Snow on the Roof

Here, most houses do not have gutters as they would be torn off by the ice and snow as it grows and melts.  This sometimes causes leaky basements, but that's another posting.

Kev would love to take photos of some of the natural ice and snow sculptures that form on and over the edges of roofs here - some are AMAZING!! The first video is from inside our house, looking out my dressing room window.

This is the same snowy overhang from the outside of our house - the window looks into my dressing room.  The corner icicle is at least 30-36" long

Due to the warmer weather here (around 32 degrees for multiple days), you can see the snow sheet is starting to slide off the roof

Mark decided to go out and take the edge off:

The following video explains itself:

We've had around 150" of snow this winter, so far: however, you would never know that by our yard.  Up here the numbers of inches keep climbing and they don't reflect the melting snow from the days of above freezing temps.  You can see it when you look at the huge piles of snow from the plows, but it doesn't seem to infringe on the population much - everyone is so used to it.

One thing that St. Louisians would not like here is that the sidewalks are not totally cleared daily. They are somewhat clear. Businesses do try to keep the sidewalks pretty clear, but since everyone wears boots, and it snows most days and sometimes all day, it would be impossible to keep up.  But everyone looks out for each other here. Just the other day, we were eating lunch in town and an elderly gentleman and his wife pulled up to the curb and had trouble navigating the pile of snow at the side of the car.  Seeing this, Mark jumped up and went out to assist them.  They accepted his help and thanked him for his effort. We all help out as needed - because of all the snow and cold weather - it brings the community together!