emmo- I second the yuk trax things. Careful inside though ;)

Good Idea patriotsal - and if the walkers could sprinkle a little salt when they are out walking, in the places that they frequent, then everybody would be contributing to the availabity of safe walkways.

How does water softener salt work at melting ice? Never heard anyone doing this. FYI... its not even the same kind of salt and you are probably putting twice as much on to achieve half the results.

my husband is barely able to walk most days, and saves what little strength he has to get to work. Our neighbors have been good about clearing our walks when they are out, and my hubby returns the favor when he can. Our driveway was a death trap, so I got help from Walmart to load water softener salt in my truck(arthritic shoulder)and was out after midnite last night salting my drive. I believe in personal responsibility for both walkers AND property owners,but I suggest that if you have issues with walks, try offering a helping hand -- you might find that the neighbor who LOOKS able bodied is NOT.. just like my husband and I.

Yes. Its winter, what do people expect?

I'm low on sidewalk salt. Is it still out on the shelves at Farm & Fleet and Ace Hardware, or has it been put away to make room for the lawn and garden stuff already?

Not cleats Greg...get Yak Trax. You can walk anywhere in ice or snow. They have saved my butt quite a few times. I'm too old to fall...cause I may not get up.
https://www.yaktrax.com/product/walk

Yes - let's encourage everyone to spend a lot of money and dump sand and cement- and environment-damaging salt all over the walks because we must must conquer Nature for all those individuals too incompetent to wear functional shoes and use caution when walking around during the middle of a frozen Wisconsin winter!

smallBIZ - the same here in the Loch Lomond subdivision - the city decided not to plow for a couple of snowfalls. The city plowwing here has only been acceptable in 2 of the past 34 years, yet we pay the same property tax rate as the rest of the city. What we need is to have someone 'locally important' to move out here so that we can get a fair shake when it comes to plowwing.

The sidewalks will be fine in the spring - until then, go ahead and realize that you live in a wintery climate and that you really don't need to continue your pathetic whining.

Our sidewalks are great - it's the streets that are slippery. The city did not plow us for a couple of recent snowfalls. They plowed this last snowfall, but that just exposed all of the ice.

If you walk a mile, what does come out to be in "Molly miles"? Did she have cleats too?
I salted a sidewalk yesterday morning so people could walk on it, then 30 minutes later it rained. I'm sure it has been salted again, and again since then.

Oh ya ! Totally covered. Be careful when strolling bye.

Heck the City of Janesville has not done their job with the sidewalks over the Milwaukee Street bridge, usually they remove the snow for pedestrians/business people using it, but not the last time it snowed.

Everyone on my block has done a pretty good job all winter of keeping the sidewalks cleared and salted. Of course I live on one of those streets where I've come home on more than one occasion to my front sidewalk already having been cleared by one of my neighbors, and my husband will often do theirs if they haven't yet when he's out with the snow blower. From what I hear, that's getting to be more and more rare.

I couldn't disagree with you more, Greg. It's winter in WI. As a runner and a dog walker, slippery conditions are expected and I venture out at my own risk. Even those who are diligent about getting their sidewalks cleared are not immuned from the weather conditions we've faced over the past few weeks. And as for "suing" anyone, good luck. Unless you're able to prove a property owner was irresponsibility negligent to an extreme when you fell and got hurt (ie it's happened multiple times, there's a pattern, etc), very few jurors/court systems have awarded anything to the injured. Why? Because it's a typical winter in WI and commonsense tells you that the elements are less than ideal when you engage in outdoor activities this time of year. Just my opinion though....

Sidewalks? What about side STREETS? My street is like an ice rink! I cannot walk my dog at all because we do not have sidewalks, and if I do attempt to walk her, I or she will end up at the Doctor! Is the city liable for an injury just as a resident is for sidewalks? Glad my tax payer dollars are at work again for snow/ice removal from streets...said no one!

Sidewalks? What sidewalks? 8oρ