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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.RichardComment
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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
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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?
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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
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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.Comment
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