(quoted from post at 08:51:51 11/20/14) Its hard to imagine, that is a lot of snow for a city to deal with. That area is known for high accumulation, so you would think they have planned as best can be done, but when something like this happens, more than likely taxes all resources heavily. Melt off, just hope its a slow one !!!!
Just a few years ago, winter of '10-'11, we had quite a bit of snow over a longer period of time and many lost buildings, one of our barns had to be reinforced at the same time the roof was being cleaned off, but that barn did have some issues, thankfully I reinforced and repaired trusses that fall, it held up, but was making noises, we got the roof cleared, the other 1/3 of it that was in better condition did collapse with a wet snow late winter of '09.
If we ever had an event like this here, it would be a disaster, given what we saw in '10-'11.
I remember as kid, early 70's, there was a blizzard, and the state road nearby was cut through 30' of rock for 600'-700', with shear walls on each side, its a 1/4 mile from what was our farm. The state and town trucks and all related equipment was stuck, I think we got about 3' maybe a little more. The road was cut off as the snow drifted in so high in that section of road. The town hired my father to open it up with the old WWII era caterpillar D7, that was the worst I have ever seen around here, never seen it since. We are very fortunate in that regard.
