kathy: 12 news adrienne pederson is live with the plan to make sure the streets stay safe during the snow. adrienne: good evening. this is what you could call the home base. they just closed the gate within they are done for the night. but hundreds of people with public works will be on duty this weekend. and you should know salt is a bit different this season. it's pre-wet, meaning it has more of an oatmeal consistency. so what does that mean? according to laura daniels with dpw, this will make it much better for us drivers. the salt won't just hide under parked cars, but be spread out. >> our employees, up to 350 of them, will be have safe and passable streets. adrienne: and of course we will be on top of it as well. there is something interesting to put it in perspective, , tackling a storm like the one we're expecting this weekend, not even our biggest, will cost about $1.5 million. that is according to public works in milwaukee, i'm adrienne . pedersen, wisn 12 news. patrick: a reminder, winter parking rules are in effect in the city of milwaukee. the amount of snow that falls wi