DOT is responsible for keeping the city's 6,300 miles of streets in good repair. DOT's street construction projects range from pothole repair to milling and repaving to full reconstruction of the street. Every year DOT lays millions of cubic yards of asphalt and repairs tens of thousands of potholes.
1 Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is a situation that may arise during pregnancy due to the extreme muscle weakness, due to low potassium level, for a short period of time.  Hypokalemia can cause the cardiac complication known as cardiac dysrhythmias (irregular heartbeats).
Low potassium (hypokalemia) has many causes. The most common cause is excessive potassium loss in urine due to prescription water or fluid pills (diuretics).Vomiting or diarrhea or both can result in excessive potassium loss from the digestive tract.Only rarely is low potassium caused by not getting enough potassium in your diet. Causes of potassium loss leading to low potassium include: 1  Chronic kidney disease. 2  Diabetic ketoacidosis.3  Diarrhea. 4  Excessive alcohol use. 5  Excessive laxative use. 6  Excessive sweating. 7  Folic acid deficiency.omiting or diarrhea or both can result in excessive potassium loss from the digestive tract. Only rarely is low potassium caused by not getting enough potassium in your diet. Causes of potassium loss leading to low potassium include: 1  Chronic kidney disease. 2  Diabetic ketoacidosis. 3  Diarrhea. 4  Excessive alcohol use.