de-icer (mag chloride) + fog = POLE FIRE!!! [youtube] →[More:]
just another wicked awesome thing about living in Denver. The crap they spray on the roads causes arcing and leads to pole fires. Neato, huh? And here we thought it was just aliens landing in our backyards.

They apparently solve this problem by sending the Xcel dudes up the poles with buckets to (get this) WASH the crap off. Yay, SCIENCE!

Video is from a random source, not mine sadly - however one did occur near here just recently.