On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > They use gravel here too... stonechips galore. Dust too, and death > for motorcyclists. Salt? Sue for rust damage. And environmental > damage!! Houghton, Michigan, where I used to go to college, used "stamp sand", which is actually very fine crushed rock. Think gravel, but with grains a bit courser than beach sand. It's all sharp edges, so it makes a great traction material, and they have vast amounts of it from the mine tailings piles that are everywhere up there. The main disadvantage compared to salt is it has to be swept off the roads at the end of the winter; it doesn't dissolve away. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "BSD is for people who like UNIX. Linux is for people |___/ who hate Microsoft." -- Brendan Howes |
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