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Cold Wave
(Continued from Page 1) was eveim distributed across the coun%. Bywaters said most backloads were plowed by Thursdfc' evening. But. highway talks were rolling again by 2»a.m. Saturday morning to Sear off a new one inch d using. "The sun took care of Apst of that by Saturday aftwnoon.'' the maintenancf^supervisor added.
Even after fiing plowed however, maly of the county's secoAary roads remained sno* covered. Frigid tempentures interfered with tK action of chemicals norrrllly used to melt that fina layer, according to Blvaters. He reported thlt sodium chloride—salt—won't work on snow or icfl if the temperature drop* to below 23 degrees. Cal Jum chloride can be subsftuted during colder weathM but it costs roughly fourJlimes as much as sodium clloride and the highway department here was alloted onl# 20 tons to last the entirejw inter. Bywaters said.
To all^ traction on the hard-pa«ed snow left after the plovfc go over a road, the d^partftient is scattering
es—gravel and sand
'with just a little bit of tali
recording to Bywaters, his department has already spent iWer half the money allocated J for snow removal this winter in Rappahannock County. A budget meeting was scheduled at the residency office in Warrenton on Tuesday morning but the session was cancelled. The reason? More snow!
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