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       Fenways snow removal system
   DIR By: PWTRPWR
       Date: March 8, 2015, 12:43 pm
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       The Boston Red Sox will be playing games at Fenway Park in a
       little over a month. Given the amount of snow still blanketing
       Boston, that seems hard to believe. The city has been hit with
       record snowfall totals this winter that easily have surpassed
       David Ortiz levels. That leaves a pretty tall task for Fenway
       Park groundskeeper David Mellor, who somehow has to remove all
       that snow and get the field ready for Opening Day. Yet Mellor
       has a special trick up his sleeve, and he took to Instagram on
       Saturday to reveal his secret. What’s that strange black stuff,
       you ask? Black sand, of course. Mellor explained in his
       Instagram caption. “Many people have contacted me recently
       asking options of how to remove snow off of a sports field
       and/or how we remove the snow at Fenway,” Mellor wrote. “Our
       first option to work on the snow is to throw black sand on top
       of the snow with a shovel.” Mellor says black sand is a more
       “grass-friendly” option than raking the field with plows or
       shovels. The other benefit, of course, is that black sand
       absorbs heat from the sun and can melt the snow quickly “even if
       the temperature is below 32 degrees.” Mellor revealed he dumped
       about two tons of black sand on the field last week and says it
       already has reduced the snow’s depth by about 2 to 2 1/2 feet.
       Not too shabby. With the Red Sox’s home opener slated for April
       13 and sunshine in the upcoming forecast, Mellor put a fresh,
       half-ton coat of black sand on the field Friday. Now it’s up to
       Mother Nature to hold up her end of the bargain. H/t to CBS
       Boston
       Read more at:
  HTML http://nesn.com/2015/03/fenway-park-groundskeeper-reveals-inventive-snow-melting-secret-photo/
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       Re: Fenways snow removal system
   DIR By: LEO
       Date: March 9, 2015, 10:34 am
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       Cant wait for baseball to start
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