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re: Winter Storm Leon Updates - No More OP Updates..
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:02 am to NickyT
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:02 am to NickyT
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Just sayin you should expect more from your government services. We had ice storms many times up north but they never shut down a state for days
We dont put our resources and tax payer money into something that happens every 3-4 years and now happening twice in 5 days. If it were a common problem you would see a change on how we handle this for the time being it is what its and our state puts the resources into more common threats.
This post was edited on 1/28/14 at 1:03 am
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Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:02 am to checkurhead
Honest question, Louisiana should spend hundreds of millions of dollars for something that happens once every 30 years?
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:04 am to NickyT
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We dont put our resources and tax payer money into something that happens every 3-4 years and now happening twice in 5 days. If it were a common problem you would see a change on who we handle this for the time being it is what its and our state puts the resources into more common threats.
There's not much you can do with ice. About the best you can do is have established snow routes with proper signage.
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:04 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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Honest question, Louisiana should spend hundreds of millions of dollars for something that happens once every 30 years?
well we have local salt mines and dump trucks for road construction and such, soooo what up?
This post was edited on 1/28/14 at 1:06 am
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:05 am to RogerTheShrubber
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There's not much you can do with ice
agreed, we dont get snow we get ice most of the time
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:06 am to DVinBR
Road salt is not table salt
Also spreading equipment, graders, etc. we have some of it, but not enough to clear thousands of miles of roads in a short timespan
Also spreading equipment, graders, etc. we have some of it, but not enough to clear thousands of miles of roads in a short timespan
This post was edited on 1/28/14 at 1:08 am
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:07 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger
bullshite it's not! Salt is salt!
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:08 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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Road salt is not table salt
Wikipedia:
De-icing of roads has traditionally been done with salt, spread by snowplows or dump trucks designed to spread it, often mixed with sand and gravel, on slick roads. Sodium chloride (rock salt) is normally used, as it is inexpensive and readily available in large quantities. However, since salt water still freezes at -18 °C or 0 °F, it is of no help when the temperature falls below this point. It also has a strong tendency to cause corrosion, rusting the steel used in most vehicles and the rebar in concrete bridges. More recent snowmelters use other salts, such as calcium chloride and magnesium chloride, which not only depress the freezing point of water to a much lower temperature, but also produce an exothermic reaction. They are somewhat safer for concrete sidewalks, but excess should still be removed.
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:08 am to DVinBR
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ell we have local salt mines and dump trucks for road construction and such, soooo what up?
You people are killing me.
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:10 am to ByteMe
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ByteMe
Is Big O's still accessible?!?!?!
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:10 am to DVinBR
Please consult something other than Wikipedia for your information. Road salt is not just table salt
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:10 am to ByteMe
This thread has turned into lets bash the south for closing down for ice/snow and now approaching conspiracy about "salt" instead of an informative thread on threats and closures
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:11 am to NickyT
I did buy 2lbs of table salt to kill slugs and melt ice....game on
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:12 am to DVinBR
Just sand bridges and intersections. They used to do it in Shreveport. Really doesn't help much but relieves the city of some liability.
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:13 am to DVinBR
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well we have local salt mines and dump trucks for road construction and such, soooo what up?
you've never left the town you were born in huh?
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:13 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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Please consult something other than Wikipedia for your information. Road salt is not just table salt
ok i'm out... done
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:14 am to RogerTheShrubber
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RogerTheShrubber
They just showed a hotel impossible episode in Juneau. The Alaskan Hotel and Bar.
Bar manager got canned for being a dick. You know him?
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:14 am to RogerTheShrubber
Honestly, we all know it won't be an ice rink. Just drive with 15% more courtesy and attention. You will not die or kill others if you don't drive like an a-hole.
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:14 am to DVinBR
Don't care to look up the chemicals that are added to it?
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:15 am to SW2SCLA
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Is Big O's still accessible?!?!?!
Of course! Big O bought a salt mine and a dump truck to make sure it stayed accessible.
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