The city says theyve got the salt and the plows at the ready this morning. City maintenance says theyve been preparing since august, getting all of their equiptment lined up and ready to go out as soon as snow starts to actually stay on the ground. Theyve also already pre treated some of the roads in town. Weve got two brine trucks that have been out and theyre hitting the priority ones and priority twos streets. And we have the guys getting all the other salt and equiptment ready as far as putting on plows, putting on salt rigs, making sure theyre all ready to go, ready to hit the ground running says ed pickens, street superintendent for sioux city. Lukas pickens says its important for drivers to go slowly during the snowy conditions, and stay back from the plows so that they can do their job more effectively and safely. Crews will be taking 12 hour shifts as sioux city will have round the clock coverage during the storm. Lukas speaking of snow plows, the department of transportation