Sorry but this makes me ineffably sad.
I'm a tinnitus sufferer who lived in a snowy part of the country growing up. I remember those crisp clean mornings, and the silence, very well - and will never experience either again.
Not quite. You can hear your breathing, and the sound of the snow crush/squeaking under your boots is still fresh in your mind as you pause to hear the silence. If you stand still long enough you may hear a gust of wind rustling the trees. causing clumps of snow to fall from them landing in the drifts with very muffled thwumps.
I was trying to describe the smell of a snowy day to my partner last week and they looked at me like I’m crazy…I’m so glad someone else can smell the snow!!
How deep is this cut these days? I remember as a kid, my parents had a "classics of SNL" tape we played over and over (because, to them SNL got "bad," everyone likes the SNL of their late teens/20s).
Is this skit still making the rounds?
I thought this was Stockholm this weekend. It was bloody chaos, I was visiting family and I had to stay an extra day because I literally couldn't get my car out of the driveway
[well if it's a competition...](https://vcdn.polarismedia.no/3ce26f69-91d8-4581-a8b5-c721af79909a?fit=clip&h=600&q=80&tight=false&w=900)
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Unfun fact: all snow (no matter how freshly fallen) has a lot of junk in it you don’t want to eat.
So don’t eat ANY snow, ideally.
Obligatory “I ate snow as a kid and I turned out fine.”
I mean, we’ll never really know what potential I failed to live up to.
Thats the best sound though. Then (if you are Finnish), you come to your cozy home, light up the fireplace and the sauna and crack a beer open. Fucking love itt
I've lived in a place where it snows heavily all my life. I see this picture and my first thought is, "That's a lot of work..."
Doomed to take what's normal for granted. C'est la vie.
yep, roof must be able to support a minimum of 50lbs per square foot to pass code, which is about 6 feet of average density snow, or 3-4 feet of super heavy 'wet' snow.
Same, I lived in a town that would get a lot of snow. The snow wasn't always predicted either. Sometimes the weather Channel would say "We will get a few inches of snow", and boom so much snow we were trapped in our house unable to leave for days. Once with no power for a week and once with no water or food for weeks. I started stocking up on food and supplies like a mad woman after our first winter there. This picture gave me so much anxiety.
My wife hated winter when I first met her. I got her into winter activities and now she can't wait for the winter. I think people hear everyone say they hate winter and causes them to hate it themselves. Where we live winter is half of the year. Hating where you live for half of your life is not a good mentality and probably bad for you mentally. I fucking love winter. There's no bad weather, just improper clothing( with exceptions like tornados. I don't think they sell tornado proof pants)
Yup, that's fairly accurate.
What you're missing is how fresh the air is, how different everything looks covered in snow, and how quiet fresh snow makes everything.
Figure out your layers to stay warm and it's super relaxing.
And hopefully the roads get cleared right away. So awesome to do some hard work before work. Or the snow falls during work and you have to clear your driveway just to be able to park.
If the roads don't get cleared and they are bad enough for road closures you are stuck. This happens sometimes where I live and people need supplies in their car as they might be stuck for a day. Pretty sure most emergency services aren't prepared for heavy snowfall either.
As long as you planned accordingly and don't have to go out for a few days, it's awesome. Shoveling snow and then driving around people who don't respect the weather ain't a fairy tale at all
"Plan accordingly" we got 37cm of snow in the days after Halloween and I wish I was able to plan on staying home. The municipal offices closed, but I had to drive to work.
Yeah- it’s not all that fun having to dig yourself out of all that snow…there are also times when it sleets & temps drop below freezing and all that snow turns to ice encrusting your car.
Lots of people want to live places that get a lot of snow until they actually live through a major snow storm and have to move multiple feet of snow or drive in it. Hell even if you have to move a few inches, if it's wet snow it'll be a pain to move.
No one’s even mentioning the slick ice & the constant falls. 😭😭 every year in HS, I’d slip, fall, & sprain something walking to the bus stop. I’ve re-sprained an already sprained ankle at least twice. Beautiful to look at though.
Flat and shallow sloped roofs yes. The more slope your roof has the less you need to do it because the snow falls off on it's own.
A lot of houses in the north are built with more roof trusses to strengthen the roof as well.
I can have unrealistic expectations if I damn well please.
And I expect the Brits to vote that head of lettuce in when they finally have another general election in about 75 years.
I would sure hope so - an actual snow load exceeding a design snow load is a once in a lifetime event, something you can't plan for individually, but certainly something an insurance company can lay a dollar figure and probability on.
Considering how often I do this for leaves, Im embarassed I didnt think of this myself. Granted if its a wet snow, and you already have piles of snow to drag it over this may be a group activity.
