Where does it all GO??
There comes a point.
There comes a point in a snow season where one remains nothing but befuddled and confounded.
Just what is one to do?
Our driveway currently looks like this.
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Note how tall the snow is on either side. Frankly this amuses me greatly and always makes me laugh. Especially when our walkways look like this:
Front Walkway
Back Walkway
That's some tall snow. Comes up almost to your hip in a few places, depending where in the yard you are.
But the problem is that all the snow that's cleared from the driveway has to go somewhere. And we're starting to run out of places to put it.
One more decent snow storm and we won't have a mailbox anymore.
Or our snow-blowers won't be able to throw the snow over the bank where our garbage bins go.
We've already lost width on our driveway, making it narrower than it should be.
Narrower is NOT better.
If we're not careful, we're going to lose things under the snow if it gets much higher.
What happens if we need our well repaired?
And the snowbanks keep getting higher and higher.
Almost taller than my car!
There's no point in putting down the windshield wipers if we're average 2-3 snowstorms a week. Some major, some minor, ALL dumping at least 3 inches of snow. And it has to go somewhere. Note the end of the fence there. We worry that it will eventually topple with all that weight. So we always dig in front of it.
Fence is still leaning.
And a snow-blower can't fit there. That's like digging your own grave. The only place to shovel is up, which hurts after a while. (This is why snow-blowers are a gift from God.) We've gotten so much snow this winter, we can't even blow all the way to the fence without leaving leftovers.
Leftovers
But this pic is the kicker.
Snowbanks Taller Than The Fence
WHERE does the snow go?? That doesn't even get into the sunroom. See the sunroom is the flattest roof we have, which is a danger of collapsing if too much weight of snow is on top. You've seen us clear it off before. But again, all that snow has to go somewhere.
We have to be careful of snow by the sunroom door in case it backs in under the door, there's just SO much snow. But wait! I can hear people asking. Why not push the snow off the other side?
Because the other side is the bulkhead which is it's own headache to clear, especially since the metal of the bulkhead is very good at making ice to chip off.
Nor does any of this get into the ice dams. See, with heat leaching up through the ceiling and hitting the roof, the roof warms and melts the snow from the bottom up. This creates a flow of water that rolls down to roof, hits the cold air, and then freezes into ICICLES OF DOOM that we have to knock down every morning.
Note that the ice on the first floor is from what has fallen off the second floor to create new icicles.
And Thursday is another snow storm. And Sat-int-Sun is another snow storm. And Tues-into-Wed is ANOTHER snow storm.
WHERE DOES ALL THE SNOW GO?????
*headdesk*
There comes a point in a snow season where one remains nothing but befuddled and confounded.
Just what is one to do?
Our driveway currently looks like this.
<
Note how tall the snow is on either side. Frankly this amuses me greatly and always makes me laugh. Especially when our walkways look like this:
Front Walkway
Back Walkway
That's some tall snow. Comes up almost to your hip in a few places, depending where in the yard you are.
But the problem is that all the snow that's cleared from the driveway has to go somewhere. And we're starting to run out of places to put it.
One more decent snow storm and we won't have a mailbox anymore.
Or our snow-blowers won't be able to throw the snow over the bank where our garbage bins go.
We've already lost width on our driveway, making it narrower than it should be.
Narrower is NOT better.
If we're not careful, we're going to lose things under the snow if it gets much higher.
What happens if we need our well repaired?
And the snowbanks keep getting higher and higher.
Almost taller than my car!
There's no point in putting down the windshield wipers if we're average 2-3 snowstorms a week. Some major, some minor, ALL dumping at least 3 inches of snow. And it has to go somewhere. Note the end of the fence there. We worry that it will eventually topple with all that weight. So we always dig in front of it.
Fence is still leaning.
And a snow-blower can't fit there. That's like digging your own grave. The only place to shovel is up, which hurts after a while. (This is why snow-blowers are a gift from God.) We've gotten so much snow this winter, we can't even blow all the way to the fence without leaving leftovers.
Leftovers
But this pic is the kicker.
Snowbanks Taller Than The Fence
WHERE does the snow go?? That doesn't even get into the sunroom. See the sunroom is the flattest roof we have, which is a danger of collapsing if too much weight of snow is on top. You've seen us clear it off before. But again, all that snow has to go somewhere.
We have to be careful of snow by the sunroom door in case it backs in under the door, there's just SO much snow. But wait! I can hear people asking. Why not push the snow off the other side?
Because the other side is the bulkhead which is it's own headache to clear, especially since the metal of the bulkhead is very good at making ice to chip off.
Nor does any of this get into the ice dams. See, with heat leaching up through the ceiling and hitting the roof, the roof warms and melts the snow from the bottom up. This creates a flow of water that rolls down to roof, hits the cold air, and then freezes into ICICLES OF DOOM that we have to knock down every morning.
Note that the ice on the first floor is from what has fallen off the second floor to create new icicles.
And Thursday is another snow storm. And Sat-int-Sun is another snow storm. And Tues-into-Wed is ANOTHER snow storm.
WHERE DOES ALL THE SNOW GO?????
*headdesk*