Agent G Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 22 in Sin City yesterday morning, and windy to boot. Coldest February here in 15 years. 29 today and calm, thank God. Gonna be 60+ tomorrow. Being a native midwesterner I can honestly say I moved here for the weather, and a job, and a woman, etcetcetc. Cold as all get out, but NO precip. G
Art Anderson Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 .......And it's taken you guys in AZ how long to dig out ???.......Yeah, I thought so......kwityerbitchin........ Dig out? HA! Here in Lafayette, we are literally chopping out! 6" of sleet, hard frozen, cheap snow shovels don't even touch the stuff--bring out the heavy artillery, garden spades, shovels, and chop & hack away. At least once busted up, it's not that heavy, but still hard work! Art
DRG Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 Cold weather, snow and ice are things we are used to living here in Cleveland, Ohio. Used to!!!! Who am I kidding, give me warm weather anytime, you never get used to this.
Rob Hall Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 (edited) Cold weather, snow and ice are things we are used to living here in Cleveland, Ohio. Used to!!!! Who am I kidding, give me warm weather anytime, you never get used to this. Ya..I did my time in NE Ohio... there were a lot of things I enjoyed about the Cleveland area, but the winter weather wasn't one of them. Of course, AZ has the lousy summers..4+ months of triple digit temps...which is worse? Edited February 5, 2011 by Rob Hall
lordairgtar Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 Hehehehe. My nephew who lives in Phoenix, was up visiting here in Wisconsin last week and kept complaining about the cold and couldn't wait to get back to Arizona. Ha! I hope he is likng that "nice" weather there now. All I can say to him is neener neener neener!!!
Joe Handley Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 (edited) Dig out? HA! Here in Lafayette, we are literally chopping out! 6" of sleet, hard frozen, cheap snow shovels don't even touch the stuff--bring out the heavy artillery, garden spades, shovels, and chop & hack away. At least once busted up, it's not that heavy, but still hard work! Art With Dad being a semi-retired railroader who primarily did track work, we have plenty of tools laying around that work well for that sort of work Hehehehe. My nephew who lives in Phoenix, was up visiting here in Wisconsin last week and kept complaining about the cold and couldn't wait to get back to Arizona. Ha! I hope he is likng that "nice" weather there now. All I can say to him is neener neener neener!!! Lol, let him hear it Edited February 5, 2011 by Joe Handley
Jon Cole Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 What a winter! Like all the other neighbors, we cleaned the snow off the roof yesterday. We have only had to do that once before. I snowblowed a path through 2 feet of snow in the back yard to do the roof. Roofs are caving in all over the place here in NH, even more so in Mass.
Foxer Posted February 6, 2011 Author Posted February 6, 2011 (edited) What a winter! Like all the other neighbors, we cleaned the snow off the roof yesterday. We have only had to do that once before. I snowblowed a path through 2 feet of snow in the back yard to do the roof. Roofs are caving in all over the place here in NH, even more so in Mass. First, I'll apologize for this discussion, but I'm a structural engineer and investigating roof collapses was one on my jobs. If you had 2' on the ground, that equates (on average) to 40 pounds per square foot (PSF). In New Hampshire roofs are probably designed for 50 to 60 and more, but older structures may be less. The actual load that would "break" a roof considering current safety factors is 3 to 4 times that much or maybe 150 psf. That equates to over 7 feet of snow to collapse a properly designed roof. So how do roofs fail you ask? The ones that fail always have something wrong with them. Bad design, rot and poor construction. Most of the failed roofs I've investigated did so around 25 psf when it was measured. So, it can never hurt clearing a roof, but most will stand considerable more snow than we've had with no sweat ... just don't ask me which ones unless you pay me to come look at yours! Edited February 6, 2011 by Foxer
imatt88 Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 (edited) The last time I saw a swing in temperature from 120 above during the day, to about 29 at night, I was in south central Afghanistan No thanks, you can have it. Bisbee, huh, My unit was there working on the border fencing in Douglas for 3 weeks back in '08 Bisbee reminds me of Houghton MI, a town near me with a rich copper mining history just like Bisbee built into a hillside Except, I always said Bisbee is like Houghton on steriods. Man, Bisbee is almost surreal I'd go back to visit in a second BTW, there is a company here in Da UP that build roof trusses specifically for area like here. They are built to withstand Michigan Upper Michigan snowfalls. The company is called Skandia Truss, located just south of Marquette, MI. You want your roof to survive the winter, they're the people to call Cheers, Ian Edited February 6, 2011 by imatt88
samdiego Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 (edited) Bisbee, Arizona This is a postcard I've had since the 70's. It doesn't look any different today. The camera was on a hill looking SE. I can make out a '70 LeMans at bottom center. That's the closest I can come to a photo date. A pretty wild and notorious stop on the Santa Fe Trail also known for Bisbee Blue Turquoise, a high grade stone and the copper still being mined. Edited February 6, 2011 by samdiego
BIGTRUCK Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 A lot of snow is one thing , but add the high winds and your snowed in.
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