Saturday, March 01, 2008

Ridiculous Snow Photograph from Otisfield, Maine




My in-laws, Kate and Glenn, live in the foothills of the White Mountains in western Maine at a place called Little Pond. They've had a ridiculous amount of snow fall there this winter, and yesterday another 14 inches fell on top of the four and a half feet of snow that was already on the ground. What do you do with all of that snow? Well, one thing, you have to keep it off your roof. How do you do that? You get a metal roof so the snow slides off, and you also invest in a good roof rake. Once you rake all that snow off the roof, it has to pile up somewhere.

This picture is real. I still can't believe it. Glenn is not a small man by any means. In fact, he makes me look tiny. He's 6 feet tall, but in this picture, he really is dwarfed by this massive snow pile. Can you imagine how long it will take four and half feet of snow to melt? And the snow piles there just around the house are 8-10 feet tall, those might still be there when Megan and I visit in May. I guess this is why they say they have "mud season" up in Maine instead of a true spring.

Fortunately, the whole family, including Megan and I are headed to Florida on Saturday. For my in laws, it will surely be a great escape from the massive snow fort that is their house.

Tom

10 comments:

  1. This is a great picture and guess they don't need to pull the ladder out to do his needed work on the roof!

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  2. Too much snow! Hopefully when it does melt, it does so gradually- so we don't get floods!

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  3. Holy COW! Snow invasion! That really says, snowed in. Great picture.

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  4. oh so much snow!! Very interesting picture!!

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  5. Monarch-

    Yeah, you are right monarch, it is ridiculous

    Megan- I'm not sure how you dealt with that snow for the 13 years you lived in maine.


    Thanks Chris-Kate took the picture so she gets the credit on this one

    Novice- Welcome and thanks for commenting!

    Tom

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  6. You knopw, maybe the snow in Michigan isn't so bad after all.

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  7. Wren- Yep, thats what I'm thinking too! I tell you, when I was in Maine in January, and there was two feet of snow on the ground, I really thought it was fantastic. Four feet is a different story!

    Tom

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  8. Holy smokes. What a picture! This is only about 40 miles from where my dad lives.

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  9. I reckon the pitch on that roof is steep for a good reason.

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  10. Oh, I am not looking forward to this again anytime soon, I can tell you that! Here where I live in Maine, on the coast, we didn't get it nearly this bad. But it snowed, and snowed, and snowed last winter. Ours just kept turning to rain, mostly.

    I like snow. I paint winter scenes sometimes. I just like it in small amounts. :)

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