I saw watching video from Detroit, Oregon this weekend. Noticed people having trouble with too much snow on their roofs.
Why do they build homes in these snow areas with such a flat pitch?
These snow fall levels are so great that drifts form up against the structure and up over the house. Also, I saw images of nice slanted roofs with over 5 feet of snow on them.
It snows there, but this is a very unusual year. The real concern has got to be with flooding, once this stuff melts -- because it will probably all melt within a few days, once the rain and Chinook winds come through.
I’m from Oregon. We don’t usually get snow like this. Oregon is famous for its rain. Inches and inches of rain. Snow like this, except for the Cascades and sometimes the Coast range, is pretty rare. Detroit and Idahna are small towns out in the sticks.
GLOBAL WARMING ALERT ! TONS OF SNOW ALL OVER THE COUNTRY