If you have wondered why Seattle sucks at clearing snow and ice from the road -
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008551284_snowcleanup23m.html
And some more information from the SDOT website -
Equipment on Site(City of Seattle)
- Trucks Fitted with Snowplows and Sanders: 24
- Trucks fitted with Snow Plows: 4
- Graders that can be used as snowplows in tandem with a sand spreader: 1
- Liquid De-icer truck: 1
- Front-end Loaders: 5
- Various Trucks for support Activities: 44
- Mechanical Street Sweepers for sand clean-up: 8