I was thinking as in the unit of currency. A ‘pound’ of lead would weigh more tan a ‘pound’ of gold.
I hadn’t thought of that, but that is also correct. What I was referring to was the use of Troy ounces to weigh gold (and other precious metals). As noted by someone else above, a Troy pound is 12 Troy ounces and is not equivalent to 16 avoirdupois ounces.
Dave,
The load is not going to get heavier, that’s impossible. I think the worry is that as it melts, the load will shift. Initially, the loads were semi-uniformly spread on the roofs. As it melts and refreezes, it could now be unevenly distributed. Potential for more failures of supports, imbalance of docks as a whole, etc. Just an ugly situation. I have seen several hundred pics from there in the past few days and the damage is pretty unbelievable. For some reason I can’t post pics here, or I’d post a bunch more. Port Arrowhead got hit hard too. So did Millstone and The Moorings.
I’m just glad our dock is holding up OK. So far.
Glad you’re not in too much trouble yourself there, Dave.
Tim
Who said the same volume of ice would weigh the same as snow? A one inch layer of powder snow will weigh a lot less than a one inch layer of wet snow, which will still weigh a lot less than a one inch layer of ice.
Who said the same volume of ice would weigh the same as snow? A one inch layer of powder snow will weigh a lot less than a one inch layer of wet snow, which will still weigh a lot less than a one inch layer of ice.
Not necessarily. If the 1" of ice is in the form of powder snow, it will weigh EXACTLY the same as 1" of powder snow.
Sir Bedevere: Does wood sink in water?
Peasant 1: No, no, it floats!.. It floats! Throw her into the pond!
Sir Bedevere: No, no. What else floats in water?
Peasant 1: Bread.
Peasant 2: Apples.
Peasant 3: Very small rocks.
Peasant 1: Cider.
Peasant 2: Gravy.
Peasant 3: Cherries.
Peasant 1: Mud.
Peasant 2: Churches.
Peasant 3: Lead! Lead!
King Arthur: A Duck.
Sir Bedevere: …Exactly. So, logically…
Peasant 1: If she weighed the same as a duck… she’s made of wood.
Sir Bedevere: And therefore…
Peasant 2: …A witch!
sorry…couldn’t help it! ;')
Not necessarily. If the 1" of ice is in the form of powder snow, it will weigh EXACTLY the same as 1" of powder snow.
Huh??? You lost me, so I’m going to try this again (even though this thread is almost as dumb as the “how do I make flat coke” thread).
A one inch layer of powder snow will weigh a lot less than a one inch layer of wet snow, which will still weigh less than a one inch layer of ice.
Snow is ice. Sorry to confuse you.
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/primer/primer.htm
But snow is snow because it has air in it, and lots of it. Snow is amorphous. Ice is not - it is extremely dense, unlike snow.
One inch of powder snow (which is full of air) cannot possibly weigh the same as one inch of ice. Again, confused. And I shouldn’t be, considerring that I have about a foot of snow in my front yard right now.
What kind of snow do you get where you live? Sounds like it’s really heavy!!!
Whats strange is that this happened in 1979, 1995 and now in 2006. I could understand a few having problems but so many are sunk, flipped or just plain failed under the load. Ours is squatting a few inches lower than normal but it looks like it is level all the way around so I’m happy about that!
16 years and 11 years. It probably happened between 1965-67 as well, and again in a little over a decade. Just enough time for everyone to forget about it…until next time.
Glad your boat is ok. I’m very much against insurance fraud, but whose to say an icicle didn’t fall and puncture the screen of your 21" Raymarine aviation grade GPS/Sonar/Depthfinder and destroy the unit beyond recognition as if pouded by a sledgehammer repeatedly:-) That would be a tragedy and all you were seaking was reimbursement for the unit, not a total out like all the other greedy folks with little scratches on their decks.
Good luck with the owners and insurance companies.
On a similar note, an icicle fell through the rear window on my MG about 10 years ago. It was a convertable, and the whole stop had to be replaced. The insurance guys were sure that I was scamming them - they couldn’t grasp how an icicle could actually puncture a window. It turned out that a few cars in our parking lot had the same thing happen, and the insurance company went after the apartment building owners.
Classic! I love the guy that says “very small rocks”.
WITCH: I’m not a witch. I’m not a witch.
BEDEVERE: Uh, but you are dressed as one.
WITCH: They dressed me up like this.
CROWD: Augh, we didn’t! We didn’t…
WITCH: And this isn’t my nose. It’s a false one.
BEDEVERE: Well?
VILLAGER #1: Well, we did do the nose.
BEDEVERE: The nose?
VILLAGER #1: And the hat, but she is a witch!