Posted 
           5:10 PM 
           by Gene
         
       
      
       
The weathermen consulted their bunions and scared us into thinking we'll get two feet of snow tonight, so what happens?  Someone at our local transit authority blizzarded a walkway at the el stop with slippery sand.  Later near my apartment I nearly slipped on a blizzard of calcium chloride pellets.  I know they do these things for 
insurance, but does it ever occur to the no-brains' supervisors that applied fast and loose sand and calcium chloride pellets can be almost as hazardous as snow?