Come on Don If the pitch is that hard/covered in snow it needs undersoil heating then the stadium is going to be slippy as well. Explain how the stadium and roads could be fine yet the pitch frozen...?
If there's been no rain or snow But the temperature is down to -5 the pitch will be frozen but the hard surfaces wouldn't have any ice on them because there would have been no water. This happens several times a year. Come on Journo, think about it.
No, sorry. It's usually only conditions as extreme as we've had recently that affect public safety. Undersoil heating is useful for a whole range of conditions. Really don't think you thought that one out.</p> </p>
RE: Which is why... </p> No. The roads will always clear but snow will stay on the pitch. And clearing the pitch of snow is only one of a hundred uses for undersoil heating.</p>
I'd say the heaviest snow fall in 20 years is extreme http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/weather/article5639189.ece Wouldn't you?
RE: I'd say the heaviest snow fall in 20 years is extreme Well considering the snowfall was 3-4 days ago and most years none settles, not really.
Oh Well It's done with now, been talked about to death, so best just to move on and make most of the Football free day.
RE: Which is why... I didn't say there wasn't 'a hundred uses' for undersoil heating. I was saying it's a waste of time for snow as the match will get called off for public safety reasons anyway!
