Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, Correct, it is to remove rain water from the road to prevent hydroplaning. Although, the Georgia DOT has come up with some pretty interesting asphalt mixes that actually gets the water off the road through the asphalt. When properly done, it is quite marvelous. When the supplier screws up, then you have half a mile of asphalt peeling up like an orange peel as happened down Savannah way five or six years ago. Unfortunately, it doesn't work in areas that get really hard freezes, or so I have been told. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Richard S. Taylor Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:15 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] You Call that SNOW!?!? Those ice storms are really bad. I got caught in the middle of one in Athens GA one year. There was about a half-inch of ice on everything. Forget about driving, you couldn't even walk anywhere. We just stayed inside by the fire for a day or so until the sun returned and it all melted. I'll take a two-foot blizzard over one of those any time. Why the high crowns, though? Is it to help with rain water run off?