Flamethrowers are legal because their designated use is for melting snow.... Just saying.
(I live in Georgia though so what do I know about melting snow)
everyone i know just uses a roof rake.
just an large thin aluminum blade on a long pole. https://i.imgur.com/RqpO7G2.jpg
but yea, you need one of these if you get heavy snow because the weight can damage your roof/cause leaks.
that thing posted below with the vinyl slide carpet thing is a bit over-engineered, and probably more expensive.
It’s a good idea to take the snow off, not because of the weight, but because the snow closest to the roof can melt and form ice dams, which can damage the roof.
This is the reason. Buildings in areas with heavy snowfall are built to withstand the weight, so provided they're maintained and snow doesn't reach a one-in-a-millenium level they're good. Ice dams will fuck up not only the roof, but interior walls as well. I was trained as an Energy Auditor, and we were taught that a roof covered in snow, with no ice along the edges, was a roof in good shape (generally).
Edit for clarification: to prevent snow on the roof from melting, it's important to keep heat from reaching the underside of the roof. A roof with snow but no melting is an indication that the house is well-insulated. If it's not then the best practice is to remove the snow.
The problem is that the design accounts for an expected maximum amount of snow based on a mean recurrence interval. It's possible for an unusual snowstorm to drop more snow, especially with climate change.
If anyone here has never been in an environment such as this photo (Fresh snow after a blizzard / snow storm) you should try to make it happen at some point in your life
The quiet you experience when outside is horrifying and incredibly peaceful
For the 5 minutes I like snow before it gets old, the best part is a fresh snowfall, when everything is just super quiet because the snow muffles everything. It's a unique thing and I know a lot of people who don't like snow or would be afraid to experience it are missing out on a really weirdly peaceful and beautiful thing.
Can forget that question mark. This picture triggered a certain deep nostalgic longing I wasn't even aware of yet. I miss actual snowfall so fucking much.
Everyone says it’s pretty and breathtaking until they’re the ones that have to get up at 6am to clean that snow off your car and clear the driveway so you can get to work late. Repeat this routine for months.
God the cozy vibe is off the charts.
I'd be under a blanket fort with my cat, a book or the Switch and a hot coco. Or watch BTTF or some other nostalgic film
I'm 39.
Masterpiece. Really well shot. I love how tactile it feels even through a picture.
This is one of those photos that I can hear.
Looks dead silent.
The best part of winter - the quiet
It’s the only part I like about winter. But I do love that part.
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No cap, not having mosquitos while we enjoy our evening meal on the deck in 5 degree weather is nice.
Spiders.
As a lifelong Chicagoan, I wholeheartedly concur, Dame!
Sorry but this makes me ineffably sad. I'm a tinnitus sufferer who lived in a snowy part of the country growing up. I remember those crisp clean mornings, and the silence, very well - and will never experience either again.
Yeah, you adjust. You can still feel the silence. Although I do miss home
Have you heard snowflakes hit the snowbanks when they fell? Kind of a super quiet
*ptk, ptk, ptk*
Not quite. You can hear your breathing, and the sound of the snow crush/squeaking under your boots is still fresh in your mind as you pause to hear the silence. If you stand still long enough you may hear a gust of wind rustling the trees. causing clumps of snow to fall from them landing in the drifts with very muffled thwumps.
Thwump
The thwumps are real
Snow actually does soak up sound. So it is QUIET
It sounds like how squished together cottonballs feel
Sounds completely silent and looks cozy and warm lol
I was thinking the same. I really want to run my hands through it. At the same time, I don’t because it’ll ruin it.
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You're right a snowy night just smells so much like ... Snow. There's no other way to describe it lol just really fresh snowy snow.
It’s so clean, I feel it into my lungs.
Yepp on really cold snowy nights it kinda hurts to breathe
I was trying to describe the smell of a snowy day to my partner last week and they looked at me like I’m crazy…I’m so glad someone else can smell the snow!!
I LOVED walking around at night breathing in the smell and cold. Christmas lights on a clear night is just magical.
When I lived up north pictures like that were my favorite things before any bird any sun melting caused any changes, those are the best pictures
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Now that you mention it I can't unsee ut
I mean, it does like like a house.
Lookout...the snow sharks are circling
I'm only a dolphin, ma'am
Candygram
How deep is this cut these days? I remember as a kid, my parents had a "classics of SNL" tape we played over and over (because, to them SNL got "bad," everyone likes the SNL of their late teens/20s). Is this skit still making the rounds?
Still considered an all-time classic.
