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Date:         Thu, 3 Dec 2015 06:17:34 -0800
Reply-To:     Tyler Hardison <tyler@SERAPH-NET.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tyler Hardison <tyler@SERAPH-NET.NET>
Subject:      Re: On the subject of snow..
Comments: To: Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com>
In-Reply-To:  <F8261472-4899-4D50-9F3D-2AFEDBA6D98B@eoni.com>
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Thanks Jim!

I did google this page before. But I wanted to understand the "corrosion inhibitor" factor of the magnesium chloride. Vern answered that one nicely.

Since the van will be my daily driver, should I be washing it regularly? Avoid winter driving?

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:

> Hi Tyler. > > Oregon uses gravel and on occasion a magnesium chloride de-icer. Rumor > had it that they were going to try sodium chloride over the Siskyous on > i-5, but I don’t know that anything ever came of it. > > ODOT actually has a pretty good website detailing such: > https://tripcheck.com/Pages/winter-road-maintenance.asp# > > Welcome to Oregon! > > Jim > > > > On Dec 2, 2015, at 12:58 PM, Tyler Hardison <tyler@SERAPH-NET.NET> > wrote: > > > > I'm relocating to Bend, OR to take a new position. Given that they get > > snow, do I have to worry about salt on the roads? Or do they use sand > like > > California? > > "There is no god and that’s the simple truth. If every trace of any single > religion died out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created > exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, > but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would > still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again." — > Penn Jillette > >


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