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    From August Abolins@618:400/23.10 to Rob Mccart on Thu Jan 1 10:08:00 2026
    Hello Rob!

    ** On Tuesday 30.12.25 - 08:40, you wrote:

    I did my 2 week shopping today even though we'd gotten a
    fair amount of freezing rain the night before. It wasn't
    all that bad, the highways were mostly dry pavement but
    the back roads were almost glare ice. The snow piles on
    the sides of the road looking like shiny white glass, and
    walking up and down the hill from my place on the shiny
    bedrock was tricky, to say the least..

    I am surprised that the Monday night ice-storm didn't even
    cause a minor glitch/bump/outage! Tues morning, my truck had an
    easy 1/4" layer of ice on the windshield (about the same
    thinkness as my smartphone in its case). Took at least 30 min
    to warm up the truck enough to just loosen the bottom half of
    the ice (closest to the air vents). Total time to clear the
    windshield and part of the side windows, 50 min!


    But they were calling for much colder temps and close to
    20cm (8 inches) of snow this afternoon and overnight
    tonight so I figured I'd better drive in today if
    possible.

    That snowfall did not happen in my region.


    [...] My heaters were running pretty non stop earlier but
    it seems to be calming down some now. (1:30 AM)

    Yes.. the constant winds outside did not help retain the heat
    inside too well. My inside room temp was 19.9 or less most of
    the time. Other parts of the house were cooler.
    --
    ../|ug

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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to August Abolins on Thu Jan 1 14:32:54 2026
    August Abolins wrote to Rob Mccart <=-

    the ice (closest to the air vents). Total time to clear the
    windshield and part of the side windows, 50 min!

    I used to use a rubbing alcohol and water solution on my windshield to melt
    the ice. It worked every time. Just be careful to not to get it on paint and to clean the windshield with your washer fluid once the windshield heats up.

    Again, with my memory being faulty, I asked Google:

    "Yes, you can use a rubbing alcohol solution (isopropyl alcohol and water) to effectively de-ice a windshield because alcohol has a very low freezing point, melting ice on contact and preventing refreeze, but it's best diluted and used in a spray bottle, with some sources suggesting adding a drop of dish soap and noting potential wax stripping over time. A common ratio is two-thirds alcohol to one-third water, and it's a great alternative to scraping or hot water."

    -- Sean

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