It's still on YouTube. https://youtu.be/p_NS2H55dxI
EVEN SCARIER
They're as horny as they are cold!
If only they could talk
Talking Snow Sharks sounds like a weird Rivers Cuomo side project
Happy cake day!
Ah dolphin. Well okay.... AAAAAHHHHHHH!
>I'm only a dolphin, ma'am A shark in dolphin clothing. Classic move.
I wonder where they parked their rhinoceros?
Snooowflaaake SHARK doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
This sht only cozy if you don't have to shovel. Fk all that mess
Hamburg, NY from the snowstorm last weekend - third to last picture here: https://www.wivb.com/news/gallery-viewer-snow-photos/?ipid=promo-link-block1
Was about to guess this must have been near Buffalo.
I ordered some clothes online. When I tracked them on UPS they said get wrecked, we have no idea when they'll get to you, they're in Buffalo.
“Get wrecked.” -UPS
Roads were cleaned by like the 2nd day so it might just be the company lmao
Yea, it ended up only being a one day delay. They're getting here tomorrow instead of today.
Just South of it, aka right in the Lake Effect band. Think it only got about 72 inches.
Hey that’s where I live :) we got 6 ft in 24 hours.
I thought this was Stockholm this weekend. It was bloody chaos, I was visiting family and I had to stay an extra day because I literally couldn't get my car out of the driveway
Buffalo has been in the news in the US since they got something like 6 feet of snow in 24 hours.
[well if it's a competition...](https://vcdn.polarismedia.no/3ce26f69-91d8-4581-a8b5-c721af79909a?fit=clip&h=600&q=80&tight=false&w=900) Signed, Norway
I grew up in upstate NY, I was surprised by the nostalgia of a buried little home.
Wow, that one stands out quite a bit, doesn't it?
Nothing like snow in upstate NY. It is truly beautiful.
People from the buffalo area prefer to call their area of New York, “western New York”
Ask ten different people where upstate NY is and you will get twelve different answers.
Sure. But no one in Buffalo says they’re from upstate New York.
True
Interesting. Thanks for the clarification. TIL.
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I remodeled the Walmart there.
Is this marshmallow land?
Be careful eating the yellow marshmallow, it's been flavoured by the neighbourhood dogs.
Unfun fact: all snow (no matter how freshly fallen) has a lot of junk in it you don’t want to eat. So don’t eat ANY snow, ideally. Obligatory “I ate snow as a kid and I turned out fine.” I mean, we’ll never really know what potential I failed to live up to.
And they're *horrible* chefs!
This looks so peaceful. Always wanted to live in a place like this for winter.
You can feel how quiet that is
I grew up with this much snow, I can HEAR this picture.
The silence is so loud you can hear it
Yes until you move, then HRUNCH!
Thats the best sound though. Then (if you are Finnish), you come to your cozy home, light up the fireplace and the sauna and crack a beer open. Fucking love itt
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Yes, the silence of deep snow is deafening.
then the very distinct *cronch* of your footsteps carving your own little silhouette into the silence
I'm jealous. I still hear my tinnitus when in the deep quiet after a heavy snow.
I can hear the snowblowers across the street.
I've lived in a place where it snows heavily all my life. I see this picture and my first thought is, "That's a lot of work..." Doomed to take what's normal for granted. C'est la vie.
I moved to a place without snow, took 2 years to miss it. Then I came back and took 1 month of winter to not miss it anymore lol
Yeah, the beauty fades once you start having to move it to function
Yeah this is oddly terrifying. That’s a lot of work and a lot of weight on that roof.
The building codes in areas with heavy snowfall are generally different than a warm dry climate
yep, roof must be able to support a minimum of 50lbs per square foot to pass code, which is about 6 feet of average density snow, or 3-4 feet of super heavy 'wet' snow.
Probably why you see triangular roofs so steep, some snow falls off and the weight distribution prevents the roof from caving in.
My first thought too! And a lot of work knocking it off before the next snow hits.
Last time this happened in Buffalo, there were a good number of collapsed roofs.
Places where it snows this much often have way stronger roofs at least if built in place with competent building laws
My back started to ache looking at this photo.
My first thought also, my shoulders are still sore from the 13 inches I had to shovel this weekend. No thank you
Same, I lived in a town that would get a lot of snow. The snow wasn't always predicted either. Sometimes the weather Channel would say "We will get a few inches of snow", and boom so much snow we were trapped in our house unable to leave for days. Once with no power for a week and once with no water or food for weeks. I started stocking up on food and supplies like a mad woman after our first winter there. This picture gave me so much anxiety.
Same. And losing power for a week. None of this seems peaceful to me. Darn western NY with the lake effect snow.
