Posted by CenTex Farmall on February 13, 2021 at 10:33:27 from (107.242.125.54):
In Reply to: Texas weather posted by buickanddeere on February 13, 2021 at 04:56:12:
I've checked everything on the property. Some old things were drained. All the stuff I use was already up to par as far as anti- freeze. I'm sure there will be many casualties in the area; frozen blocks, frozen pumps, frozen pipes. But even though we rarely get this kind of weather it's not hard to find a weather forecast and figure out what you need to do.
I actually have seen more (old tractors) where they were filled with straight glycol and no water.
As for roads, cash strapped county barns can not afford to maintain salting equipment that is only needed once every 15 to 20 years. There are no plows. It's cheaper to just close everything down. Anyway, they don't have the staffing to keep roads clear during weather that accumulates snow/sleet. They usually just put sand on the road which to me seems to make things worse.
And true that most do not know how to drive on contaminated roads and that's mainly because they have no chance to gain experience with it. We do get icy roads enough that people should be wise enough to slow down but inevitably on the first day of such a weather event people typically try to go as they always do which for the dfw metroplex means bumper to bumper at 75 mph. On the second an later days people remember and drive more carefully.
I drove in that mess for years. When they re-did 183 they managed to keep three full lanes open throughout construction. All three lanes going 70+ in a 55 mph construction zone during rush hour. One vehicle trying to go the speed limit will cause an accident.
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