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The huge pile of snow at the end of the street is from the snowplow that cleared our road 

 
     
     
These houses do not have too much insulation in the roof, so you loose a bit of your heat out through your ceiling.  I think it may be on purpose.  That way, the bottom layer of snow just above the roof melts - then, the snow on top of it re-freezes it, forming a thin layer of ice between the roof and the rest of the snow.  This ice layers lets the snow slide down the roof easier.

Check out the large avalanche of snow sliding down our roof.

  Usually, the snow doesn't fall off the roof till after it stops snowing and warms up above freezing.  When it does, it slides off is rapid chunks.  It makes a roaring sound inside the house, almost like a jet it taking off right outside your house.  The noise is the snow sliding down the roof.

But there was so much snow coming down this day, the sheet just got too heavy to wait.  I was inside working on my computer, when I heard what sounded like bombs going off outside the window.  It was not the normal sliding rumble of snow coming off the roof, but loud singular thumps. 

 

 

 So I went outside to see what was going on.

 

  

This sheet of snow was a good 8 inches thick. 

The snow was barely moving down the roof, just enough to be noticeable, but only if you looked real hard.  As the weight of the snow would build, the sheet would inch down the slope. 

 

 The sheet of snow would inch its way  

 out beyond the edge of the roof...

 

 Until it was too heavy to adhere to itself.

  

Huge chunks of snow would break off and drop snow bombs off the edge of the roof. 

They would hit the ground with tremendous force, creating the thumps I had heard inside.

 
   
 

 

 

 Check out the growing wall of snow on the side of the house.

Eventually, when there was only about 1/4 of the sheet left of the roof, the whole thing just slid off, going with a huge slide rumble and thud.

 

Luckily for me, they made my house to where the snow falls off away from the kerosene heater vents, so I don't have to worry about my house filling with kerosene fumes (yes, that does happen here)

 

 


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