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Letter: Merchants should keep ice melt in stock

A Franklin County Facilities employee spreads granular ice melt on an ice encrusted sidewalk in Pasco.
A Franklin County Facilities employee spreads granular ice melt on an ice encrusted sidewalk in Pasco. Tri-City Herald

Here is a winter weather advisory to our local merchants: keep ice melt in stock. Hard to believe that virtually every business in the Tri-Cities selling ice melt is out of stock.

It’s been obvious for a month what kind of winter we’re going to have. Get with it.

Gary Trump, Richland

This story was originally published February 1, 2017 at 2:08 AM with the headline "Letter: Merchants should keep ice melt in stock."

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