Quote Originally Posted by Egan101 View Post
Yep, snow can wreak havoc on thin-roofed houses. There are times in heavy snow days that it could drop 6 to 12 inches of snow in a day and that will continue for around 3 days. In a blizzard or snow storm, snow could drop to around 2 feet in a few hours and zero visibility in some areas.

In my experience though, snow means the temperature rises up a bit to allow precipitation. It's when the precipitation stops and the sky clears up, then the temperature drops. Wala ng moisture and puro na lang lamig!
Most people here wouldn't know about the need to clear it off their roofs before it posed a danger na.

Our house in the NJ suburbs had a heating coil running through the leading edge of the roof shingles, para di mag icicle dun sa alulod & edge of the roof.

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Heavy snow would usually mean extra spending money for me. As a kid, I'd grab grab a shovel as soon as it would stop, then I'd run around the neighborhood offering to clear driveways and a path to the neighbor's front doors for a fee per hour. It was tedious work, but I managed to buy a bicycle all on my own after pooling my earnings together for some time.