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re: What snow does to Birmingham, AL (surrounding areas)
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:38 am to Prominentwon
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:38 am to Prominentwon
Do they not salt the roads there?
I figured Birmingham and Atlanta would have that. I knew Baton Rouge and Houston didn't....but they are on the gulf coast.
Nashville, Memphis, St Louis all put a brine and salt solution down. It makes a HUGE difference so long as the solution they use doesn't get washed away before it freezes- especially for elevated freeways.
I figured Birmingham and Atlanta would have that. I knew Baton Rouge and Houston didn't....but they are on the gulf coast.
Nashville, Memphis, St Louis all put a brine and salt solution down. It makes a HUGE difference so long as the solution they use doesn't get washed away before it freezes- especially for elevated freeways.
This post was edited on 1/29/14 at 9:50 am
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Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:40 am to dewster
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So they not salt the roads there?
This rarely happens do we don't really have that preparation in place for it.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:48 am to dewster
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So they not salt the roads there
The only salt trucks and plows the Ala Dept of Transportation has are kept in Huntsville and they sent them south towards Mobile before the storm because the northern and central parts of the state weren't forecast to get all that slop. Weather forecasters in Bham dropped the ball, not the government.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 10:05 am to dewster
quote:According to the forecasts, Atlanta and Birmingham weren't supposed to get much - just a dusting or none at all. Not just the local meteorologists missed this - so did National Weather Service. Atlanta was only in a Winter Storm Watch until close to midnight Monday night - warning was not extended to the metro until early Tuesday morning.
Do they not salt the roads there? I figured Birmingham and Atlanta would have that.
Also, what made it really bad was that the roads were all pretty warm - temps had been in the 60s on Sunday, so the snow that fell at first melted, but the temps dropped as the day went on, so all that melt then froze, and then had snow stick on top of it.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 10:12 am to dewster
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Do they not salt the roads there?
Well I know most of the salt trucks have been in the North part of the state for a little while but the gov called to move them to South AL. So I don't know how most of the birmingham area missed it.
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