For POTHOLES I mean? For most of February the potholes have been getting worse. This is unusual for the middle of winter. Fairly normal for spring in this area. For like the end of March or April. Potholes reveal how inferior our roadways are to ordinary rock.
Potholes are simple erosion. Water enters a crack in the roadway sometime when the temp is above freezing. Then the temp goes below 32 and the water freezes. As you know water increases in size when it changes from liquid to solid (just ask anyone whose pipes have frozen and split!). Well the same thing happens to the paving. The water expands into ice, and the road splits. The ice holds everything in position, usually supporting the traffic as well. That is until the weather turns warmer. Water is not as supportive as ice. The road surface comes apart. Vehicles destroy it and push the debris out of the hole. Viola! A pothole.
So anyway this is early, but I guess just a part of this snowy, long, cold, real winter.
Too bad our roads aren’t made of granite. The key is remembering where the road has blown up and navigating around the craters.