12-19-2008, 09:11 AM | #51 | ||
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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Hooo yeah, here comes the blizzard.
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12-19-2008, 09:20 AM | #52 |
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Wisconsin
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We rake our roof to help with ice forming in the gutters. The attic could be a little better insulated so, what happens is that the snow melts on the roof at an accelerated rate, flows into the gutters where it is colder and then freezes. When it warms up the ice in the gutters starts to melt and then tries to find a place to go and can wick up underneath the roof and flow into the house. We have a roof rake and heating coils to help reduce this potential issue.
Winter is such fun.... Oh.. and it isn't a rake in the sense of a lawn rake. It is basically a 25 ft pole with a solid rectangle at the end.
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12-19-2008, 09:32 AM | #53 | |
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Chicagoland
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If fixing the way the roof is insulated can't be done (or doesn't fix the problem) it's also possible to run heating wires on the roof to melt the snow and avoid this problem. Since most of the ice damning happens on the roof edges (apparently where the heat/insulation issues crop up the most for some reason - I'm not a builder), you just run the wires from the gutter to about one or one and one half feet up the roof. This is reason #293847 why it's important to focus on the quality/condition of the roof when purchasing a house. |
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12-19-2008, 09:33 AM | #54 |
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Chicagoland
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12-19-2008, 09:37 AM | #55 |
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA
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It's going to be 75 here today :::ducks all the snowballs:::
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12-19-2008, 09:38 AM | #56 |
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Winnipeg, MB
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I can't believe I spelled lesson 'lessen' up there.
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12-19-2008, 10:01 AM | #57 |
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Mass.
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Just started to snow here.
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12-19-2008, 10:14 AM | #58 |
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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The last couple of weeks have been a roller coaster. Last Tuesday morning, it was 75 degrees, then that night the cold front came through and it was 28 degrees and snow. The cold lasted until Friday, then it started to warm up again, and by Sunday afternoon it was 80 degrees. Then on Sunday night, in the span of about 15 minutes, the temp dropped 30 degrees, and it got back down to 25 degrees overnight. Monday and Tuesday were icy, then on Wednesday it slowly started to warm up, and today it is supposed to be back in the high 60s/low 70s.
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12-19-2008, 10:23 AM | #59 |
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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And don't forget about "damning"...
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12-19-2008, 12:41 PM | #60 |
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Winnipeg, MB
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"Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime." |
12-19-2008, 02:49 PM | #61 |
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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We are just getting nailed in upstate NY. Snow was falling at 2 inches per hour in Buffalo.
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12-19-2008, 03:18 PM | #62 |
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Looks like we have about 3 inches so far near the coast of Connecticut. I hate snow. Maybe in retirement I can live outside of the snowbelt.
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12-19-2008, 03:52 PM | #63 |
College Starter
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: South Florida
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79 and sunny here with a nice breeze coming in off the ocean. Man, this time of year, I love living in South Florida!
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12-19-2008, 11:02 PM | #64 |
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Seattle
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High's in the high 20's through Sunday, more snow expected tomorrow along with a major windstorm. Could be a lot of people without power tomorrow night in sub-freezing conditions.
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12-23-2008, 10:49 AM | #65 |
General Manager
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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Cripes. Another round of freezing rain? This is getting ridiculous. Al Gore can go to hell.
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12-23-2008, 10:58 AM | #66 |
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: The Dirty
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Was farging 20 degrees when I woke up yesterday, and 30 this morning. WTF.
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12-23-2008, 10:59 AM | #67 |
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Join Date: May 2004
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It's supposed to warm up to 53 degrees but right now it's 37.
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12-23-2008, 10:59 AM | #68 |
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Wisconsin
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snow, snow, snow and more snow... up to another 12" by end of tomorrow. Side streets are just horrible... there is no where to plow the snow to so, roads have narrowed down considerably
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12-23-2008, 11:03 AM | #69 |
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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I'll say one thing. On Sunday, we had a high of around 8 degrees with a low of -3. I have come to the conclusion that everyone in Canada needs to move south during the winter. That's just too damn cold, especially with wind.
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12-23-2008, 11:32 AM | #70 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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Uhhhh, Earth to Seattle. WTF?????? The holier-than-thou quote at the end of the article is priceless.......
Local News | Seattle refuses to use salt; roads "snow packed" by design | Seattle Times Newspaper Quote:
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12-23-2008, 11:57 AM | #71 | |
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Winnipeg, MB
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We have a rule that our Old English Sheepdog has to stay inside while we're at work if it's colder than -15 celsius during the day (5 fahrenheit). She's been inside every day all month. Today we actually broke the rule because it's going up to -17 (1 fahrenheit) and the dog has been refusing to come inside lately because she's sick of it, and I also suspect she has become so used to the freezing cold temps that today feels like spring :P Long story short: yes, it's time to move south!
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12-23-2008, 01:26 PM | #72 |
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Edinburg,TX
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It's been pretty cold ( ) around here most of the last couple weeks it seems, in the 40's and 50's most of the time. Of course it will be in the 70's and 80's the next few days to take away any weather to add a little to that Christmas feel for this Washington state boy.
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12-23-2008, 01:31 PM | #73 |
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Mass.
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This is my front walkway after the weekend of snow (Snow all three days, but not more than a few inches on Saturday, most was Friday and Sunday)
Measured 2 ft 3 inches on the yardstick. You can see here on the sides of my walkpath (and you can kind of see the streets on the top of the picture), snow is already over the 3 feet mark where it is pushed up to the sides. Considering the temperatures, I am guessing I won't see my grass again until April now. |
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