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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A practicle solution that is not ideal but better then what I have seen suggested so far…

Go out and buy two bags of sand. Sand won’t melt the ice but it provides traction. Put the sand on the sidewalks that are not cleared. If the families who didn’t shovel did this, their side walks would be safer. Have extra so you can reapply. The sand isn’t ideal but it is better then nothing and provides traction which will help kids walking to bus stops and school.

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Cute. Are you posting locally?

The untouched  1.5 mile of sidewalks leading up to/near our HS are now piles of 3+ ft snow banks .
Bus stops are also mega piles of snow.

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We live in Reston and shoveled to pavement on Sunday and Monday. Our sidewalks are safe. It took hours and it sucked.

I am well aware of the issue. Adding sand on the side walks will make them safer. It doesn’t melt them but it helps with traction, making slipping and falling less likely. I lived in Michigan where the temps were low enough that salt simply didn’t work, they used sand because salt didn’t work.

I am not saying it will make the ice go away but that it will help with traction. The question now is how to get kids back to school as safely as possible. This stuff is melting any time soon and school cannot wait until the stuff is gone. Sand is a part of the solution. If you couldn’t take the time to shovel your driveway or you couldn’t for wahtever reason, get some sand and start placing it down. It helps.[/quote]

Agree about sand,  just be sure to stomp it off well before you step foot in your house--it will make a mess and might damage your floors.

But, sand won't work if the snow is mounded on the sidewalk.  And, the bus stop on the corner near my house is pretty awful.  Several feet of ice.

The sun is out today, and hopefully  it will open tomorrow as planned.  I hope all the schools were checked out last week by administrators.  I suspect water and heat could be an issue if they were not checked.[/quote]

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