I am so sick of snow already!
Despite living here( NH )my whole life and going through a lot of bad winters this is by far the worst stretch of one big storm after another every couple days I have ever seen. This is the most recorded snow over this amount of time as well since they started keeping track! That includes the infamous blizzard of 1978 era that was so brutal and sort of the gold standard for winter comparisons around here.
Have been battling roof leaks in both bathrooms due to ice now for a week+. Even though my roof is actually covered with ice & water shield from the drip edge to the ridge vent( instead of just the 1st couple feet most do )the darned water still found a way in around the vent pipes. Sealing those vent pipe flanges 100% is hard. Get enough ice and eventually water will find a way in around them especially when your roof doesn't have a lot of pitch like mine.
This happened despite shoveling the roof off! When you get 24"-30"+ of snow at a time every few days it is hard to keep up with. The roof was leaking so I got all of the snow off and broke the ice up to allow it to drain and the next night we got another 24" and it happened again!
Just cleaned it off again yesterday of another 24"+ from this last storm over the weekend. Now we have another storm coming in although this one is only supposed to be about 8-10" but wet and heavy and possible turn to ice so it could be as bad or worse than 24" of powder.
ENOUGH ALREADY!!!
The Ariens Sno-King I bought in 2011 is getting a major work out this year. Have already gone through 3/4 of the extra sheer pins I have and I can smell the belts cooking every time I use it. I hope they hold up until I can get some spares to have on hand( everyone is out locally ).
This has been a LONG, and brutal winter with all the snow and extreme cold temps, even for people used to New England winters, and I am really ready for spring in a big way. The sad thing is it is only about 1/2 over. We traditionally get cold temps and storms into late March. It is also sad that I got excited when I saw the extended weather forecast showing a day that was sunny and 25F degrees. That is a thaw at the rate we have had it for the last month.