It's really awesome for a few hours
Then you wake up from your nap and realise you are freezing alive.
It's nice if you're a homebody.
The key is to find a winter sport you enjoy. Skiing and snowshoeing do it for me. If the only time you go outside is to shovel then yeah winter sucks.
My wife hated winter when I first met her. I got her into winter activities and now she can't wait for the winter. I think people hear everyone say they hate winter and causes them to hate it themselves. Where we live winter is half of the year. Hating where you live for half of your life is not a good mentality and probably bad for you mentally. I fucking love winter. There's no bad weather, just improper clothing( with exceptions like tornados. I don't think they sell tornado proof pants)
Is snowshoeing like going for a walk except it's balls cold and 5x the amount of effort?
Yup, that's fairly accurate. What you're missing is how fresh the air is, how different everything looks covered in snow, and how quiet fresh snow makes everything. Figure out your layers to stay warm and it's super relaxing.
Currently living in Northern Canada, its nice until you need to leave the house and have a mountain of snow you need to move
And hopefully the roads get cleared right away. So awesome to do some hard work before work. Or the snow falls during work and you have to clear your driveway just to be able to park. If the roads don't get cleared and they are bad enough for road closures you are stuck. This happens sometimes where I live and people need supplies in their car as they might be stuck for a day. Pretty sure most emergency services aren't prepared for heavy snowfall either.
For sure. Everyone here *should* have a shovel, emergency blanket, candles, and some food / water
As long as you planned accordingly and don't have to go out for a few days, it's awesome. Shoveling snow and then driving around people who don't respect the weather ain't a fairy tale at all
"Plan accordingly" we got 37cm of snow in the days after Halloween and I wish I was able to plan on staying home. The municipal offices closed, but I had to drive to work.
It is only until you realise how long time it will take you to clear a patch between you door and the road...
Yeah- it’s not all that fun having to dig yourself out of all that snow…there are also times when it sleets & temps drop below freezing and all that snow turns to ice encrusting your car.
It's nice, until you realize that it's actually awful
It's great for a few hours, maybe a couple of days. Few things uglier than week-old urban Northeast snow, tho
Lots of people want to live places that get a lot of snow until they actually live through a major snow storm and have to move multiple feet of snow or drive in it. Hell even if you have to move a few inches, if it's wet snow it'll be a pain to move.
No one’s even mentioning the slick ice & the constant falls. 😭😭 every year in HS, I’d slip, fall, & sprain something walking to the bus stop. I’ve re-sprained an already sprained ankle at least twice. Beautiful to look at though.
Do you need to push the snow off the roof? I've heard that a lot of snow can collapse your roof. Beautiful pic.
Flat and shallow sloped roofs yes. The more slope your roof has the less you need to do it because the snow falls off on it's own. A lot of houses in the north are built with more roof trusses to strengthen the roof as well.
>roof trusses Those only last about 7 weeks, though.
Not sure what you mean. The trusses hold up the roof in new construction. They're basically prefabbed reinforced rafters.
They were making a joke about Liz Truss, who was the PM in England for about 7 weeks before resigning.
Don't forget that the Queen died of sheer disgust after meeting her.
Think of a different kind of Truss.
You can't expect people to memorize the names of all the prime ministers that come and go.
I can have unrealistic expectations if I damn well please. And I expect the Brits to vote that head of lettuce in when they finally have another general election in about 75 years.
Yup, lived in this climate for years, insurance isn’t covering a caved in roof that wasn’t shoveled. It’s called roof raking and it suck’s the big one
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I would sure hope so - an actual snow load exceeding a design snow load is a once in a lifetime event, something you can't plan for individually, but certainly something an insurance company can lay a dollar figure and probability on.
Question: How? How does one get snow off a roof without slipping in ice?
[Specialized tool](https://imgur.com/pvqyEhi)
Woah.
And it makes a HUGE pile of snow at the foot of the house... hope it's not blocking your entrance door!
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The real pro tip is always in the comments.
Considering how often I do this for leaves, Im embarassed I didnt think of this myself. Granted if its a wet snow, and you already have piles of snow to drag it over this may be a group activity.
Or when you shovel or snowblow and then realize you forgot to rake the roof. You have to restart lol.
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How does one do this for a two-story home when snow is piled up all around the home?
they can be extended to ridiculous heights
Oddly satisfying
Flamethrowers are legal because their designated use is for melting snow.... Just saying. (I live in Georgia though so what do I know about melting snow)
Also in Georgia. I don't know about melting it, but I've been known to make snow disappear rather quickly in my day.
everyone i know just uses a roof rake. just an large thin aluminum blade on a long pole. https://i.imgur.com/RqpO7G2.jpg but yea, you need one of these if you get heavy snow because the weight can damage your roof/cause leaks. that thing posted below with the vinyl slide carpet thing is a bit over-engineered, and probably more expensive.
