We're back to chilly temperatures in Edmonton this week (7-day high is +1°C) after significant melt last week.

[ameliasbrain@mstdn.ca]

We're back to chilly temperatures in Edmonton this week (7-day high is +1°C) after significant melt last week.

When walking through residential neighbourhoods yesterday, I carefully slid my way across many, many icy patches where I could see traction gravel underneath the ice, where it had sunk to the bottom of a puddle that then froze over top.

So, here's a product idea, please implement & send me royalty cheques:

Floating sidewalk traction material.

I'm thinking gravel-sized wood or bark chunks (chunky being important, not shavings). Spread it over your puddle-prone walkway sections once, and maintain anti-slip protection for multiple thaw-freeze cycles! In the spring, sweep it up & put it in your compost.

Someone, make it so. By next autumn, please. And convince the city to provide it for free as an alternative to the gravel. With the right wood chipper, city workers could make it themselves!

#YEGwx