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The snowier than usual winter in NH has meant rather severe salt spray damage for some trees that are close to roadways and interstate highways. I was out today and observed quite a bit of salt spray damage to white pine and hemlock trees that were close to roadways.
I am thinking that with the price of deicing chemicals going through the roof that they will switch over to a different blend soon.
I'll have to pay attention when I drive up to Point Beach State Park. The trees are really close to the road along there. Around here though they cut back some on salt, mixing it with more gravel due to number of storms, expenses, etc.!
I'll have to pay attention when I drive up to Point Beach State Park. The trees are really close to the road along there. Around here though they cut back some on salt, mixing it with more gravel due to number of storms, expenses, etc.!
I think the salt spray damage is more severe when an interstate highway goes through a particular area. I was on I-89 today in NH. My reasoning is that tractor trailers spray all of the chemicals in a much greater radius compared to secondary roads and rural roads that use a heavier sand mixture.
I'll have to pay attention when I drive up to Point Beach State Park. The trees are really close to the road along there. Around here though they cut back some on salt, mixing it with more gravel due to number of storms, expenses, etc.!
and then you deal with rock chips and cracked windshields. SD, anyway!
That's another factor in the many reasons why I have a strong hatred of cold, snowy weather.
^^
I am also a gardener, and I love how in more "southerly" climates, people plant trees, even gardens mere inches away from the road.
Can't really do that here;
the gardens would get burnt from the salt,
crushed from the ice and snow being piled on top of them,
and trees will get hit by the snow plow blade.
Roads and sidewalks are made a lot wider to accomodate the snow piles,
so you get a lot more pavement and a lot less green per square mile in typical sububran areas too.
One nice thing about the north are the gardens up there. I notice there are higher concentrations of elaborate gardens with several flowers in the summertime, mainly because winter is so long that people feel the need to enjoy the flowers while they last.
Here in Texas, at least, we have flowers, but not to the extent that you will see up north in the summer.
I am also a gardener, and I love how in more "southerly" climates, people plant trees, even gardens mere inches away from the road.
Can't really do that here;
the gardens would get burnt from the salt,
crushed from the ice and snow being piled on top of them,
and trees will get hit by the snow plow blade.
Roads and sidewalks are made a lot wider to accomodate the snow piles,
so you get a lot more pavement and a lot less green per square mile in typical sububran areas too.
I think some of the trees recover here near the interstates, but it takes them many months to after the winter has ended. I always notice it around February and March when the white pine needles start turning bright red to orange. Of course, they salt the interstate highways the most.
I'm sure all that salt will rust away your cars in a hurry aswell.
There is absolutely no positive to winter.
Modern cars tend to be less prone to rust. However, it gets a little rough given the fact that my area has seen 215 inches of snow the last two winters.
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