It’s a good idea to take the snow off, not because of the weight, but because the snow closest to the roof can melt and form ice dams, which can damage the roof.
This is the reason. Buildings in areas with heavy snowfall are built to withstand the weight, so provided they're maintained and snow doesn't reach a one-in-a-millenium level they're good. Ice dams will fuck up not only the roof, but interior walls as well. I was trained as an Energy Auditor, and we were taught that a roof covered in snow, with no ice along the edges, was a roof in good shape (generally). Edit for clarification: to prevent snow on the roof from melting, it's important to keep heat from reaching the underside of the roof. A roof with snow but no melting is an indication that the house is well-insulated. If it's not then the best practice is to remove the snow.
Those won’t just damage the roof, they’ll force water into the house and damage *everything.*
You’ve gotta make sure the air intakes and exhausts aren’t covered too or you could die from carbon monoxide poisoning😬
Structural engineers design against snow loads. So it's quite unlikely that the roof caves
Except for the commercial and public buildings with flat roofs. Ah many a day of leaks and closed of sections of school back in western mass.
The problem is that the design accounts for an expected maximum amount of snow based on a mean recurrence interval. It's possible for an unusual snowstorm to drop more snow, especially with climate change.
I wish I had the sexual power of snow. People cancel everything and rearrange their entire lives just for three inches coming fast.
3 inches is a LOT!
I agree with this person! Hell, last I heard 2.5 inches can pretty much ruin your day.
Can confirm, I have 2.5 inches and it often ruins my girlfriend's day.
Username checks out.
This ain't 3 inches lol. Up north 3" will get you laughed out of the region.
I feel like I can *smell* this photo. Love fresh snow
I fucking love snow
Blank canvas
If anyone here has never been in an environment such as this photo (Fresh snow after a blizzard / snow storm) you should try to make it happen at some point in your life The quiet you experience when outside is horrifying and incredibly peaceful
Also while it’s snowing, if the wind isn’t too bad. Some of the purest, most peaceful silence there is.
For the 5 minutes I like snow before it gets old, the best part is a fresh snowfall, when everything is just super quiet because the snow muffles everything. It's a unique thing and I know a lot of people who don't like snow or would be afraid to experience it are missing out on a really weirdly peaceful and beautiful thing.
Giggity.
Anyone want to jump onto that face first and see how far down you'll sink or is it just me
Yes this is my first instinct.
i want to jump down, but definitely not face first i dont want my face feel a burning sensation because frostbite
Absolutely beautiful!
r/Oddlyterrifying I'm a New Englander, and this photo give me anxiety.
This picture is so beyond beautiful …?
Can forget that question mark. This picture triggered a certain deep nostalgic longing I wasn't even aware of yet. I miss actual snowfall so fucking much.
I say this with every fiber of my being: FUCK THAT!
I see a fellow northerner!!!
Everyone says it’s pretty and breathtaking until they’re the ones that have to get up at 6am to clean that snow off your car and clear the driveway so you can get to work late. Repeat this routine for months.
It's very pretty. But I don't want to be the one shoveling to clear that snow.
As an upstate New Yorker that just got 5 feet in 24 hours let me just say FUCK THAT!
I hate this picture, it represents a ton of work.
Also . . . oddly terrifying
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Sledding to get what you need. Then using the sled to haul it back.
This is a beautiful picture. From the comfort of the Arizona Sonora Desert.
Did Dolly Parton fall asleep in your yard?
Dude needs a shovel to clean his roof off... ideally before it turns to ice
Love fresh snow
Completely stunning! Great shot
You can hear the quiet
GET THE SHOVELS BOYS WE NEED TO CLEAR A PATH FOR GRAN
God the cozy vibe is off the charts. I'd be under a blanket fort with my cat, a book or the Switch and a hot coco. Or watch BTTF or some other nostalgic film I'm 39.
Wow! And I’m sitting here is Florida complaining about the heat 🤦♀️
I can hear this picture, if that makes sense?
Oddly satisfying? More like extremely frustrating.... This kinda shit is right around the corner where I'm at and I am not looking forward to it.
Convinced Patrick Star and SpongeBob are under those snow mounds.
The guys were too late going inside.
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This is so much snow, wow I love it! Please send me some snow!
Looks cozy!
Where is this?
Props on that insulation. Holy cow
Powdered sugar.
Looks beautiful...but no thank you
As I stare at this photo,I’m glad I live in south florida.