Spencer Platt/Getty Images Salting the sidewalk in preparation for Friday night’s storm.Throughout the day on Friday, which for many was a rainy, sloshy mess, New Yorkers salted sidewalks, stocked up on supplies and lined up at gas stations to fill their tanks, as local authorities from New York City to Maine activated their plans to battle the snow as it began to pile up.
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