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If you haven't heard. Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and even a little of
Arkansas got hit with a big ice storm. I just got my power back on after
two days. I live in Missouri in the middle of the woods. You should have
seen and heard all those trees limbs breaking. It was amazing!
While surveying the fallen limbs around my house I thought that I
heard someone coming down my drive way.(It's a quarter of a mile long)
But no!
It was trees.
Luckly we had only a few limbs hit the house. The chicken coop
servived. None of the cars got damage. And we already had a electric
genertor, just had to plug it in.
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Leroy wrote:
> I live in Missouri in the middle of the woods.
>
Whoa, so do I. I'm east of Buffalo a ways--whereabouts are you?
Didn't get much ice where I live this time, though I did have a dog
emergency one night.
About 4 am, heard the elderly chow/German shepherd/possible grizzly bear
barking outside. My house is on a steep hillside...deck across the
front...steps down to a landing, patio *this* way, more steps *that*
way...Anyway, the old dog was on the landing at the bottom of the steps,
sprawled on his belly on the (wet, not-quite-melting) ice, one hind leg
forward and one back, and absolutely couldn't move. The more he
struggled to get up, the more he slid toward a bad fall down the next
steps down.
Couldn't stand up on the nasty stuff, had to crawl/scoot/slide to get to
him and drag him away from the steps. Then crawled back up, grabbed a
blanket and a big towel--spread the blanket down the steps, got the
towel under the dog's belly to lift him, got him started up the steps on
the blanket...Did I mention that this dog weighs about 70 pounds and is
quite grumpy?
Anyway, finally got him rescued and he doesn't seem to have suffered any
ill effects. But we're both REALLY REALLY REALLY tired of ice storms...
--Sherry "Mutt Whisperer" Shaw
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And lo on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:48:36 -0000, Leroy <lrw### [at] joplin com> did
spake, saying:
> If you haven't heard. Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and even a little of
> Arkansas got hit with a big ice storm. I just got my power back on after
> two days. I live in Missouri in the middle of the woods. You should have
> seen and heard all those trees limbs breaking. It was amazing!
> While surveying the fallen limbs around my house I thought that I
> heard someone coming down my drive way.(It's a quarter of a mile long)
> But no!
> It was trees.
> Luckly we had only a few limbs hit the house. The chicken coop
> servived. None of the cars got damage. And we already had a electric
> genertor, just had to plug it in.
And there I was going to complain about scraping a thin layer of ice of my
windcreeen for the second night running.
I'm glad you're all alright.
--
Phil Cook
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"Leroy" <lrw### [at] joplincom> wrote in message
news:476### [at] joplincom...
> While surveying the fallen limbs around my house I thought that I
> heard someone coming down my drive way.(It's a quarter of a mile long)
> But no!
> It was trees.
The trees are coming down your driveway?? ohoh...
*g*
It was the image that came to mind when I read that
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Leroy" <lrw### [at] joplincom> wrote in message
> news:476### [at] joplincom...
>> While surveying the fallen limbs around my house I thought that I
>> heard someone coming down my drive way.(It's a quarter of a mile long)
>> But no!
>> It was trees.
>
> The trees are coming down your driveway?? ohoh...
>
> *g*
>
> It was the image that came to mind when I read that
Sounds like the Ents are marching on Isengard...
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Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Sounds like the Ents are marching on Isengard...
I was thinking Day of the Triffids...
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Phil Cook wrote:
> And there I was going to complain about scraping a thin layer of ice of
> my windcreeen for the second night running.
Mind you, I had to scrape ice off my car after parking it outside for 1
hour. And after I scraped it, I watched the ice grow back before my eyes.
That's actually pretty cool... if it weren't for the fact that I'm
freezing and I need to drive home.
(Pretty cool, eh? You see what I did there?)
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And lo on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:51:31 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did
spake, saying:
> Phil Cook wrote:
>
>> And there I was going to complain about scraping a thin layer of ice of
>> my windcreeen for the second night running.
