At the beginning of winter I bought a couple of extra bags of road salt at Canadian Tire,  to add to the bag already in the shed from last year. This way I was able to make sure the sidewalk, and where the driveway exits to the street, could remain ice free.

Be prepared. The same way we are supposed to have some sort of earthquake preparedness organized.

Judging from metro Vancouver resident's lack of personal preparedness, and expectation that the City should provide salt for their driveways and sidewalks, I shudder to think what would happen in a major disaster like a quake.

And yes, the CoV wasn't the best example of preparedness this time around, but hopefully residents learn from this too.