We had freezing fog this morning. Also known as "hoare frost", I believe.
Pretty cool looking.
Dan
--- On Fri, 2/12/10, R A Bennell <b...@mts.net> wrote:
> From: R A Bennell <b...@mts.net>
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] PANIC! BAD weather forecast!!!!
> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 12:22 PM
> 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
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