>
> Mind you, I had to scrape ice off my car after parking it outside for 1
> hour. And after I scraped it, I watched the ice grow back before my eyes.
Ditto. I scraped off the ice, squeegeed it off, got in the car and backed
it around, then got out again to remove the new thinner layer of ice that
had formed. The only annoyance I have with it is that you can't see it
until you sit down in the car, switch the lights on and wonder if you're
developing cataracts. At least this time I remembered where the scraper
was.
> That's actually pretty cool... if it weren't for the fact that I'm
> freezing and I need to drive home.
>
> (Pretty cool, eh? You see what I did there?)
Yeah yeah I'm very impressed ;-)
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> Ditto. I scraped off the ice, squeegeed it off, got in the car and backed
> it around, then got out again to remove the new thinner layer of ice that
> had formed. The only annoyance I have with it is that you can't see it
> until you sit down in the car, switch the lights on and wonder if you're
> developing cataracts. At least this time I remembered where the scraper
> was.
Just pour hot water over the ice until it's all melted, then use the wipers
to clear the excess liquid. That will keep the glass warm and dry enough
until you get things warmed up. All cars are designed to survive thermal
shock like this, if your windscreen cracks then it would have cracked anyway
due to the next stone that hit it or whatever...
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scott wrote:
> Just pour hot water over the ice until it's all melted, then use the
> wipers to clear the excess liquid. That will keep the glass warm and
> dry enough until you get things warmed up. All cars are designed to
> survive thermal shock like this, if your windscreen cracks then it would
> have cracked anyway due to the next stone that hit it or whatever...
Sorry, the school car park doesn't have any hot water. ;-)
Actually, last night while I was laying in bed, failing to be asleep, I
wondered about something. Every time we have frost, government vehicles
drive out and dump many billions of tonnes of salt onto the roads.
1. What the hell does that do to the cars?
2. Where does all this salt *go* to? Is this a problem?
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"Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote in message
news:op.t29n66vqc3xi7v@news.povray.org...
> And there I was going to complain about scraping a thin layer of ice of my
> windcreeen for the second night running.
We've been getting hailstorms occationally for the last couple months. If
anyone wants that ice, they're welcome to it. My car's going for
panelbeating (again) next week
It's been an odd summer here. Not as hot as usual (I haven't needed to turn
the fan on at all) and with a lot more rain than normal. I haven't had to
water the plants on the balcony since September.
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> We've been getting hailstorms occationally for the last couple months. If
> anyone wants that ice, they're welcome to it. My car's going for
> panelbeating (again) next week
Panel...beating...
._.
Where there any fatalities?
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:00:56 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>Actually, last night while I was laying in bed, failing to be asleep, I
>wondered about something. Every time we have frost, government vehicles
>drive out and dump many billions of tonnes of salt onto the roads.
>
>1. What the hell does that do to the cars?
It rusts them. That is one of the reasons that there is a higher proportion of
old cars in the South of the country as there is less need to salt the roads.
>2. Where does all this salt *go* to? Is this a problem?
Down the drains and it's not a problem if you don't lick the roads.
Regards
Stephen
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> a écrit dans le message de news:
47611ef7$1@news.povray.org...
> Sorry, the school car park doesn't have any hot water. ;-)
You are the owner of half a pint liquid @ 37°C.
The trick is to hose it up to the windsreen.
Marc
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M_a_r_c wrote:
> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 47611ef7$1@news.povray.org...
>> Sorry, the school car park doesn't have any hot water. ;-)
>
> You are the owner of half a pint liquid @ 37°C.
> The trick is to hose it up to the windsreen.
GAAAAH! >_< *gouches out eyes*
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And lo on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:37:59 -0000, scott <sco### [at] laptopcom> did
spake, saying:
>> Ditto. I scraped off the ice, squeegeed it off, got in the car and
>> backed it around, then got out again to remove the new thinner layer of
>> ice that had formed. The only annoyance I have with it is that you
>> can't see it until you sit down in the car, switch the lights on and
>> wonder if you're developing cataracts. At least this time I remembered
>> where the scraper was.
