Winter Thaw

 We are currently in a "Winter Thaw",  The Sun is shining, the temps are up in the high 40's and some 50's !  Snow is Melting and we have had some light rain,  The Snow has compacted down from 52 Inches on the lawn to a packy, heavy 41 Inches !  Sow here weighs between 5 pounds and 30 pounds per cubic foot, on the average  !

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This is the back of the House directly over the Kitchen, we had about almost 4 feet of snow there but it rained some and got "Packy" and setted and was Heavy !.

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There were 2 men across the street shoveling off my neighbor's roof Thanksgiving Day, I holler over to them and asked if they were interested in doing my Roof,   One of them walked across the street and looked at the roof, gave me a Price and said he could come back Friday Morning.  We shook hands and he left.    Above Picture was Friday Morning about 8AM.

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They shoveled it down to allow the ice dam on the edge to melt.  the Pitch of the back roof is only 2 in 12 !

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 This was looking out the Back with the Garage on the left and Garden Shed on the Right both with 4 feet + of Snow on them !

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Today the Snow is gone from the Garage and Garden Shed and my Christmas tree!

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Roof is cleared off except for some Ice Build up on the Edge and the Rain Gutter is plugged with Ice,  I made the stick with the Cup attached so I can reach from the step ladder and put down my Ice Melt Pellets !

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These are the size of a Hockey Puck and really melt ice as the melt and dissolve !  I used them the last 2 years and am impressed with them !

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My Honey saw these advertised on TV and she bought me a "YOOPER CHOOK" an it is really warm on this old bald head !

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The front of the House after the Storm! 

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The front of the House has Slide Metal Panels along the edges and Snow and Ice Build up usually slide off when it warms up !

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My Honey going up to Church Friday. looking across the street you can see where I parked the Car, Sidewalk is now bare,  You can tell House in the center had the roof shoveled off and the ones on each side did not ! 

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This is the "Snow Curl" at the Neighbors, they will soon have this in front of the back door on their Deck, Metal Roofs are Nice but this what happens in the winter with those roofs without a good 4/12 pitch !

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This is the Neighbors side view of the "Snow Curl" !.

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The "Snow Curl" is now on their deck.

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Looking down the Street we now have Blacktop showing !

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We are supposed to ger some Rain for next couple of Days so should lose more Snow !    Some "Old Timers: are saying we are going to have a "Green Christmas" !

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