How many cars are parked on top of your house?

Joefnh · Post by **Joefnh** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:09 pm

Off the MC topic list, but those of you with snow on your roofs may want to take notice. Recently there was an article about over the past week or so a total of 93 roofs have collapsed in just the state of Massachusetts alone.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/02/05/s ... inspected/

I was amazed as I was up on the roof of my house yesterday shoveling off the bulk of it and was surprised at how heavy the snow can be.. I know many of us have had to shovel a bunch this year, but I just did a bit of math on this subject and here is the facts:

If you had just 1 foot of snow on your roof:

The average size house in the US has a roof with a surface area of 2112 square feet (197 square meters)

The average weight of 1 cubic foot of compacted snow weighs 21.2 lbs (9.62 kg)

The total weight on the roof of your house and walls would be 44,775 lbs (20,309kg)

That's the equivalent of having 14 average sized cars parked on top of your house.

If your house has that much snow on it, you may want to have it shoveled off before this weeks storms.

--Joe

MaggieRedwings · Post by **MaggieRedwings** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 5:59 am

WOW!

That is startling. The bosses I work for have quite of number of commercially leased properties - sing/multi-unit - and we have been shoveling roofs for quite some time now. A lot are flat roofs on commercial so it is a necessity.

Love, Maggie

TooManyHats · Post by **TooManyHats** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 9:33 am

Our roof is finally melting. We were lucky enough to have a new roof put on in November of last year before all the snow started. I'm happy to hear that this week will be snow-free for NJ.

MBombardier · Post by **MBombardier** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 9:52 am

Help is on the way... It's warm here, so warm that people are walking about in short sleeves. It will be making its way east, I assume. Then comes the flooding, tho'...

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:53 pm

Joe,

That is an amazing statistic! You are definitely an engineer (or is it "mad scientist") at heart!

I always seem to learn something unique from you, not just in the PMs we have shared about golden retrievers, dogs and their sense of smell, Crohn's issues, etc., but also here on the board. You must be a good teacher! I wonder if anyone else here shares our common habit of double-checking the meniscus when cooking? That's probably one of the reasons you and I do not consider ourselves to be particularly creative cooks. LOL! Although, I must say that your rib recipe looks mouthwatering! Will have to try it but with beef ribs (MRT says I don't do well with pork, sigh). Do you think beef will do?

Love,

Polly

Joefnh · Post by **Joefnh** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:08 pm

Polly you are the only other person I have talked to about checking the meniscus twice when measuring ingredients for a recipe, too funny.

I am not sure about beef ribs, but I would imagine that you probably would have to adjust the cooking time and temperature to allow for the same meat tenderizing effect... try it and monitor the meat texture with a fork every 20 or 30 minutes. Let me know what you find out.

I never did get back to your PM about the protocol for the Imuran. Long term he checks the blood work once Every 8 weeks after the baseline was established and as you mentioned it has really begun 'kicking in' recently. I am starting to feel like my old self again.

How did your visit with your relatives golden doodle go...

Take care Polly

--Joe