RE: Plenty of weather to complain about in 2021
02-15-2021, 08:37 AM (This post was last modified: 02-15-2021, 02:05 PM by robkelk.)
02-15-2021, 08:37 AM (This post was last modified: 02-15-2021, 02:05 PM by robkelk.)
No freezing rain here, but the forecast is for a foot of snow by this time tomorrow.
BA, if you can get to a garden store, get a bag of coarse sand and darken your walkway with the sand - that'll help melt the ice without leaching any road salt into your aquifer. (Edit: And if you get a thaw/freeze cycle, the sand will help provide traction on the re-frozen ice if you added a thick enough layer of it.) Sure, you'll have some mud to deal with, but better muddy boots than slipping and breaking a leg.
RE-EDIT: Shovel the snow off the walkway first! The sand is post-shoveling treatment.
BA, if you can get to a garden store, get a bag of coarse sand and darken your walkway with the sand - that'll help melt the ice without leaching any road salt into your aquifer. (Edit: And if you get a thaw/freeze cycle, the sand will help provide traction on the re-frozen ice if you added a thick enough layer of it.) Sure, you'll have some mud to deal with, but better muddy boots than slipping and breaking a leg.
RE-EDIT: Shovel the snow off the walkway first! The sand is post-shoveling treatment.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown