lake Ontario, why on earth not dump it all in there? Oh, no, 
> came the answer -- there's a big public discussion, and they say 
> it would raise the level of the lake too much, and disrupt ship
> travel.  WHAT..?? 

I heard the reason you can't dump road snow in the lake because it  
is pollution.  The salt and oil and whatever else it might contain would 
not mix well with the fishes and marine life.

Jill