Thread: What meteorological phenomenon (phenomena) affects you this day ?
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Old 01-09-2010, 06:58 PM   #2902
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Originally Posted by alecE View Post
The ice in the marina where I moor is now over 2 inches thick, and my boat is stuck fast, imitating Shackleton's 'Fram' albeit without the penguins. On the upside, it was -8 centigrade last night and I was *still* too damn hot as the wind whipped up the stove to resemble a blast furnace. On the downside, every time a swan walks past the boat it sounds like a tank going by!

Re. the translations for 'gritters' and 'grit trucks', where do 'grits' fit in?
Do you ever get ice movement and hull damage from that?
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