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Post #137,679
by deSitter
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1/25/04 2:33:30 PM
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New Re: You forgot the biggest ingredient
I don't think Evel Knievel could drive on this stuff. You can't even walk on it. We get a fair amount of snow on average so there are trucks that handle most snow situations - when the snow trucks are crashing one is advised to stay home.

The worst thing of all is lots of sleet with the ground temperature well below freezing. It's like walking on marbles.
-drl
Post #137,683
by ben_tilly
1/25/04 2:39:34 PM
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New That is bad stuff - I've seen it
But it was more dangerous in Victoria than New Hampshire.

Better prepared local population. Better prepared city.

(Incidentally not all "snow trucks" are created equal.)

Cheers,
Ben
"good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not"
- [link|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html|Stefano Mazzocchi]
Post #137,686
by deSitter
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1/25/04 2:46:54 PM
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New Re: That is bad stuff - I've seen it
At my previous job we handled the plows for the MODOT trucks - these are BIG trucks with 400hp engines and 15 foot blades, and cavernous sand bins - basically a large dump truck with a massive plow. This is the slickest stuff I've ever seen. There isn't enough material to bite into, and what is there is just absolutely slick. I haven't seen a car on my street in hours.
-drl
     How to make a mess of roads - (deSitter) - (12) - Jan. 25, 2004, 02:08:04 PM EST
         Even the MODOT salt trucks overturned - (orion) - (4) - Jan. 25, 2004, 02:21:27 PM EST
             Yep, two of them in a few hours time. - (Nightowl) - (3) - Jan. 25, 2004, 02:34:40 PM EST
                 Re: Yep, two of them in a few hours time. - (deSitter) - (2) - Jan. 25, 2004, 02:36:12 PM EST
                     It's been a funny show - (Nightowl) - (1) - Jan. 25, 2004, 02:44:57 PM EST
                         ROFL! - (deSitter) - Jan. 25, 2004, 02:51:19 PM EST
         You forgot the biggest ingredient - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Jan. 25, 2004, 02:26:29 PM EST
             Yep, the drivers - (Nightowl) - (2) - Jan. 25, 2004, 02:32:59 PM EST
                 If you have a lot of clorox, best de-icer -NT - (boxley) - (1) - Jan. 25, 2004, 03:45:28 PM EST
                     Hot Chocolate Time! - (Nightowl) - Jan. 25, 2004, 05:45:28 PM EST
             Re: You forgot the biggest ingredient - (deSitter) - (2) - Jan. 25, 2004, 02:33:30 PM EST
                 That is bad stuff - I've seen it - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Jan. 25, 2004, 02:39:34 PM EST
                     Re: That is bad stuff - I've seen it - (deSitter) - Jan. 25, 2004, 02:46:54 PM EST

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