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  • phrog
    Veteran Member
    • Jul 2005
    • 1796
    • Chattanooga, TN, USA.

    #16
    Originally posted by TB Roye
    Do you think they migrated south like some of the the birds and animals?

    Tom
    I would think that some did. I've read that in the plains states they did just that. But they still were subjected to some really lousy weather. Just can't imagine what it must have been like.
    Richard

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    • phrog
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      • Jul 2005
      • 1796
      • Chattanooga, TN, USA.

      #17
      Originally posted by durango dude
      My family still shares oral histories. They're Alaskan native.


      They'd spend the summer in what's now known as Egegik (Bristol Bay region) ---- and would migrate across the Aleutian Peninsula to a village, Kanatak (now abandoned).

      In a nutshell - migration allowed them to handle the Alaskan winters.
      I bet those are really interesting stories.
      Richard

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      • Cochese
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        • Jun 2010
        • 1988

        #18
        Originally posted by phrog
        Where's he going?
        I'm going to assume he's married, thus the answer is anywhere that isn't his home.
        I have a little blog about my shop

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        • Knottscott
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          • Dec 2004
          • 3815
          • Rochester, NY.
          • 2008 Shop Fox W1677

          #19
          Originally posted by phrog
          Where's he going?
          Gotta put the recycling out....
          Happiness is sort of like wetting your pants....everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth.

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          • TB Roye
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            • Jan 2004
            • 2969
            • Sacramento, CA, USA.
            • BT3100

            #20
            SAUNA That what my wife's family would do in the UP

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            • Hellrazor
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              • Dec 2003
              • 2091
              • Abyss, PA
              • Ridgid R4512

              #21
              Originally posted by phrog
              Where's he going?
              His wife is at home and his girlfriend lives across the street.

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              • phrog
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                • Jul 2005
                • 1796
                • Chattanooga, TN, USA.

                #22
                Originally posted by Hellrazor
                His wife is at home and his girlfriend lives across the street.
                Which house is he leaving?
                Richard

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                • Richard in Smithville
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                  • Oct 2006
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                  #23
                  I heard on last nights news, that where ever it is they are piling the snow, that pile will be there until the end of June.
                  From the "deep south" part of Canada

                  Richard in Smithville

                  http://richardspensandthings.blogspot.com/

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                  • capncarl
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                    • Jan 2007
                    • 3564
                    • Leesburg Georgia USA
                    • SawStop CTS

                    #24
                    Living in an area where our rare snow is measured in fractions of an inch I'm asking questions that may be obvious to most! Most of the news clips that I've seen with snow having to be removed from roofs appear to be on houses with low slope roofs. Not have seen this in person maybe it is just isolated cases and not worthy of discussion, but it appears to be a similar situation like the residents on beach front property that get stomped by storms. With beach property, codes require construction capable of withstanding storms, and upgrades on existing structures must meet codes. Is this not the case in heavy snow areas? Or are these houses with snow being removed from the roof by hand older houses that have not got caught up with snow problems in the past?
                    capncarl

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                    • Richard in Smithville
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                      • Oct 2006
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                      #25
                      I'm not sure just what the building codes are in New York State, but I don't believe they cover that much snow. Although Buffalo does get significant snow from lake effect, this was not a normal snow fall. Only one other time since I moved to this area in 86, have I heard of them getting this much snow. I get quite a bit off Lake Erie where I live but never that much.

                      Something I am very glad of.


                      EDIT: Looking at some statistics, Buffalo received as much( if not more) snow in 48 hours as their yearly average. Usually during the year, the storms drop less snow and often this will melt or blow off roof tops before the next significant snow.
                      Last edited by Richard in Smithville; 11-23-2014, 11:09 AM.
                      From the "deep south" part of Canada

                      Richard in Smithville

                      http://richardspensandthings.blogspot.com/

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                      • Hellrazor
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                        • Dec 2003
                        • 2091
                        • Abyss, PA
                        • Ridgid R4512

                        #26
                        Low pitch roofing stinks when you have heavy snow loads. Schools, malls, etc all love a flat roof to install chillers, RTU, RTAH and other equipment. But they have big problems when the snow load exceeds design thresholds.

                        Look at pictures of houses in rural Alaska and they have 6+/12 pitch with metal roofing installed.

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