Way OT: Frost Heaves (was RE: Crescent wrenches (was: Nomenclatur e (was: NEXT Color Printer find

From: Feldman, Robert <Robert_Feldman_at_jdedwards.com>
Date: Fri Jan 4 11:31:54 2002

Since ee cummings had been disparaged here, one could interpret the term as
critical of a certain New England poet ;)

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From: David Woyciesjes [mailto:DAW_at_yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu]
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 11:20 AM
To: 'classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org'; Michael Nadeau; 'Ian Koller'
Subject: RE: Crescent wrenches (was: Nomenclature (was: NEXT Color
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Well, a quick explanation of a frost heave... (from CT :-)

        Water seeps through a crack in the road, and gets trapped
underneath. The water then freezes, and expands, which "heaves" the asphalt
above it up into a bump.
        Whats worse is when the ice underneath melts, but the asphalt
doesn't come back into shape quick enough. A vehicle hits the bump, and
busts the bubble that's left. Now you have a pot-hole...

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! -----Original Message-----
! From: Ian Koller
!
! I'm here in snowed out South Eastern US and I know
! about "black ice" and "Bridge Freezes Before Roadway"
! but what are "Frost Heaves"?
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