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Anonymous1985388 t1_j1em6sj wrote

Reply to comment by pixel_of_moral_decay in Any words of advice for the flash freeze forecast tomorrow? Will PATH be affected? by dingo8yobb

This was really well explained. I didn’t even think about the salting while it’s raining; and the risk of the salt just being washed away if they salt while it’s still raining.

I also don’t know how they plan to salt the roads when the temperature is forecast to drop so quickly in a shorter period of time. I’d guess that they need a lot more widespread salting early on when the temperature drops below 15 F than if it were to drop below like 30 F.

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_j1eorjw wrote

Yea. I’m not sure what the strategy is. Presumably they’re going to salt the crap out of bridges and places that will freeze first then backtrack on the rest.

I honestly can’t recall last time this scenario played out. It’s normally rain or snow. Rain turning to ice at this scale is uncommon.

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