Icicles of death

[TheSiege]

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[MikeyIs4Dcats]

bet you've got some bad ice-damming going on. you should try to remove any ice dams once the weather is amenable to prevent damage to your house

 

[iamwiz82]

Ice dams are bad.

 

[bctbct]

You better get out there with a hair dryer, dams are bad for your house.

 

[Mr Pickles]

I'll never understand why people live in the cold.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: MrLee
I'll never understand why people live in the cold.

somebody has to...

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: MrLee
I'll never understand why people live in the cold.

I'll never understand why people live in The Hurricane State.

 

[Jhill]

Originally posted by: MrLee
I'll never understand why people live in the cold.

What are you a fucking reptile?

(stolen from Bill Hicks)

 

[Queasy]

Ooooo...those look like they'll put an eye out!

 

[IronWing]

That looks terrible. The cold is fine, snow is fine, ice is fine. Dark and gloomy just sucks.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Ooooo...those look like they'll put an eye out!

Oooooo.....sweetie you're lucky you didn't cut your eye! Those things are dangerous!

 

[JulesMaximus]

When I was a child (well, arguably I still am childlike at times ) living in upstate NY we had a chalet style house and one year during the mid 1970s the ice was almost 1' thick on our roof. Anyway, it loosened up enough for a big sheet of it to slide off our roof and it crashed into the staircase leading to the front door. There wasn't much left of the staircase (we're talking 8 or 9 steps and a fairly robust staircase), if anyone was on it at the time they'd have been killed...no doubt about it.

 

[Agentbolt]

Rallllphiieeee, those icicles have been known to kill people!

 

[Pheran]

Originally posted by: MrLee
I'll never understand why people live in the cold.

We'll have the last laugh after your state is underwater due to global warming.

 

[Auric]

Reminds me of the movie Weirdsville wherein a character gets impailed in the noggin by an icicle. BTW, the movie is crap and the character is played by the guy most known for being "Max Headroom".

 

[TallBill]

Reminds me of some 100 lb icicles that fell off of a skyscraper in chicago a few years back and killed someone.

 

[AMCRambler]

Your gutters = fail

 

[TwiceOver]

Originally posted by: MrLee
I'll never understand why people live in the cold.

I'll never understand why people live in the insane heat. At least in the cold I can just throw on more clothes. In the heat there is only so much I can take off... without getting arrested anyway.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: AMCRambler
Your gutters = fail

There does not seem to be any gutters.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: Jhill

Originally posted by: MrLee
I'll never understand why people live in the cold.

What are you a fucking reptile?

(stolen from Bill Hicks)

:laugh:

 

[markgm]

You need to insulate your attic.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: markgm
You need to insulate your attic.

It could also be a lack of ventilation.

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: TwiceOver

Originally posted by: MrLee
I'll never understand why people live in the cold.

I'll never understand why people live in the insane heat. At least in the cold I can just throw on more clothes. In the heat there is only so much I can take off... without getting arrested anyway.

Meh. Better too hot than too cold. Weather wise, cold is truly debilitating and fiddly in that it requires clothing whereas heat tends only to be uncomfortable at worst given access to shelter and liquid refreshment.

 

[Farang]

Dodging ice from above is part of city life

Charles Bennett, AP

Sonny Skinner and a 4-foot chunk of ice crossed paths Thursday. The ice whistled downward from a Chicago skyscraper, missing Skinner by less that a foot. ''It's only by the grace of God that I wasn't killed,'' he said. Skinner cringed as shards of ice hit his legs, but then pulled his jacket over his head and ran.

Skinner was part of a seasonal ritual in Chicago that has people sidestepping, weaving or flat-out sprinting down sidewalks to avoid falling ice. Warning signs crop up around city buildings at the first freeze and remain until spring. Skinner, however, was well outside the area roped off with yellow ''Caution Falling Ice'' signs. ''They didn't do me much good right there,'' he said. ''There's nothing they can do.''

While most of the ice falls harmlessly to the pavement, one downtown hospital reported treating six people for falling ice-related injuries Thursday. And in the Windy City - where ice can fall, say, 40 to 60 floors and get blown sideways the length of a city block before crashing to the ground - such accidents can have tragic consequences. A Wisconsin family settled a $4.5 million lawsuit last year after a microwave-size piece of ice fell from the Neiman Marcus building, crushing the skull and vertebrae of Donald Booth, 48. He was killed instantly. Chicago lawyer David Wise, who represented Booth's family, said his office is almost always handling a case involving falling ice.

New York and Minneapolis also report injuries from falling ice. In central Moscow, with its many slanted roofs, people die every year, horribly stabbed or smashed by icicles. And in Kiev, Ukraine, hundreds of workers with shovels, ropes and crowbars try to avoid the problem by climbing on roofs to loosen accumulated ice and snow.

The city of Chicago in the past has closed hazardous sections of downtown, but that hasn't happened so far this year. After a major storm dumped more than a foot of snow on the city this week, the city issued a reminder to building owners to watch for buildups of ice and snow. ''City inspectors assigned to monitor facades of downtown buildings for cracks or fissures also look for snow buildup or dangerous ice,'' said Kristen Lobbins-Cabanban, spokeswoman for the Buildings Department. ''They go into buildings and speak with building managers about potential problems.'' But Lobbins-Cabanban said responsibility for the problem falls squarely on the shoulders of building owners.

Otherwise, the problem can fall squarely on pedestrians. Kim Johnson, who works in a downtown law office, said she was standing next to a man who was struck on Wednesday. ''He had a big gash and blood all over his coat where a piece of ice had fallen from this building and gashed his head,'' Johnson said. Asked how she gets between the train station and her office every day, Johnson said, ''Very quickly.''

 

[gnumantsc]

You don't have enough ventilation in your attic/roof to prevent the icicles of forming.