Friday, 25 December 2009

Grumpy Old Men. (3) (Road Gritting)


Just why do we grit the roads in the UK, when we have a little bit of snow? It causes a temporary melt only to freeze over later in the day when it gets cold again. All the chaos over the recent days has been because of the black ice that has formed due to the ongoing cold snap. Well we call it a cold snap, but temperatures of around -5C do not constitute cold. Just ask those in Siberia, or in the Canadian Praries where it really does get cold but life still goes on.

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