markdavd

Y'all are both behind the times:

Instead of bump, lump or grump, just type "Hope to see y'all there." and you should be fine. If you've already done it on a thread, have someone else post a question you can answer later, thereby providing yet more bumps without the "bump".

He has problems with 'Bumps' and with talking about aboortzion.

Here's a link to the topic that got closed. http://paulding.com/forum/index.php?/topic/262492-book-signings-still-on-for-saturday-2-authors/page__p__3365792#entry3365792

Private contractors would be a good idea if enough investors were willing to dump money into buying and maintaining equipment they hope will be called upon every few years. Then there's the matter of training and insuring the drivers to use the equipment. In the Midwest or North, it's a sure thing they will be needed and the drivers will be experienced in using it. Here, not so much.

The BOE site has been updated. You need to watch the page for a few seconds. It's cycling between MLK day, today then tomorrow.

That snow is water that's evaporated hitting the cold air in the atmosphere and turning to snow again. It shouldn't amount to much.

Mail was delivered here - 3 pieces of junk that went into the trash. The only good thing is my Netflix DVD was picked up.

Even with training it's still a gamble. Northern staes take that gamble and still loose. When they get it wrong and it's a huge waste of money and resources. No matter how much pre-salting you do, if you get more than a thin layer of ice, it's wasted. Pre or post salting aren't effective if you get an inch or more of ice. BTW - northern states do have to shut down their interstates because of snow and ice.

I guess if the mail carrier can't get into your subdivision or down your road, you probably won't have mail. If they can, and haven't slid into a ditch earlier in the day, you might. They also have 3 days of mail to deliver, so even without road problems, it will take a little longer than normal.

Pre-salting is a gamble even in the most experienced locations. Use the wrong formula or put down the wrong amount and it will either be ineffective or wasted. If the forecast or timing is wrong, the material can be washed away or pushed off the roads by traffic. Then they have to continue putting it down. As the chemicals dissolve, they mix with the water, change it's freezing point. As the water runs off, the chemicals go with it. I don't believe the chemicals will work with thick ice. You can't put down enough to change the freezing point of that much water.

They do that in New York City and a few other locations, but it's with city owned trucks.

The problem is that clearing an interstate with 2 lanes each way is easy and any podunk county can have the equipment to do it. Having 3 or more lanes is a lot more complicated. You can't clear the middle lane without another plow following close behind to clear the lane you're throwing the snow into. Multiply that to 5 or more lanes each way and it's a complicated task even for those up north who do it all the time. Salt/gravel is good for a thin layer of ice. It isn't as effective for the thicker ice like we get here. They were saying there was an inch or more in spots on 285 yesterd

I forgot to add - you'd have to come get it. It works better than sea or kosher salt. Seriously, you'll probably have to wait like the rest of us for the stuff to melt on it's own. The county doesn't have enough resources to be able to cover all subdivisions, cul-de-sacs, etc. Even if you were able to get enough down to melt it right now, it would just refreeze overnite. Good luck!

I have 1/2 of a bag of ice melt I'll sell you for $20.00 per pound.

Do you have Jury Duty this week? I called the number for Clerk of Courts on the summons and selected '6' for Jury information. Yesterday, they just said if there's inclement weather and the County Offices were closed, that jurors would have to report the next day. (They probably recorded this one Friday.) I called a few minutes ago and the message was that all jurors were released for the week. If you have a Jury Summons for this week, I wouldn't expect you to take my word for it - call call the number and confirm and confirm it yourself.

Sure they can borrow it, if the location they're borrowing from doesn't need it. Can you find somewhere like that right right now? Nobody has answered this - how many tens or hundreds of millions of dollars do you think the state and county should spend on the equipment an it's upkeep so they can clear the roads every few years?

Cleaning the interstates of snow. With an interstate with two lanes each way, it's easy to clear. All you need is for the truck to push the snow to the side of the road it's traveling on. A rural county can usually keep an 4 lane interstate cleared of snow with a few trucks with plows. The problem is when you get more than two lanes in each direction. In snow country, when they clean interstates with more than two lanes each way, they need to run more than one truck at the same time - at least one per lane they're clearing. The truck in the middle or left lane runs first, pushing the

How are you going to prevent the melted snow from running back onto the road and freezing again?

Plows can't remove ice.

A heart or brain surgeon (or other doctor) should have made arrangements to stay near where they are needed and not depend on the roads being cleared during adverse conditions. I ask again, how many tens (or hundreds) of millions of dollars should be spent by the state to keep and maintain the equipment needed every few years? And how should they keep the drivers and crews trained on effective snow and ice removal?

I remember trying to drive on the interstates in Ohio right after one of the few ice storms. Even with all their equipment, ice and chemicals, it took more than a day to clear the interstates of the ICE. The problem is, you can't melt the ice and immediately dry the road, which means if the temp is below freezing, the roads are constantly re-icing

How far does that obligation extend? If we had a major earthquake and all the major roads were torn up, would you be obligated to to to work? If you broke your leg, would you go into work rather than go to the hospital? If all the roads were flooded between you and your work, would you get a boat?

In northern states, they have dozens of trucks running on the same interstate at the same time keeping it clear. Each truck needs at least one well trained and experienced driver who knows how to clear snow and when to put salt down for the best effectiveness. There are other trucks and crews clearing state highways, and yet more crews clearing secondary roads. And they still have business and snow closures when there is a major snow event. They also get a lot less pure icing than we do here. To the OP, how many tens of millions of tax payer $ do you think should the state should

I was thinking some of you ladies were going to be disappointed that the pool boy wouldn't be coming by.