The problem that we have with the powdery stuff is that here on the prairies, it is too open and the wind blows it around to much. No visiblity and the road gets polished so it is slippery.
We keep getting little bits of snow so my sidewalk is a mess etc. If you don't get it cleared off before people walk on it, then you basically cannot get it cleared off. We have an inch or so of ice and snow built up on the concrete that will be there for a while. The other problem I get is that my garage faces east west and the sun melts the snow off of the south side. It then fills my eavestrough with ice and makes a big icy mess a the downspout end. The water splashes onto the stucco and freezes and causes the stucco to fall apart. I need to come up with some better solution to the problem but I am not sure what it is. I have considered building a dormer on that side of the garage roof in an attempt to change the melt characteristics. It also ruins the shingles as there is a constant freeze and thaw cycle on the south side of the roof. If you don't think solar energy works, come and look at my garage. It can be minus 20 but at high noon with the sun shining, the snow will be melting off of the south side of my garage. Of couse, as soon as the water runs down to where it is shadowed by the neighbor's garage, it re-freezes. I get a similar scenario on my house as the snow melts on the roof (later once it warms up more) and runs into the trough and down the downpipe but then freezes as it is in the shadow between my house and the one to the south of us. Then the downpipe freezes and bursts and the water runs down the stucco and damages it. I guess I need the industrial style downpipes that are open to the outside but they would look odd on the house. Randy -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Scott Ritchey Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 11:06 AM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] PANIC! BAD weather forecast!!!! The real winter WX problem (at least around northern NC) is the wet stuff that freezes to trees, phone lines, etc. and the resulting weight can bring them down. The dry powdery stuff of two weeks back was deep but not a problem -- except for those who had to (or chose to) get on the road. Our road got plowed after three days and I think the plow did more damage than all those cars and trucks driving with one wheel off the road. Scott -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Rich Thomas Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 09:04 To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] PANIC! BAD weather forecast!!!! You need to go to the grocery store and buy up every gallon of milk and loaf of bread and packages of toilet paper you can find!!!! Yeah, I have a generator I have never used, and stacks o' firewood. And a few bottles of tasty vino and plenty of other adult bevvies. The 1" blizzard we are expecting might tax the power system mightily but we will probably survive. --R Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310 wrote: > Charleston is officially in a state of panic this a.m., because the > weather guessers say it might snow this afternoon/evening... > > Guess I'd better fill up the gas can for the generator so I don't end up > like Andrew. I may also have to get some firewood, our heat pumps run > almost continually below 35 degrees, and my generator can only power one > of them. > > Rich - you ever pick up a generator? Have any spare firewood? > > I may finally have some time to work on the '95 E300! > > Very respectfully, > /s/ > Max Dillon > '87 300TD 320k miles > '95 E300 274k miles > '73 Balboa 20 > Charleston SC > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
