Soapy streets in Wolfeboro????

pmj · 08-06-2007, 01:29 PM

Ok, I know I am getting up there in years, as are my brain cells.. but I was driving through Woilfeboro today while it was raining and about a 2 mile stretch of Rt 28 northeast of the center of Wolfeboro and a stretch to the south apeared to be laced with white foamy stuff that sure looked like soap.
Then I got to the Alton Circle and saw the same thing for just a short distance. Was it my imagination or are they street cleaning with detergent

????????????????????????

Ropetow · 08-06-2007, 07:01 PM

I was coming back from western Maine (Greenwood) today and saw the same thing on the roads in Lovell, Fryeburg, Conway, Eaton, Madison, Freedom, etc. Is this a new 'clean highways' policy?

Captain Zipper · 08-06-2007, 07:25 PM

I don't think you're going crazy.

We had a rain storm here in CT. the other day and I was driving along and I too noticed the white stuff. I had stopped at a stop sign that was on a hill and when I accellerated (spelling?) I went into a spin. I originally thought the white stuff was hydraulic oil (mixed with the rain water) from a leaky dumptruck due to the slick road condition.

Now I think the white stuff was a type of pollen that the rain washed into the street.

Anyone have a better idea?

CZ

Wolfeboro Matt · 08-07-2007, 08:18 AM

Same thing on the North Shore of Mass during Monday's rain. Weird!

The Worm · 08-07-2007, 09:11 AM

It might be the spray used to kill mosquitos to control West Nile and EEE, I believe the chemical insecticide Malathion is usually mixed with a soap-like agent as it is sprayed.

The Worm · 08-07-2007, 10:32 AM

More info on Malathion and it's use in mosquito control from the US-EPA.

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health...mosquitoes.htm

shooter · 08-07-2007, 08:09 PM

I noticed the same thing in wakefield ma the other day and thought it was from new pavement . but after reading your posts it obviously is coming from the atmosphere, mabey some type of acid rain.?????????????WIERD

rander7823 · 08-08-2007, 12:31 PM

It's Hillary Clinton's hairspray that has been absorbed into the atmosphere and deposited through rainfall.

08-06-2007, 01:29 PM	#1
pmj Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 240 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Soapy streets in Wolfeboro???? Ok, I know I am getting up there in years, as are my brain cells.. but I was driving through Woilfeboro today while it was raining and about a 2 mile stretch of Rt 28 northeast of the center of Wolfeboro and a stretch to the south apeared to be laced with white foamy stuff that sure looked like soap. Then I got to the Alton Circle and saw the same thing for just a short distance. Was it my imagination or are they street cleaning with detergent ????????????????????????

08-07-2007, 08:18 AM	#4
Wolfeboro Matt Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: middleton, ma and wolfeboro, nh Posts: 85 Thanks: 6 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	soapy rain? Same thing on the North Shore of Mass during Monday's rain. Weird!

08-07-2007, 09:11 AM	#5
The Worm Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 41 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Soap It might be the spray used to kill mosquitos to control West Nile and EEE, I believe the chemical insecticide Malathion is usually mixed with a soap-like agent as it is sprayed.

08-07-2007, 10:32 AM	#6
The Worm Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 41 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Malathion More info on Malathion and it's use in mosquito control from the US-EPA. http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health...mosquitoes.htm

08-07-2007, 08:09 PM	#7
shooter Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: north eastern ma Posts: 27 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	its in the rain????? I noticed the same thing in wakefield ma the other day and thought it was from new pavement . but after reading your posts it obviously is coming from the atmosphere, mabey some type of acid rain.?????????????WIERD

08-06-2007, 07:01 PM	#2
Ropetow Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Rochester, NH / Bartlett, NH Posts: 322 Thanks: 228 Thanked 33 Times in 13 Posts	I was coming back from western Maine (Greenwood) today and saw the same thing on the roads in Lovell, Fryeburg, Conway, Eaton, Madison, Freedom, etc. Is this a new 'clean highways' policy?

08-06-2007, 07:25 PM	#3
Captain Zipper Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Granby, Ct. Posts: 138 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I don't think you're going crazy. We had a rain storm here in CT. the other day and I was driving along and I too noticed the white stuff. I had stopped at a stop sign that was on a hill and when I accellerated (spelling?) I went into a spin. I originally thought the white stuff was hydraulic oil (mixed with the rain water) from a leaky dumptruck due to the slick road condition. Now I think the white stuff was a type of pollen that the rain washed into the street. Anyone have a better idea? CZ

08-08-2007, 12:31 PM	#8
rander7823 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 303 Thanks: 549 Thanked 40 Times in 24 Posts	Hair Spray It's Hillary Clinton's hairspray that has been absorbed into the atmosphere and deposited through rainfall.

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