Was wake up here in sheffield after a slight thaw overnight due to
snow turning to sleat at times.
Sudden sound like thunder as the entire cover of snow from the east
facing roof slide off the house.
Had anyone been under this avalance it could have been fatal.

Simon S (South Yorkshire)

On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:16:59 -0800, Simon S wrote:

Was wake up here in sheffield after a slight thaw overnight due to snow
turning to sleat at times.
Sudden sound like thunder as the entire cover of snow from the east
facing roof slide off the house.
Had anyone been under this avalance it could have been fatal.

A known hazard in Russian cities. Never walk beneath overhanging roofs in
spring or during a thaw. Great big icy chunks of the stuff come crashing
down without warning.

On Monday 11 Jan 2010 07:16, Simon S scribbled:

Was wake up here in sheffield after a slight thaw overnight due to
snow turning to sleat at times.
Sudden sound like thunder as the entire cover of snow from the east
facing roof slide off the house.
Had anyone been under this avalance it could have been fatal.


That's another thing I miss from my childhood in addition to frosted bedroom
windows - watching the snow on start to slip from the top of the roof and
then stall, having formed folds lower down, and wondering when the whole lot
would go. Problem in this area is the roofs aren't steep enough so it just
melts in situ. Mind you, we do get great icicles instead.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy
"I wear the cheese. It does not wear me."

On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:16:59 -0800 (PST), Simon S wrote:

Sudden sound like thunder as the entire cover of snow from the east
facing roof slide off the house.

Only unexpected if you haven't seen decent snow before. Any one with
any sense doesn't stand uner eaves during a thaw...

Had anyone been under this avalance it could have been fatal.

I doubt it unless there was some serious lumps of ice in it. Snow is
relatively soft, would knock you to the ground but thats about all.

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

On Jan 11, 11:13*am, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:16:59 -0800 (PST), Simon S wrote:
Sudden sound like thunder as the entire cover of snow from the east
facing roof slide off the house.

Only unexpected if you haven't seen decent snow before. Any one with
any sense doesn't stand uner eaves during a thaw...

Had anyone been under this avalance it could have been fatal.

I doubt it unless there was some serious lumps of ice in it. Snow is
relatively soft, would knock you to the ground but thats about all.

Salt nor batteries included unless it has a few roof tiles snagged up.

On Jan 11, 11:13*am, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:16:59 -0800 (PST), Simon S wrote:
Sudden sound like thunder as the entire cover of snow from the east
facing roof slide off the house.

Only unexpected if you haven't seen decent snow before. Any one with
any sense doesn't stand uner eaves during a thaw...

Had anyone been under this avalance it could have been fatal.

I doubt it unless there was some serious lumps of ice in it. Snow is
relatively soft, would knock you to the ground but thats about all.

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

Which is why the old timers used to fix horizontal snowboards just
above the eaves of each roof pitch - particularly over doorways - to
hold the snow on the roof until it thawed. There's still the odd one
left, here-and-there, but they were quite common in the north of my
childhood.

(Ah, nostalgia 'aint what it used to be!)

- Tom.

On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:13:36 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:16:59 -0800 (PST), Simon S wrote:

Sudden sound like thunder as the entire cover of snow from the east
facing roof slide off the house.

Only unexpected if you haven't seen decent snow before. Any one with
any sense doesn't stand uner eaves during a thaw...

Had anyone been under this avalance it could have been fatal.

I doubt it unless there was some serious lumps of ice in it. Snow is
relatively soft, would knock you to the ground but thats about all.
Saw a load, including some icicles fall in Lauder yesterday. I walked
in the road.

Richard Webb