Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Yeah, we are supposed to get all, rain during the day Sunday with a 50* temp drop in 4 hours. They are calling it a “flash freeze”.
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Forcast was looking like wet slush, then temperature drop follows. Guess we'll just have to keep an eye on it. I hate running the sno-throw through slush. But if it goes as cold as predicted for the following days - it could be even worse than not clearing it.
I rarely look at wind chill temps. I look at the wind, I look at the temperature, then dress accordingly.
dukeboy440
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So about 24 hours or so behind us. They’ve issued blizzard watches for us already
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
At that temp, wind chills will be in the -25* range. Frostbite in 10 mins.Showing us at 2F, Didn't catch the chill factor, but 20-30mph winds.
Flash freeze is what happens when you pee outside in minus 30...
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Yeah and the big problem is that below 16* actual temp no type of salt will work.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
That's roughly 10 minutes more than I hope to be outside. lol
With these temps, it is good they dont just play for the love of the game. $M's helps stay warm.
dukeboy440
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No ****. So glad I rotated my tires two weeks ago. Found the cracked studs and replaced them. Temps that cold would have had them busted and flying off
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Yeah, the dog walk here will be 10’ or 30 secs...whichever comes first.
dukeboy440
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F that, you couldn’t pay me enough to wear thin *** tights in that
That's going to a b*tch for roads and walks. It will be difficult to keep the concentration of any type of melt salt high enough through that scenario. And traction aid, grit, gravel, sand doesn't do any good if its under the ice.
Hope the wind doesn't change direction!
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
No salt in any concentration will work at those temps.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Pissicles!
Funny, wjile you posted that i was typing the same thing in a more long winded fashion.
Which gives me and idea.
All we have to do is put our elected representatives and leaders, along with all the wannabees that ran against them, on the back of the plow trucks.
dukeboy440
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I don’t think any of it will work at those temps
dukeboy440
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Yeah, their hot air from their mouth running would warm up the air 40 degrees
My thinking was one approach would be to put it down early and but it will get diluted.
And once its frozen at those termperatures, I think its not practically possible to melt effectively. At best maybe make little holes around each pellet where the molar concentration is really high.
Right. That's the trouble. Its all wasted. Somehow it needs to be directed at the street.
dukeboy440
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Or towards hell... wait now I get it, that’s why hell is said to be so hot. Lots of politicians there I bet
I always understood that was one reason much of New England used sand and gravel, not salt. And that was true in parts of NJ too, even when I was still living there.
But I don't know if that wsa the real reason or not.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Even that won’t work. There is no molar concentration high enough to work at those temps. It will have to melt the ice and have the water sublimate before it all refreezes.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Northern States use it cause salt's not effective. Jersey used it cause it was cheep. You can even sweep it up and re-use. lol
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Nah, it won’t work. While they blow plenty of hot air, it has no substance. There will be nearly zero effect on the real World once it’s diluted by true substance.
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