>
> Just pour hot water over the ice until it's all melted, then use the
> wipers to clear the excess liquid. That will keep the glass warm and
> dry enough until you get things warmed up. All cars are designed to
> survive thermal shock like this, if your windscreen cracks then it would
> have cracked anyway due to the next stone that hit it or whatever...
Ignoring Marc's suggestion I'll repeat Andy's problem - locating hot water.
--
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
news:47611fe9@news.povray.org...
>
>
> Where there any fatalities?
??
From a hail storm? Unless some people were stupid enough to be running
around in the hail, I doubt it.
Largest stones I saw were about the size of a ping-pong ball.
Actually, I think one guy did get killed by the storm. A tree fell on his
car.
Insurance loves me. Second time in three years. The stupid question the
claims person asked me.
"Why wasn't the car under cover at the time of the storm?"
"Um, because I was driving up the M1 highway."
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
> news:47611fe9@news.povray.org...
>
>>
>> Where there any fatalities?
>
> ??
> From a hail storm?
If it can dent plate steel, surely it can do something bad to the flimsy
layer of bone between your hat and your brain.
> Unless some people were stupid enough to be running
> around in the hail, I doubt it.
Ooo, a country that doesn't have stupid people...
> Largest stones I saw were about the size of a ping-pong ball.
I'd hate to think what the terminal velocity of those must be! (What do
you recon? 81 characters per second?)
> Actually, I think one guy did get killed by the storm. A tree fell on his
> car.
Ouch!
> Insurance loves me. Second time in three years. The stupid question the
> claims person asked me.
> "Why wasn't the car under cover at the time of the storm?"
> "Um, because I was driving up the M1 highway."
Presumably they just quaduple your premium and rake in the cash?
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> If it can dent plate steel, surely it can do something bad to the flimsy
> layer of bone between your hat and your brain.
Oh sure, if you get a direct strike. Your head's much smaller than a car
though, and the bodywork of a car's not that thick
> > Unless some people were stupid enough to be running
> > around in the hail, I doubt it.
>
> Ooo, a country that doesn't have stupid people...
Oh, we have, lots. Take a look at out politicians
The area's prone to hail storms. I think even the stupidest person's going
to seek some form of shelter if there are large chunks of ice falling from
the sky
> > Largest stones I saw were about the size of a ping-pong ball.
>
> I'd hate to think what the terminal velocity of those must be! (What do
> you recon? 81 characters per second?)
Dunno. Enough to leave a 5mm deep dent in the roof of my car, to smash
assorted windows and to strip leaves from plants.
We've had worse storms. There was one 2 and a half years ago that had some
stones the size of a baseball. The damage that caused was unbelievable. A
friend came home next morning to find several holes in the plastic roof of
her patio
> Presumably they just quaduple your premium and rake in the cash?
>
Nah. If the car had been parked in the open they may have refused my claim
(cause the car's supposed to be kept under cover), but last time I checked,
highways didn't have roofs
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>> If it can dent plate steel, surely it can do something bad to the flimsy
>> layer of bone between your hat and your brain.
>
> Oh sure, if you get a direct strike. Your head's much smaller than a car
> though, and the bodywork of a car's not that thick
Yeh exactly, I can probably dent a car just by pressing on it with my thumb
quite hard. I'm pretty sure I couldn't kill someone by pressing on their
head with my thumb...
> We've had worse storms. There was one 2 and a half years ago that had some
> stones the size of a baseball. The damage that caused was unbelievable. A
> friend came home next morning to find several holes in the plastic roof of
> her patio
This is what we had in July last year...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWQh_KHZtTo
Seeing ice on the roads in July (when it's usually 30 degrees) was a bit
weird...
