Poll: Are your roads salted in the winter?

[minendo]

They both salt and sand the roads around here.

 

[dman]

Originally posted by: notfred
Just curious how many people have to drive in a salty, rust-inducing environment every year.

No salt on the roads but some from the Atlantic ocean that comes inland and causes havoc for those close to the shore.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
no salt in texas, just sand with lots of rocks in it that crack your windshield and chip your pant :disgust:

They chip your pants? Hmmmm.....

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Encryptic

Originally posted by: ElFenix
no salt in texas, just sand with lots of rocks in it that crack your windshield and chip your pant :disgust:

They chip your pants? Hmmmm.....

you don't dry your pants on the hood of your car? :Q

 

[Ime]

I've never seen them salt here in AL.

 

[nater]

I swear they just throw dirt on the roads here in Crawfordsville, IN. Sometimes it doesn't even look like sand.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Encryptic

Originally posted by: ElFenix
no salt in texas, just sand with lots of rocks in it that crack your windshield and chip your pant :disgust:

They chip your pants? Hmmmm.....

you don't dry your pants on the hood of your car? :Q

There's a new invention called a "dryer" that you might want to look into.

 

[cpals]

When it snows they probably will....

<--- lives in FL.

 

[Bootprint]

Too bad they can make road snow removal equipment like they have for the trains. Mount 1 jet engine on a rail car, redirecting the out flow towards the ground and poof, instance snow clearing...

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: Konigin
Yes, I only like my roads salted.

i like to be able to drive on safe roads,not Ice.

if salt is not used,too many roads would be dangerous here.

Top 10 Snowiest Seasons At Albany, NY
Seasonal Snowfall Amount Season
1) 112.5" 1970/71
2) 110.0" 1886/87
3) 105.4" 2002/03
4) 99.6" 1890/91





we had aprox 2 feet of snow for Christmas 2002,and about 2 More feet of snow a week or so later NewYears 2003.

we had a very tough winter, 2002-2003

Wednesday, 12/25/2002 29 25 1.79"* 19.2"* SEVERE NOR'EASTER: A powerful ocean storm exploded off the New Jersey coast early in the day causing snow to fall from roughly 8:00am through midnight...heaviest snow fell from 2pm though 9pm and fell at rates ranging from 2"-5" per hour at the height, gusty winds to 35 mph created whiteout conditions with blowing snow, 24 hour precipitation record at Albany, 24 hour snowfall record at Albany, some higher elevation Catskill locations reported up to 36" of snow on the ground by midnight

Wednesday, 1/1/2003 41 27 0.58" 0.3" MODERATE ICE STORM: 24 hour high temperature for the day occurred at midnight, with slowly dropping temperatures through the day, mostly cloudy and dry through 2pm, rain developed between 2:30pm and 3:00pm, changing to freezing rain and sleet by 6pm. Periods of heavy freezing rain and sleet through midnight with ice accretions ranging from 1/3" to 1/2"
Thursday, 1/2/2003 27 17 0.13" 0.7" Sleet and a brief period of snow during the pre-dawn hours, snowfall accumulations ranged from 1"-4" in the area, a mixture of clouds and sunshine through the morning and afternoon with dry conditions, cold, the daily high temperature occurred around midnight with an afternoon high temperature of only 19 degrees.
Friday, 1/3/2003 28 18 0.65" 12.0"* MAJOR NOR'EASTER, day 1: This was a long duration storm beginning in the morning with periods of light to moderate snow through the day, snow became moderate to heavy late in the day and continued that way through midnight, snowfall rates were highly variable through the storm, at times reaching 2" per hour, wind was not strong, the 12" of snow at Albany was enough to set a 24 hour snowfall record for this date
Saturday, 1/4/2003 30 25 1.51"* 8.8"* MAJOR NO'REASTER, day 2: Moderate to heavy snow became more light to moderate and patchy after 3:00am, but continued off an on through the entire day, wind remained light, the 1.51" of melted precipitation was good for a new 24 hour record for this date, the 8.8" of snow was also good for a new 24 hour snowfall record for this date at Albany.
Sunday, 1/5/2003 27 22 0.02" 0.6" Cloudy and damp, little or no wind, cold, nuisance snow showers

 

[Paulson]

In minnesota they just love to salt the roads down...

It'd be ok if it was just sand, but the salt the hell out of the roads here...

 

[thebestMAX]

In Floriduh the roads get salted in the summer.

 

[purepolly]

They only use sand, no salt, due to the extensive wetlands and the individual wells (no public water system) in town. Even with the snow here is MA its ok.

 

[Parrotheader]

Only for the occaional ice storm and even then it's mostly sand I believe. We hardly ever get severe winter weather here in Birmingham. We haven't had a statewide snowfall of any reasonable accumulation in quite some time.

 

[bootymac]

They plow most of the main roads here, but it barely snows in Vancouver!

 

[Staples]

No, it never snows in San Antonio and the one time a year when it is expected to freeze during the night, they put sand down on the roads if it is raining.

 

[Spencer278]

They use mostly sand, in Vermont, with a little salt to keep the sand from freezing.

 

[moonshinemadness]

They put more salt on the roads than snow falls here in derbyshire, we also get snow plows and quarry diggers to dig us out...well they used to until the scooped up a mini and dumped it over a wall without noticing it in 6 feet of snow...

 

[LAUST]

Sand and rocks

 

Representing the big MI here. Salt is a good thing in the winter.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Salt, sand and gravel up here in Soviet Canuckistan, and there's minimum an inch. :|

Thankfully the snow's deep enough on the side streets that you can just scrub it right off by taking a detour home and doing a bit of drifting.

- M4H

 

[FoBoT]

I DON'T KNOW

 

[drum]

yep they are certainly salted, i can hear it eating away my truck but what else can be done. i love being stuck behind the salt truck

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: jumpr
Representing the big MI here. Salt is a good thing in the winter.

No its not.

That salt causes serious rusting of cars, deteriorates roads, kills plants and poisons water.

 

[TechnoKid]

They use I think a mixture of sand and some salt here in California on 80. Really annoying when you are RIGHT behind the damn truck dumping the sand. Gets all over you car; next time, I gotta remember to buy a bra for the car.