During the winter, it was snow, piling ever higher as the sand and the salt supplies ran out.
During the Civil War, salt production in Syracuse "secured the North's salt supply."
"I don't think the salt supply was the only reason why the race died out, though," Kirk said.
The Native Americans of the area used the springs as a salt supply for many years.
Nearly 25% of India's salt supply comes from mining and in the area.
Salt producers are often, although not always, supportive of government initiatives to iodise edible salt supplies.
This winter storm added additional strains to snow removal budgets and tight salt supplies.
The film then concentrates on the lack of salt supplies.
Nearly 25 percent of India's salt supply comes from mining in the Surendranagar area.
From the 1930s onwards Nordvik became an important source of salt supply for the northern fisheries.