Luckily I was in a hotel at the time and only caught the edge of it. My
friend lost his PC though because he kept it on a desk under a skylight that
got smashed...
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"Leroy" <lrw### [at] joplincom> wrote in message
news:476### [at] joplincom...
> If you haven't heard. Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and even a little of
> Arkansas got hit with a big ice storm. I just got my power back on after
> two days. I live in Missouri in the middle of the woods. You should have
> seen and heard all those trees limbs breaking. It was amazing!
We got lucky, and ended up with temps right at the freezing point, so the
ice generally disappeared by the afternoon.
Sometimes I'm glad we don't have any trees to speak of.
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All that fun stuff went just south of us (Omaha). We got a nice quarter-inch
glazing and about 4 inches of snow on top of it. No fun to drive in, but I got
the day off, so it had some benefits :) Supposed to be mid-30s here today, so
some of it should melt (then refreeze overnight... stupid winter!)...
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scott wrote:
>>> If it can dent plate steel, surely it can do something bad to the flimsy
>>> layer of bone between your hat and your brain.
>>
>> Oh sure, if you get a direct strike. Your head's much smaller than a car
>> though, and the bodywork of a car's not that thick
>
> Yeh exactly, I can probably dent a car just by pressing on it with my
> thumb quite hard. I'm pretty sure I couldn't kill someone by pressing
> on their head with my thumb...
?
I thought a car was supposed to withstand a 120 MPH collision and not
deform too much... My head certainly would deform a tad!
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:57 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>scott wrote:
>>>> If it can dent plate steel, surely it can do something bad to the flimsy
>>>> layer of bone between your hat and your brain.
>>>
>>> Oh sure, if you get a direct strike. Your head's much smaller than a car
>>> though, and the bodywork of a car's not that thick
>>
>> Yeh exactly, I can probably dent a car just by pressing on it with my
>> thumb quite hard. I'm pretty sure I couldn't kill someone by pressing
>> on their head with my thumb...
>
>?
>
>I thought a car was supposed to withstand a 120 MPH collision and not
>deform too much... My head certainly would deform a tad!
Cars are designed to deform absorbing the impact. And if Scott knew where to
press on someone's head with his thumb. He might be able to do a lot of damage.
Regards
Stephen
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Invisible wrote:
> I thought a car was supposed to withstand a 120 MPH collision and not
> deform too much... My head certainly would deform a tad!
No, it's supposed to deform so much you can't recognise it.
Ever see an Indy 500 crash? The car turns into about 3000 parts, all
taking away energy so the driver doesn't get hurt.
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It's not feature creep if you put it
at the end and adjust the release date.
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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>
> I thought a car was supposed to withstand a 120 MPH collision and not
> deform too much...
Not at all. Cars are designed to crumple in accidents, the more the better.
If a car didn't deform at all, then the entire force of the collision would
be applied to the occupants. It would be like hitting the ground at 120
km/hour. It's unlikely you'd survive.
Modern cars are built with crumple zones, so that in an accident portions of
the car (not where the occupants would be sitting) crumple, absorbing some
of the energy of impact, and reducing the effect of the collision on the
occupant.
The crumple reduces the magnitude of the deceleration by stretching out the
time from impact to the time when the vehicle is stationary. A longer
deceleration of lower magnitude means less injury.
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Sherry Shaw wrote:
> Leroy wrote:
>
>> I live in Missouri in the middle of the woods.
>>
>
> Whoa, so do I. I'm east of Buffalo a ways--whereabouts are you?
>
I live outsde Joplin near Kansas and I44.
> Didn't get much ice where I live this time, though I did have a dog
> emergency one night.
>
> About 4 am, heard the elderly chow/German shepherd/possible grizzly bear
> barking outside. My house is on a steep hillside...deck across the
> front...steps down to a landing, patio *this* way, more steps *that*
> way...Anyway, the old dog was on the landing at the bottom of the steps,
> sprawled on his belly on the (wet, not-quite-melting) ice, one hind leg
> forward and one back, and absolutely couldn't move. The more he
> struggled to get up, the more he slid toward a bad fall down the next
> steps down.
