After a ridiculous amount of wasted time, figures of density calcs and such, the Process Chief, who had been silent this whole time, spoke up and said the current snow load on his roof was exactly XX.X lbs/sq ft and he wasn't concerned (less than half of what should have been close to a limit).
We turned to him and said how do you know that?
He said yesterday he used a shovel, cut off 6” x 6” of snow, put it into a bucket and weighed it.
Sometimes engineers just make it hard. It's our nature.
Yes, direct vs indirect measurement.
Shortest path is best, and generally more accurate.
Ha, doesn’t seem just like a lefty reporter to complain about people not having snow shovels; I can see this guy has never shoveled any snow. I bet we have a dozen broken snow shovel handles laying around, we just use them as stakes in the garden and buy a few more 40 dollar ones at AIH every fall when in town.
LOL! I'm married to one and he always looks at the most difficult solution first. Has boggled my mind for 35 years! (and yes, I'm envoking bragging rights as to the longevity of my marriage. I've earned it! :D)
thackney - funny how sometimes a moment like the one you described stays with us for a lifetime. Great story - thanks for sharing.
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After a ridiculous amount of wasted time, figures of density calcs and such, the Process Chief, who had been silent this whole time, spoke up and said the current snow load on his roof was exactly XX.X lbs/sq ft and he wasn’t concerned (less than half of what should have been close to a limit).
We turned to him and said how do you know that?
He said yesterday he used a shovel, cut off 6” x 6” of snow, put it into a bucket and weighed it.
Sometimes engineers just make it hard. It’s our nature.