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Post by librarylady on Jul 23, 2022 0:13:50 GMT
Story I saw on the news said it dropped the street temperature 10-15 degrees...which is significant in this heat.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 23, 2022 1:07:09 GMT
As soon as I read your subject line,I said to myself, that's a good idea!
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Post by bc2ca on Jul 23, 2022 1:56:35 GMT
Interesting, especially since I saw a news story today about greater Los Angeles communities doing the same thing. This is an article on Cool Streets LA. |
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Post by papersilly on Jul 23, 2022 1:58:03 GMT
We have a small patch of road in my neighborhood that's painted almost white for the same reason.
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Post by BSnyder on Jul 23, 2022 2:17:40 GMT
We have a small patch of road in my neighborhood that's painted almost white for the same reason. I thought white was the standard for temperature reduction. Grey seems an odd choice. Why not choose the color that reduces as much as possible? ETA: the grey is very light so maybe the difference between that tone and white is negligible. |
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Post by scrappinghappy on Jul 23, 2022 2:49:22 GMT
We have a small patch of road in my neighborhood that's painted almost white for the same reason. I thought white was the standard for temperature reduction. Grey seems an odd choice. Why not choose the color that reduces as much as possible? ETA: the grey is very light so maybe the difference between that tone and white is negligible. Probably to prevent glare which could be dangerous but that is just my assumption. I don't know it for a fact |
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Post by bearmom on Jul 23, 2022 12:22:33 GMT
I thought white was the standard for temperature reduction. Grey seems an odd choice. Why not choose the color that reduces as much as possible? ETA: the grey is very light so maybe the difference between that tone and white is negligible. Probably to prevent glare which could be dangerous but that is just my assumption. I don't know it for a fact I would think that as well, the white snow can be blinding at times. I’m sure that would be intensified in the summer in the south. |
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Post by Lexica on Jul 23, 2022 12:38:11 GMT
Their streets can reach a temperature of 180 degrees? At what temperature do rubber tires melt?
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Post by iowgirl on Jul 23, 2022 13:46:34 GMT
At what temperature do rubber tires melt? I had to google it! 1000º is when they melt. 350º will start to degrade them. We used to use used tires to cover our silage pile plastic. We had tires that had to have been from the 1920's or 30's up there. They were a skinnier tire, but damn. They were heavy! The newer the tire - the lighter it was. We have switched to mesh tube sandbags. That is SO much better. Those tires would be full of water and raccoon poop. Mice and worse would pop out when you were heaving them on the plastic. One of the worst jobs ever. |
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Post by milocat on Jul 23, 2022 13:59:35 GMT
Probably to prevent glare which could be dangerous but that is just my assumption. I don't know it for a fact I would think that as well, the white snow can be blinding at times. I’m sure that would be intensified in the summer in the south. Snow blinding in December when the sun is low. Snow in April, even inside the house sometimes I close my blinds and I love the light. And this is in the north. It would really be blinding down south in Phoenix to have white roads. Snow is sparkling though. Whenever I've been to Phoenix I've always loved their black black roads with bright paint lines. Years old road still looks so new. Here, one winter of snow, salt, plowing, mud, and it's faded. Never mind years later, all our roads are greyish with no lines. |
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Post by aj2hall on Jul 23, 2022 15:44:17 GMT
Story I saw on the news said it dropped the street temperature 10-15 degrees...which is significant in this heat.
PBS had a segment on the other night. Phoenix has an entire heat mitigation department. Not just to help with emergencies, but to plan ahead with things like painting the road or planting more trees for shade. |
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