>
> Couldn't stand up on the nasty stuff, had to crawl/scoot/slide to get to
> him and drag him away from the steps. Then crawled back up, grabbed a
> blanket and a big towel--spread the blanket down the steps, got the
> towel under the dog's belly to lift him, got him started up the steps on
> the blanket...Did I mention that this dog weighs about 70 pounds and is
> quite grumpy?
>
> Anyway, finally got him rescued and he doesn't seem to have suffered any
> ill effects. But we're both REALLY REALLY REALLY tired of ice storms...
>
Poor Dog! Sounds like a mini adventure to me. That's one you don't have
to leave home for.
> --Sherry "Mutt Whisperer" Shaw
>
>
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> The trees are coming down your driveway?? ohoh...
>
> *g*
>
> It was the image that came to mind when I read that
>
It was strange! It was more like the first season of LOST where the
trees move violently about by some unseen force.
>
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Phil Cook wrote:
> I'm glad you're all alright.
>
Thanks! Hope we stay that way we're expecting SNOW Friday and Saturday.
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Leroy nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/12/12 23:48:
> If you haven't heard. Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and even a little of
> Arkansas got hit with a big ice storm. I just got my power back on after
> two days. I live in Missouri in the middle of the woods. You should have
> seen and heard all those trees limbs breaking. It was amazing!
> While surveying the fallen limbs around my house I thought that I heard
> someone coming down my drive way.(It's a quarter of a mile long) But no!
> It was trees.
> Luckly we had only a few limbs hit the house. The chicken coop
> servived. None of the cars got damage. And we already had a electric
> genertor, just had to plug it in.
>
Make me think of the ice storm we had several years back. Montreal, and much of
Quebec, was blacked out for a week, we almost ran out of water, the army was
called in to shot off the ice clinging to the buildings, and most of downtown
was offlimit to everyone. Sheets of ice up to 5"+ thick, and over 10' whide
faling from 10 to 40 stories over you, it's a very scary tought.
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Alain
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You know you've been raytracing too long when you have ever brought your
computer to its knees by mistakenly launching 64 simultaneous frames to be
traced, while trying to maximizing the benefits of parallelizing them.
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Invisible nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/12/13 07:00:
> scott wrote:
>
>> Just pour hot water over the ice until it's all melted, then use the
>> wipers to clear the excess liquid. That will keep the glass warm and
>> dry enough until you get things warmed up. All cars are designed to
>> survive thermal shock like this, if your windscreen cracks then it
>> would have cracked anyway due to the next stone that hit it or
>> whatever...
>
> Sorry, the school car park doesn't have any hot water. ;-)
>
> Actually, last night while I was laying in bed, failing to be asleep, I
> wondered about something. Every time we have frost, government vehicles
> drive out and dump many billions of tonnes of salt onto the roads.
>
> 1. What the hell does that do to the cars?
It make them rust away.
>
> 2. Where does all this salt *go* to? Is this a problem?
In the ground and the reivers. If you have clay rich ground, it's not a problem
as the salt make that clay harder, less prone to change into mud. It can be a
problem for the vegetation, killing it.
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Alain
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You know you've been raytracing too long when you've tried rendering hair with
each strand as an object.
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Gail Shaw nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/12/13 09:31:
> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
> news:47613160@news.povray.org...
> Nah. If the car had been parked in the open they may have refused my claim
> (cause the car's supposed to be kept under cover), but last time I checked,
> highways didn't have roofs
>
>
Since when is it mandatory to park your car under cover? In most of the world
it's just about impossible to park your car under any form of solid cover like
in a garage. When I lived in the suburbs, there were not a single garage in the
neibourhood, nor in the reibouring ones. In the city, over 95% of the car owners
can only park ther cars on the streets.
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Alain
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they don't love you with all they have.
