How they clear snow in Kentucky

[ergophobe]

https://weather.com/news/trending/video/man-uses-flamethrower-to-clear-snow

[Travoli]

American ingenuity at its finest.

[rcjordan]

After my son-in-law died last spring, I kept working on ways to reduce my daughter's home maintenance workload.  One of the things that I find most useful is a medium-powered, electric pressure washer. So I shipped her one, then eventually went down and gave a live demo of how it can be used for much more than washing (weeding, trenching, leaf blower).  I also knew that once you get hooked on using pressure washers it is strangely satisfying and cathartic work.  After a while, she did indeed get hooked and has done quite a bit of yard work with it.

That said, I showed her the flame thrower and mentioned that Elon Musk had sold a bunch of them...

Her:  Ooooooh! I WANT one!

Me: But you're in hot, muggy South Carolina.  You never have snow.

Her: I'll think of something ...it's like the pressure washer, except flames.

[Brad]

She is your daughter alright, RC.  The acorn didn't fall far from the tree.  :-)

[DrCool]

I have seen people clearing ice here with torches and the like but never a flame thrower like that.

>pressure washer

Picked up a 3100 psi pressure washer last spring. Definitely addicting to use. Just have to convince my kids that it isn't a giant squirt gun.