Winter manifestations of the nature of the townspeople now affect insofar as they prevent them from getting to work or home. Based on this, many are confused in purely meteorological terms. It is unlikely that any of the residents of megacities will be able to answer the question of how the ice differs from ice. Meanwhile, understanding the difference between these terms will help people after listening (or reading) the weather forecast to better prepare for what awaits them in the winter on the street.
Distinctive signs of ice
To begin with, meteorologists associate it with precipitation, such as rain, hail and snow. Although, of course, it is in the final version that the ice from the sky does not “arrive”. It is an unpleasant accompaniment to other types of precipitation: fog, drizzle or rain - when the temperature outside the window is zero or slightly lower (up to minus three). However, stereotypes work: most people in response to the question of how ice differs from ice, say that ice is on the ground and fall from it, and ice is all the rest. Which is fundamentally wrong. First of all, icing is accompanied by icing of branches of bushes and trees, wires and protruding parts of buildings. But the most important thing is that it lasts only when there is precipitation that caused it (fog, for example), and the ice crust formed by ice is very thin. Although, if suitable weather lasts a long time, freezing can be significant; then the power lines break and the antennas, branches and trees break.
The positive aspects of ice
Of course, this natural phenomenon is accompanied by unpleasant consequences for people and their property (communications, green spaces, etc.). But there is also a pleasant sign of how ice is different from ice. As already mentioned, it lasts exactly as much as rainfall. If they quickly ended, the growth of ice stops, and a thin layer of formed ice quickly melts. Another advantage of ice is that in its pure form it is extremely rare. Nevertheless, many conditions must coincide: winter and not snow, but rain or fog, temperature - not lower than three degrees of frost. So, meeting with the consequences of this particular manifestation of the elements happens infrequently.
Glaze - what is it?
Since people are more interested in the condition of sidewalks and highways, they pay little attention to objects raised above the ground. Unless the icicles are watched vigilantly: their fall can seriously harm health, or even interrupt life. In principle, both phenomena manifest themselves almost identically. The main thing that differs ice from sleet is that the latter builds up an ice crust on compacted snow most often after rain or thaw when a cold snap has struck. Most of the water in this process accumulates on the ground, and therefore antennas, branches, etc. are less burdened by weight. So we can point out the significant difference between the ice from the ice, which is fundamental for the townspeople: in the second case, those moving on the ground suffer more and less - plantings and communications.
Insidious sleet
If the first natural phenomenon mentioned has some advantages, then glaze is a solid disadvantage. Worst of all, precipitation is not necessary for its onset. Any city in itself evaporates water. Moreover, pipe breaks are not uncommon in our area. It is here that you begin to realize how important the reasons for the formation of ice and sleet are important - the difference is simply amazing. The first phenomenon, however, needs rainfall. And the ice will immediately take advantage of the opportunity that has turned up, and because the heat supply hatch is simply loosely closed nearby, an unplanned ice rink appears nearby.
Moreover, the layer formed by glaze ice is kept extremely long - it does not depend on precipitation. The most common option - the ice is covered with fallen snow. In second place is another thaw (or spring). And in case of inadvertent warming, one can only hope that the crust will have time to melt before the next cooling.
How to deal with it
Since both ice and ice appear approximately the same, the methods of dealing with them are also not very different from each other, and are mainly associated with overcoming the slippery nature of passers-by and carriageways of the city. The main methods are sand, gravel, small construction debris, granite chips and salt. This is not to say that these are very effective methods. First of all, salt corrodes the material from which the shoes are made. Rubber bots and boots last the longest, but you can’t walk through them in the cold for a long time. Other materials often do not stand even a month. The sand is not too good either: it often drowns in the resulting porridge when thawing and contributes little to resistance when sliding.
Modern reagents are used in some (especially large) cities, but their effectiveness and safety are still in question.
And the fight against the freezing of above-ground ice formation is still limited by the fact that icicles with varying success are knocked down by tired wipers. Yet people are accustomed to look more under their feet than what hangs from above.
