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If the beet juice works, good. Especially if said beet juice is a byproduct from sugar beet production. And, after all, didn’t Prince Harry say practice on simulators did help when it came to combat?
All the high tech tools and equipment funded by overtaxation … won’t overcome a fleet of lazy government plow operators. The residents will all remain snowed-in just as long as in previous winters.
Nothing crazy about it. When they brine the roads ahead of a storm to prevent ice buildup the bet juice helps the brine stick and not get washed away. It’s been used here for years now and really does work.
If they are to be given shit for anything it’s being so late to the game. Well, that and the US sugar beet subsidies.
Re Battle Blizzard: that’s not a snow blower; it’s a sidewalk sweeper.
It’s all a figment of their imagination – 2015 was the “HOTTEST YEAR IN HISTORY!!!”, and this year will be even hotter.
If you don’t believe me, ask NASA. (I’m still trying to figure out which part of “Aeronautics and Space” applies to climate change, but that’s just me)
Getting the salt to stick to the road surface is fine unless you have a lot of blowing snow caused by high winds. Then the icy salt mix turns very slippery made worse by a thin obscuring layer of blowing snow. Most of us out in Eastern Wynntario curse the salt. It ruins our cars and makes the roads worse. Just plow baby! There are no short cuts.
Cant wait for the study a couple of years hence that documents the bad effects of beet juice run off on frogs and salamanders.
Can’t believe you freaking Climate Deniers are still allowed to live to print this trash about the impossibility of a half meter snowstorm hitting the former residence of Al Gore.
Never Happen..
On second thought,
Always wondered why Al Gore moved to a warmer climate.
Hmm..
Is the city of Saskatoon listening? The city of Saskatoon snow removal department has a saying, don’t worry, it will all be gone in June. The city of Saskatoon snow removal department is a list cause. Losers.
Less people buying the snow plows and more people driving the snow plows would be my suggestion. In government we seem to have more and more people participating in the decision making process and less and less people carrying out the decisions.
Is the District trying to clear roads, or make pickles? Film at Eleven.
More first world problems. Drivers seem to think that regardless of the weather, their requirement to travel on the roads should never be impeded. Unless you’re having a baby or a heart attack why not stay home? Drivers expect every nook and alley to be free of snow and then wonder why their local property taxes keep going up.
The *proper* application of science to municipal problems isn’t blameworthy, no, but having known a number of road crew workers I’m not confident it will make much difference.
Just try finding a Hamiltonian cycle in the average municipal street map.
Did you look carefully at the ‘snow blower’ picture in the ‘Battle Blizzard’ link?
That’s not a blower. It’s a brush.
http://www.ariens.com/en-us/chore-products/power-brush
Why not pump CO2 into the air? That will be the end of snow.
The beet and brine mixture has proven itself here in Maryland, so I’m glad to see our neighbors in DC have caught on. However, I’m not sure how it will hold up against the conditions we’re expecting this weekend.
In Edmonton, snowplows are like the sasquatch: everybody believes they exist but no one has actually seen one.
“Is the city of Saskatoon listening?”
Actually I have noticed that snow removal in Saskatoon has improved somewhat in the last few years no doubt due to increased use of private contractors.
Where the city falls far short is the poor job done with sanding of icy streets. Four way stops are especially treacherous and bear more of a resemblance to curling rinks than intersections. Sure, you can start applying the brakes a block away and crawl up to the stop sign but should that really be necessary? And if you’re fortunate enough to come to a stop, you still have to start moving again. Quite a feat without tire chains.
Strangely enough, back in the day when the city used one ton trucks with an employee or two standing in the back shovelling sand onto the intersections, things were much better.
Washington DC had a minor snowstorm last night. Traffic was completely snarled.
It made the national news.
I kept seeing the same report from the same news team stuck in traffic for two hours without moving a single foot. They finally got out of the car and did the report on an eight lane freeway. None of the cars were moving at all. The road surface was iced and there was less than an inch of snow visible. (ABC News)
I am posting from my Ipad, so no links.
And I have always wondered why the U.N. is spending billions on renovating their digs right on the banks of the East River rather than hightail it to higher ground. Man, people who believe this man made global warming nonsense are unbelievably stupid.
And the media will spew nonsense like “worst snow storm in history” as a result.