Slushy roads

Residential streets and some arterials in Spokane turned into a rutted mess Thursday morning, Dec. 2, 2010, forcing drivers to pick their way through deep tracks of soft, slushy snow.

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Thu., Dec. 2, 2010

Snow-rutted 17th Avenue at Arthur made the evening commute difficult Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
Spokane Mayor Mary Verner and Streets Department Director Mark Serbousek address the media about snow plowing Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010.

Jonathan Brunt The Spokesman-Review
James Lewis shovels slush from the street in front of his house on South Browne Street on the South Hill Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
Darren Molan, 19, of Spokane, backed up to take a run and explode through a slush berm Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, at the corner of Indiana and Oak in Spokane.

Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
Steve Caron, left, stopped his shoveling to assist Nick and Casey Randal on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, at the corner of Belt and Knox after the Randals' car become stuck on the slushy street. A house fire in the area caused a detour onto Knox from Belt Street, which had been plowed.

Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
Paula Keith, 51, watches a city snow plow push slush form Indiana Avenue onto Oak Street on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. Keith was trying to clean up the sidewalks at her mother's home on the corner.

Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review