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Dan Byers nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/12/13 10:20:
> All that fun stuff went just south of us (Omaha). We got a nice quarter-inch
> glazing and about 4 inches of snow on top of it. No fun to drive in, but I got
> the day off, so it had some benefits :) Supposed to be mid-30s here today, so
> some of it should melt (then refreeze overnight... stupid winter!)...
>
> Dan
The snow will melt, stop on the underlying ice, then freeze into a thicker ice
layer. Nice ;-p
I prefer 4" of snow, followed by 1/4" of ice. Walk on that and you break the ice.
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Alain
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"Alain" <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote in message
news:476167d8$1@news.povray.org...
> Since when is it mandatory to park your car under cover?
It's not, but my premium is based on my car been stored behind a locked gate
and under cover.
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>> 1. What the hell does that do to the cars?
> It make them rust away.
It also corrodes the aluminium components, which nowadays make up for more
and more of the car. However, for both steel and aluminium components the
anti-corrosion coatings have become better, so in general cars don't corrode
as much now as they did in the past. Still, doesn't hurt to wash your car
regularly (especially in one of those that washes the underneath with jets).
>> 2. Where does all this salt *go* to? Is this a problem?
> In the ground and the reivers. If you have clay rich ground, it's not a
> problem as the salt make that clay harder, less prone to change into mud.
> It can be a problem for the vegetation, killing it.
IIRC here in Germany they only use salt on the autobahns (the other roads
just get grit) exactly for that reason. There again, we all have winter
tyres so it doesn't matter as much if there is a bit of snow on the roads.
Ice on the other hand...
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scott nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/12/14 05:53:
>>> 1. What the hell does that do to the cars?
>> It make them rust away.
>
> It also corrodes the aluminium components, which nowadays make up for
> more and more of the car. However, for both steel and aluminium
> components the anti-corrosion coatings have become better, so in general
> cars don't corrode as much now as they did in the past. Still, doesn't
> hurt to wash your car regularly (especially in one of those that washes
> the underneath with jets).
>
>>> 2. Where does all this salt *go* to? Is this a problem?
>> In the ground and the reivers. If you have clay rich ground, it's not
>> a problem as the salt make that clay harder, less prone to change into
>> mud. It can be a problem for the vegetation, killing it.
>
> IIRC here in Germany they only use salt on the autobahns (the other
> roads just get grit) exactly for that reason. There again, we all have
> winter tyres so it doesn't matter as much if there is a bit of snow on
> the roads. Ice on the other hand...
>
>
4 seasons tires should not have been invented. And now that they exist, they
should be banned.
I live in Quebec, and most of the ground is clay, so salt make our ground more
stable. We also have varieties of grass that are more resistant to salt
contamination. Even if we use TONS of salt each winters, there is only little
apparent effect on most of the vegetation. At times, the streets are a sparkling
white from all that salt dust... and with the wind picking that dust...
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Alain
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'First things first -- but not necessarily in that order' -- Dr Who
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Wow, from what I hear, it got hit pretty hard out there. I have a
nephew in Tulsa who is supposed to be emailing me & his mom some ice
storm pix--I guess they got it pretty bad, too. The nasty weather
always seems to chop off right around I-44...I'm just a bit north of
I-44, so I must have just got lucky this time. Just as well--my yard is
still full of trees, limbs, etc. from the January ice storm...
I don't think I'll ever forget that sound of trees shattering, out there
in the dark...it's what I imagine an artillery barrage must sound like.
Hey, stay warm!
--Sherry Shaw
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Hay Sherry I need to thank you!
I got to wandering just where Buffalo Mo was. So I googol it, had to
zoom all the way out on the map to find that it's north of Springfield.
That's when I found out that there's a Cuba Mo. :) I never knew!
We got some video of the storm damage when the ice was still on. We
should have got some today before the snow comes. But, we had other
things to do like checking up on freinds and family. Everyone's ok!
Only a few are still without electric.
Ya stay warm too!
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