snow ploughs in the desert
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snow ploughs in the desert
is anyone who's been kicking around the sandpit for a while able to attest to the veracity of this story: Abu Dhabi - Snow Ploughs in the Desert, by Graham Moss (1970)
the essence is that with the start of oil revenues in the 1960s, abu dhabi gazumped a prefab airport that was supposed to be bound for rural canada. when it arrived in the future uae capital, it included buildings with snow-shedding rooflines and two snowploughs.
Graham Moss claims direct involvement in the story as a boac employee rather than being one of the "this happened to a friend" or "a policeman told me in a pub" kind of tale.
It's from a collection of boac reminiscences.
I'd love to know the truth of this!
the essence is that with the start of oil revenues in the 1960s, abu dhabi gazumped a prefab airport that was supposed to be bound for rural canada. when it arrived in the future uae capital, it included buildings with snow-shedding rooflines and two snowploughs.
Graham Moss claims direct involvement in the story as a boac employee rather than being one of the "this happened to a friend" or "a policeman told me in a pub" kind of tale.
It's from a collection of boac reminiscences.
I'd love to know the truth of this!
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Dry snow is a bit like sand. But the sand won't pack... Packed snow is like driving on pavement if it's grooved a bit. Im thinking sand would destroy the inside of a blower and wear down a blade pretty quick.
