Spreading sand?
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:43 pm
Hi all,
I've been wondering about this for a while now, so I turn to the collective wisdom of ADUK.
Last week, I happened to be following a grit spreader which was dispensing what appeared to be sand onto the road. It was much finer than grit / salt and was wafting on the wind, which you can just about see in this picture. (We'll leave the small technicality of how I took this picture to another time, ok!)
Anyone got any ideas what was going on and in fact why? This was on the day before floods were expected in the area, so I suppose it could be connected, but sand? I went down the same road a few hours later, and it had pretty much blown away, so it wouldn't have done much.
I've been wondering about this for a while now, so I turn to the collective wisdom of ADUK.
Last week, I happened to be following a grit spreader which was dispensing what appeared to be sand onto the road. It was much finer than grit / salt and was wafting on the wind, which you can just about see in this picture. (We'll leave the small technicality of how I took this picture to another time, ok!)
Anyone got any ideas what was going on and in fact why? This was on the day before floods were expected in the area, so I suppose it could be connected, but sand? I went down the same road a few hours later, and it had pretty much blown away, so it wouldn't have done much.