the cheese brine is a liquid waste product. it is used in the cheese-making process. i m sure the smell couldn t be all that bad. that s what they are doing in milwaukee. alternatives that are expensive or don t work as well, calcium magnesium, acetate. but, yeah, cheese brine and vodka sound better than that. whatever it takes at this point. absolutely. here is your weather. dry in much of the country. there could be rain or snow showers in upper midwest. windy conditions in the mid section and east coast. it will be 70s and 80s in southwest today. cooler in northern california. highs hitting the 60s in the central plains to the ohio valley. before we do the next story, we should say we don t support violence and fighting in hockey in any way. but we re showing you this fight between a couple of guys in a minor league in quebec, canada, because of the way it ends. obviously they re standing toe to toe. throwing some punches at each other the best they can. wow, that is
aftermath of one accident when another happened. a car slamming right into that school bus. only minor injuries but one person was taken to the hospital. after so many storms, municipalities around the country had to get creative with snow removal resources. in iowa, one company is adding special ingredients to road salt to make it more effective at lower temperatures. the ingredients, distilled rum and vodka. the only problem is the smell. the smell is from the distillers of which it s made of, a by-product of rum and vodka distilling. now, he was quick to add in terms of smell, it could be worse. in some cities, like wisconsin, they are using cheese brine to melt the snow. i think i would rather smell vodka than cheese brine. i think so. but vodka, i think they could find a better use for that. i think the people stuck inside isn t that right. interesting.
molasses and cheese brine. they have gone through 62,000 tons of road salt, 5,000 more tons than the typical winter season. in the northeast they are feeling the pinch as well. in new jersey, 277,000 tons of road salt through the end of january. that s before the two storms this week. that is 19,000 tons more than all of last season combined. still not everybody is feeling the pinch quite so badly. here in new jersey, official have been doing a really good job managing their salt supplies. behind me, 600 tons of pure uncut rock salt. they are waiting on another 400 ton delivery as well. i asked officials here if they would share with their neighbors who were harder hit. and the head of the dpw tells me, maybe. they have to think about it. just maybe. morgan, thank you. we asked and got a whole lot of