Snow Cover On Roof Provides Wind Protection?

Huh?

Gusts to 70 mph expected. Weather guy said that snow on roof will lessen chances of shingles (asphalt, in my case) being lifted. Any truth to this statement?

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Yes...until the snow blows off.

Reply to
DerbyDad03

Wellll, I don't know how long the snow will last in a 70 mph wind, but otherwise I suppose there's a bit of truth to it!

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Twayne
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Is your snow heavy? Mine is.I doubt whether much snow will be blown off the roof unless there are constant high wind speeds. Worse yet is that we have a travel restriction in effect. All non-emergency travel is prohibited. My power went out earlier, but I have a generator running but not much gasoline left. I was going to go get some in my 4x4 truck but I can't now with the travel restriction. Damn those anti-siphon gas tanks.

Reply to
willshak

We had 50" of snow within 4 days. This was a couple of weeks ago. It probably won't blow off roof. This time, you're getting hammered with snow. We're expecting only a few inches but monster winds. Power is still on. House generator will supply power for about two days but I'm worried about structural damage. Good luck.

Central Maryland

Reply to
Jack

Well, if the bottom layer of snow on the roof has fused into ice, from the odd hour of sunlight, compression, and thermal cycling, that will provide a layer of protection. Of course a layer of ice or near-ice on your roof causes other things to worry about.

Finally broke down and bought a roof rake this year, for that one problem stretch and inside corner on the lee side of the roof that loves to form a snow cornice, and load the gutter up with several hundred pounds of ice. It helps, as long as I stay after it with each fresh snowfall. But I still wanna beat on whoever owned this place when addition was put on, for the stupid way they tied the roofs together, creating little dead pockets where the swirling air packs the snow into a fine foundation for the snow cornice. It resulted in previous owner having to replace the kitchen window, from where the stupid design and metal-wrapped gutter boards led melt water across soffit and into wall around window. I'll never wrap a gutter board- use rot-resistant wood, or fake wood. I had to peel the wrap down on the backside, and form a drain point for the water, to keep same problem from happening again. I'm sure that end of the gutter board is completely rotted in there, because there is a gap above the wrap and back of gutter, below the drip edge, such that water is forced in there when gutter are overflowing or full of half-melted snow/ice. I'll probably leave it for next owner to fix, because once you open up something like that, where do you stop?

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aemeijers

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Don't forget m&m's and beef jerky while you're there.

Reply to
Red Green

That story is repeated, the world over. People undererstimate how much gasoline a generator can use. Wide open, some take a galon an hour.

For the rest of us, fill the gas cans before the storm. During the storm, minimize the electric use, so the gas lasts longer.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

I would call gas for a generator an emergency. It is being used to heat your house, to run your furnace, right?

Reply to
Michael Dobony

...and post to a.h.r.

Reply to
DerbyDad03

I think that should count as an emergency - if you get stopped by a cop and tell them you're getting gas so you can keep the power on at your house and cook, not freeze etc. I'm sure they'd understand.

Reply to
Jules

Had some friends in NZ with a pair that'd go through a gallon of diesel a minute under full load... :-)

Reply to
Jules

The snow will blow. If it has turned to ice, then the chunks of ice likely will become missiles. We had 70 mph winds on Gulf coast during one of the 2005 blow-bys...forget the names. Lots of shingles missing in the neighborhood. It appeared, mainly, to affect old roofs. Very few trees down. Loosened concrete tiles from roofs, as well. It took all of my husband's considerable strength to retrieve one of our wheeled trash cans that was blowing down the street. Plywood over windows would be in order before the storm...not fun. We tried it once, then got hurricane shutters.

Reply to
norminn

If the order is for emergency vehicles only, they might have a system to deliver fuel.

Reply to
norminn

... Not used to snow and wind, eh??? :)

Out here (high plains) we're surprised if the wind doesn't blow when it snows (or most of the rest of the time, too, for that matter)...

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Reply to
dpb

Now, THAT is a big, furry pair.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

So tell me high plains drifter, how often do you get 50 inches of snow within 4 days as we did. Usual snow here in this sissy Mid-Atlantic town is 21 inches a year but this year my town has gotten 92 so far.

As for the other poster who needs gasoline, I read this morning that his county in New York has 20 inches on the ground from this particular storm and they're expecting another 10 more. And it's the heavy wet stuff that murders power lines.

Sorry to whine but I reckon we ain't as tough as you pioneer types.

Reply to
Jack

Hmm, I read non-emergency travel as "don't drive unless it's an emergency", not "don't drive unless you're driving an emergency vehicle"...

Reply to
Jules

Yeah, engines were 44,000 cubic inch straight-8's (two-stroke)... each was hooked to a big alternator (1200kVA if I remember right). All 1930's tech, so I'm sure they were ridiculously inefficient by modern standards!

cheers

Jules

Reply to
Jules

Sure you can. Bet you won't see a cop at all the entire time you're out.

Plus, you could consider it an emergency.

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mkirsch1

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