06.22.07
Mythbusters-Snow Special
This time the Mythbusters are hitting Tahoe to freeze 3 snow myths in their tracks. Can a yodeler cause an avalanche? Can you really get your tonque stuck to a cold pole? Is it safer to drive backwards on the ice? The Mythbusters are gonna find out!
First off Adam and Jamie turn the Yodeling Avalanche to small-scale with a small ramp with which they cover with flour. Adam puts his yodeling face on but is only able to cause a famous avalanche effect when he screams into a megaphone on one exact spot. They then take it full-scale. They get a professional yodeler, but neither she, she with a megaphone, a bullwhip, or machine guns can bring this puppy down. They then decide to use their famous Plan B: Dynamite. That gives them what they want. Later they went up with professionals in a helicopter who did it for a living. Looks like you can’t start an avalanche by yodeling.
The build team then put the famous tonque-to-the-icepole myth to the test. Grant takes a pig’s tonque and heats it up to regular tonque temperature. They then apply the saliva, and apply it to a 32 Degree Farenheit (Freezing Point) pole. It sticks so much that chunks of the tonque stick to the pole and tear off the pig’s tonque! Tori then puts his tonque on the line. It sticks.
The build team then put one final snow myth to the test: Can you drive better in the snow backwards? First off they attach a force scale on the front of the car to find out how much traction (grip) you have when driving backwards or forwards. The backwards has better grip! Hmmm… Maybe this myth isn’t so silly after all. They then go to a course where they teach police officers how to drive on ice. Tori will use the back wheel drive, Grant will use the 4 wheel drive, and Kari will use the front wheel drive. But they all reached one conclusion. So, what are the results?
- Yodeler’s Avalanche-BUSTED- A yodeler cannot provide enough power to get that snow to move like good ol’ dynamite can.
- Freezing Tonque-CONFIRMED- You can get your tonque stuck to a really cold pole.
- Better Traction Backwards-BUSTED-Even though you may get better traction backwards, it’s still way too dangerous to drive that way.