He gave the dumbarse reporter a bogus name (I'm sure he spelled it out rather than pronouncing it) as you can see in the caption.
Good ol' Haywood....
Posted on 02/26/2015 9:24:03 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
PETERBOROUGH — An Old Street Road man removing snow from his roof was hospitalized after he was buried under 2 feet of snow for three hours.Firefighters responded Sunday around 5:30 p.m. after the man’s wife returned home and heard his muffled cries from beneath the snow, Peterborough Fire Chief Ed Walker said.“The homeowner was clearing his roof earlier in the day and he was pulling snow off of his metal roof,” Walker said, when about “three-quarters of the snow on the roof came off at once and buried him underneath it.”The man was home alone and using a snow rake and other tools to remove snow.“I believe he was on the ground and everything came down on him,” Walker said.When his family returned home, his wife heard his cries and started digging him out, Walker said. She soon realized there was too much snow, and called 911.Nine firefighters responded and started digging to free the man.“He was under a solid 2 feet of snow,” Walker said. “We knew at a minimum he would be pre-hypothermic.”“He was conscious and alert. He said he never lost consciousness throughout the whole thing. We dug him out and got him out and transported him to Monadnock Community Hospital,” Walker said.Walker didn’t have an update on the man’s condition.The incident highlights the importance of taking precautions when removing snow, Walker said.“We have an enormous amount of snow. You might forget about the power of it. Just be careful, if you are out working on your roof, make sure people know where you are. ... Keep your own safety in the forefront of your mind.”mpierce@newstote.com
2 feet of snow?? He was probably drunk and passed out.
I use a snow rake on my roof...if you hit the right spot; a good chunk of rooftop snow can come down and make it tough to move...it sounds like he lost his balance and got buried when the snow came down all at once. Being Peterborough; he could very well be one of Al Gore’s disciples.
As I’m new to Alabama, it was a pleasant surprise to see whiteness everywhere from the snow storm that blew in yesterday. This morning I could tell which nearby homes had inadequate insulation installed in their attics because there would be rather large areas on the roofs that were already snow-free from heat escaping the thermal envelope. It seems attic cards and rulers are not the norm down here in the south when insulation companies blow insulation into the attic. With snowfall rare down here, it really is hard to determine how energy-efficient your home really is.
RACIST!
He gave the dumbarse reporter a bogus name (I'm sure he spelled it out rather than pronouncing it) as you can see in the caption.
Good ol' Haywood....
Gawd-Almight! Hehe!
Our Town was not written by Oscar Wilde, but one can see the reason for the error.
“Our Town is a 1938 three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It tells the story of the fictional American small town of Grover’s Corners between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens.”
You may be correct about TW’s description of Peterborough.
“In June 1937, he lived in the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, one of the many locations where he worked on the play.”
I would think keeping your house cool in the summer would be a much bigger concern.
There is a sign on the side of the road(state route 101) as you enter the town of Peterborough.
Thornton Wilder’s Our Town:
“A nice town to live in”
Thanks for the clarification on the name.
I think you mean Thornton Wilder.
Gilmanton Iron Works, N.H. is another charming little burg.
Better known as “Peyton Place”.
I had to shovel snow off my shingled roof in the past (live in central NY in the snow belt) don’t do it anymore because of my age. When I did shovel snow off the roof, the bottom was very slushy and slick, so you had to be careful at the edges otherwise you are going to go off the edge. With shingles you have a little grit from the shingles that minimize your sliding, but with a metal roof it is like a greased surface, no traction what so ever.
True, true. I live in an ‘energy-efficient’ home with an electric heat pump, solar board, and an air-tight thermal envelope. It does a good job of handling the scorching, southern sky when it is burning with heat. Though I prefer the Wisconsin summers on the Isthus, and the mild winters of Bama.
McGovern’s daughter died by falling in a snow bank ... there were complications.
IIRC...home of Yankee Magazine
Actually The headquarters of Yankee magazine are in Dublin. I think they moved most of the printing and publishing to Blatherborough.
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