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silvercamaro wrote:You have reached old coot status.

BigDrawMan wrote:looks like most schools around here will be closed tomorrow because it will be a little chilly.

wah

if tptb up in kuschville were such pansies, his kids would still be in 4th grade.

wah its 4 below

wah my psd dont work in the cold

wah my ipod is frozen to my ears


kids today

lilclyde54 wrote: guess our new superintendent (who came from Chicago) is used to the weather men
being right when they say it is going to snow the next day. It sure came in handy for me as
I got most of my Christmas
shopping done that day. (in bright sunny weather )

VAdame wrote:It's not necessarily the snow -- it's the cold. Modern school buses run on #2 diesel, which tends to turn to gel when temperatures drop to a certain level. It clogs up the fuel filter and the bus just stops dead -- just like running out of gas.

etaoin22 wrote:

VAdame wrote:It's not necessarily the snow -- it's the cold. Modern school buses run on #2 diesel, which tends to turn to gel when temperatures drop to a certain level. It clogs up the fuel filter and the bus just stops dead -- just like running out of gas.

so what do the selfsame yellow buses use in Canada? #9 coal??

VAdame wrote:I'm not sure, but I think the #2 diesel is cleaner-burning than the fuel for the older style buses, and it was mandated by environmental laws. And some districts have enough indoor garage space to bring the buses inside overnight -- but most don't!

My first husband was a bus driver. I'll get his input next time we talk.

All Bend-La Pine schools will start classes two hours late this morning as a precaution after two-thirds of the district’s buses failed to start or run properly Monday morning because of fuel problems.

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New federal emissions standards went into effect in 2007, requiring all diesel vehicles to use ultra-low sulfur diesel.

Deputy Superintendent John Rexford said Bend Oil vendors told him the new diesel can have a wide variety of freezing points.

“It looks like our most recent load happened to have a fairly high freezing point,” Rexford said.

There are two types of diesel. No. 2 diesel is traditionally used in mild months, while No. 1 is used in the winter months because it begins to gel at a lower temperature, according to Marie Dodds, a spokesperson for AAA Oregon.

She said vehicles are easier to start with No. 1 diesel, and that it isn’t uncommon for some batches of diesel to have higher gel points than others. Many retail fueling stations shift to No. 1 diesel as cold weather approaches.

But Rexford said the district always uses No. 2 diesel because it is recommended for the buses’ engines. In cold weather, he said, the transportation department will either mix in a winter additive or blend the No. 2 diesel with a small amount of No. 1 diesel. Those two additions work better to keep the diesel from gelling.