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We broke a record here in Boston last year - but we weren鈥檛 happy about it. More than nine feet of snow fell on the city last winter. Nor鈥檈asters slammed into the coast on an almost weekly basis. Our public transport system all but collapsed. So now that winter鈥檚 back, we鈥檙e bracing for impact. And one thing we鈥檙e going to need - is rock salt.

Image: Terminal manager Paul Lamb stands before one of the piles of salt at Eastern Minerals, Inc. in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Credit: PRI鈥檚 The World