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Originally Posted By: Brosky
If you live on an island and a storm hits your shores, where did it form? Over the ocean?
And what is the ocean made up of? Saltwater?
When it storms are you not getting a higher percentage of saltwater in the rain than those who live inland?
Maybe that and your very high humidity is why you have surface rust on things overnight.
Just a simple question that will probably start another interesting debate.
And by the way, Rhode Island doesn't count in this discussion, since we're not really an island. We're just faking it for the New Yorkers who visit the beaches every summer.
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Rain does not contain salt. Wind-blown ocean spray contains plenty of salt! Parts in a garage are probably 99.97% safe from ocean spray, so I would tend to blame island humidity for causing rapid rusting of parts in the garage.
Cars parked close to the beach on a regular basis get salt water on 'em. I grew up in San Francisco -- home of "California Cars." Not all "California Cars" are created equal. The ones that spent years near the beach can be as badly eaten-up as the "Mid-western Cars" I live with now.
If you live on an island and a storm hits your shores, where did it form? Over the ocean?
And what is the ocean made up of? Saltwater?
When it storms are you not getting a higher percentage of saltwater in the rain than those who live inland?
Maybe that and your very high humidity is why you have surface rust on things overnight.
Just a simple question that will probably start another interesting debate.
And by the way, Rhode Island doesn't count in this discussion, since we're not really an island. We're just faking it for the New Yorkers who visit the beaches every summer.
Reply:
Rain does not contain salt. Wind-blown ocean spray contains plenty of salt! Parts in a garage are probably 99.97% safe from ocean spray, so I would tend to blame island humidity for causing rapid rusting of parts in the garage.
Cars parked close to the beach on a regular basis get salt water on 'em. I grew up in San Francisco -- home of "California Cars." Not all "California Cars" are created equal. The ones that spent years near the beach can be as badly eaten-up as the "Mid-western Cars" I live with now.