Question: How do you drive across icy bridges in Charleston?
Answer: You don't. They close the bridges, so everyone stays home.
The big problem last Winter was the Ravenel Bridge and two ice storms
within two weeks. The City had acquired brine trucks, so the roadbed was
cleared quickly, but the ice on the cable stays kept crashing down for
three days, so they couldn't reopen until it cleared. They discussed
installing a heater system prior to construction but decided it was too
expensive for the few times it would be used.
Charlie
On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> Well, I've gotta admit that you've got that right. Ask Charlie what it's
> like to drive across the bridges in Charleston with freezing rain on the
> steel grids they use for road bed in some places. You can't put salt on
> it... even if they had any.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> On 8/9/2014 1:39 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>
>> Guys, I lived in Buffalo for 2 years and your stories do not scare
>> us...snow is much scarier in places like Atlanta where people do not know
>> how to drive in it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Sendt fra min iPad
>>
>> Den 09/08/2014 kl. 13.06 skrev John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> Two feet only :-)
>>>
>>> We had upwards of six of snow in our backyard for about four months last
>>> winter. The snow blower did overtime and the shovel complained !
>>>
>>> jh
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/9/2014 12:02 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>> And greatest snow depth is found on the south side of Buffalo where
>>>> Moses is. It could be 2 feet there when 30 miles north it's 6".
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 8/9/2014 7:58 AM, Rick Beckrich wrote:
>>>>> Great looking' brood', Nathan.
>>>>>
>>>>> Enjoy your visit... But, remember - Winter in Buffalo is
>>>>> September-to-June.
>>>>> ;o)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am in my son’s apartment in Orchard Park (just outside Buffalo)
>>>>>>> right
>>>>>>> now, and for the first time in almost a year, I enjoy the company of
>>>>>>> both
>>>>>>> my children at the same time. So, here they are.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My daughter during the drive from Newburgh, NY where we spent the
>>>>>>> night
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> at
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> a cheap motel. We stopped to buy some snacks at a Tops supermarket
>>>>>>> somewhere in upstate New York, and I took a quick portrait of my
>>>>>>> daughter
>>>>>>> next to our rented car:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!
>>>>>> i=3443941233&k=8hPhGWk&lb=1&s=O
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That evening, we went out for dinner at a local restaurant:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!
>>>>>> i=3443899226&k=h5FrzmB&lb=1&s=O
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nice photos! Glad you get to spend time with the family.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paul Braun
>>>>>> Certified Music Junkie
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold
>>>>>> Auerbach
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