"Len Wood" wrote in message
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On Jan 25, 10:20 am, "Eskimo Will" wrote:
"Eskimo Will" wrote in message news:...

"Eskimo Will" wrote in message news:...
0825
A softer morning.
Cloudy, nice red sunrise (so beware), T +1.4C D +1.4C, F2 East wind.
A very slow thaw.
Snow depth full cover at 15cm (soft on top).

CORRECTION:
Dewpoint was +0.5C.

1015
Avalanche!
A whole load of snow has just fallen off my roof. It's a slate roof and
strong, so OK. The cast iron gutters have coped as well, plastic ones
might
have broken I think. It was right outside my back door so lucky I wasn't
going out. Huge roar inside the house and I now have a big pile of snow to
clear. There is still some more to come down on the roof. Roof is quite
high
pitched with slate fastened to wooden boards as I suspect the Edwardian
builders were aware of the possibility of heavy snowfalls and built the
roof
accordingly.

Will
--http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Haytor/automatic/Current_Vantage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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This is a common winter occurence at my in-laws house in Finland.
The first time it happened when I was there, I was scared ****less
(excuse the expression).
An enormous raw in the middle of the night and the whole house shook
as the snow slid off.

You don't want to be underneath it when it happens, especially if
there has been a freeze-thaw cycle and there is ice involved.

It's hazardous walking the streets of Helsinki at such times. You
don't know whether to walk in the road and run the risk of getting
knocked down or
be concussed by an avalanche of icy snow falling off an appartment
block.

The pavements are often icy anyway.
It is well documented that you fall over while trying to walk over ice
if you are sober.
However, if you are swaying a bit, after imbibing a few drinks, you
stay on your feet.
Funny that.
:-)

Len
Wembury, SW Devon
My next door neighbour with a detached early 30s and fairly slopey roofs
inherited a foot high wire mesh attached to bottom of the tile slope ,which
very effectivly halts any sliding of thawing snow ,so only keeps dripping .
Simples.

RonB