Melting pots: NYC sanitation races to get snow into giant hot tubs, thaw the city

A big old blazing orange tractor dumps a bunch of snow into a big hot tub.

Don't get any ideas, New Yorkers. These tubs are too hot for humans to handle.

“We want to melt because it's not going to go away anywhere anytime soon," acting Sanitation Commissioner Javier Lojan declared on Wednesday. [ more › ]