Snow load
Catching up on TWC and the snow belt mess this afternoon and they gave some interesting info re snow load. There is usually at least one post re "should I or not" every year, so here it is early....u...
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dadmomh wrote:
No, actually that's exactly what TWC said. Obviously depends on the snow being drier or wetter, but just repeating what they said....agree that it sounds high. I always thought that 1" of rain = 1 foot of snow, but they had a totally different mathematical display showing on the board they were using. Certainly not 12x12x3'....have shoveled enough to know that's way heavier.
If TWC reported that 12"X12"X3" is 60#s, I believe that they made a mistake.
Certainly the water content in the snow makes a huge difference.
A simple example of weight, all water, which would be heavier than snow. Take a cake pan 12 inches by 12 inches, with 3 inch high sides, and start filling from one gallon water jug. The pan will overflow before the whole gallon is added. The gallon of water weighs about eight and one half pounds.
Jerry
