de-icing

• “While backup generators were on hand in some places, generators had to be brought to storage areas for fuel and de-icing fluid.”

  The Wall Street Journal: How Snow (and Libyan Soldiers) Led to Airport Logjams

• “I don't mind the occasional de-icing, but this was over the top.”

  The War on Iced Fishing Rods

• “Bluestocking – de-icing planes sounds very serious – you are far more intrepid than me!”

  Ouch! « Tales from the Reading Room

• “Since most modern freezers defrost automatically, we're spared the big chore of routinely emptying and de-icing them.”

  USA Today: 5 ways to spring into spring cleaning, a little at a time

• “Wrestling and wrangling winter gear adds probably something like 40 minutes of work to my day, not counting shoveling the snow, de-icing the car, etc. Gah!”

  Snow Wonder

• “That might mean planes will require more de-icing, he said, though other researchers weren't so sure.”

  USA Today: Planes make rain that wets airport terrain

• “Even rich countries can be caught off guard: Witness the thousands stranded when Heathrow skimped on de-icing supplies and let five inches of snow ground flights for two days before Christmas.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Weather Isn't Getting Weirder

• “Unlike the snowstorms, which must be followed by removal and de-icing of the aircraft, "when the rain stops, the airlines can fly almost immediately," said Hunter Keay, an airline analyst for Wolfe Trahan & Co.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Airlines Cancel Flights in Northeast

• “The plane, a single-engine Socata TBM-700, had de-icing equipment, but investigators haven't determined whether it had been activated or perhaps turned on too late.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Pilot Reported Ice Before Crash

• “Vehicles that have been exposed to corrosive materials for road de-icing may have excessive corrosion in the left or right rear suspension lower link bracket.”

  Consumer Reports: Recall: Honda and Isuzu vehicles—Rear suspension problem

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