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Volunteers shovel Buffalo streets as flooding fears rise
Winnipeg Sun ^ | 11/22/2014 | Aaron Ingrao, Reuters

Posted on 11/22/2014 11:59:51 AM PST by KC Burke

BUFFALO - As temperatures near Buffalo, N.Y., rose above freezing on Saturday, volunteers fanned out to help their neighbours clear the walls of snow that have paralyzed parts of the region this week, but the warming trend also raised the threat of flooding.

More than 200 volunteers, called the Shovel Brigade Mob, armed themselves with shovels and headed into neighbourhoods south of downtown Buffalo. The group said some residents were still stuck in their homes, days after a lake-effect system clobbered the region with up to seven feet of snow.

(Excerpt) Read more at winnipegsun.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: buffalo; newyork; shovelreadyjobs; snow
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To: RegulatorCountry

I’m sure the building codes require a minimum, but I have no idea what it might be.


41 posted on 11/22/2014 2:24:24 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Straight Vermonter

I would think that anyone living in Buffalo would be at the very least a winter prepper.


42 posted on 11/22/2014 2:28:09 PM PST by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: fhayek

Stay strong, and my prayers are with you.


43 posted on 11/22/2014 2:34:03 PM PST by onona (Obama's entire term reads like a John Semmens post.)
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To: onona

Thanks. Things are okay here. Others have faired far worse.


44 posted on 11/22/2014 3:05:13 PM PST by fhayek
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To: KC Burke

Nice to read about people helping their neighbors like this. It’s what the USA used to be about.


45 posted on 11/22/2014 3:26:47 PM PST by Bigg Red (Congress, do your duty and repo his pen and his phone.)
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To: Straight Vermonter

Couple of bums shacking up....


46 posted on 11/22/2014 3:28:23 PM PST by Bigg Red (Congress, do your duty and repo his pen and his phone.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine; RegulatorCountry

6:12 in Buffalo, according to this wiki article (IOW, FWIW):

In general, the pitch of the roof is proportional to the amount of precipitation. Houses in areas of low rainfall frequently have roofs of low pitch while those in areas of high rainfall and snow, have steep roofs. The longhouses of Papua New Guinea, for example, being roof-dominated architecture, the high roofs sweeping almost to the ground. The high steeply-pitched roofs of Germany and Holland are typical in regions of snowfall. In parts of North America such as Buffalo, USA or Montreal, Canada, there is a required minimum slope of 6 inches in 12 inches, a pitch of 30 degrees.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roof#Drainage


47 posted on 11/22/2014 3:37:36 PM PST by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: Ezekiel

6:12 is more or less builder spec for tract houses. I’d think it’d take 10:12 for the weight of a deep snow to break it loose and slide off. It’s the thought behind those A-frame chalets with the roof running to the ground.


48 posted on 11/22/2014 4:23:51 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

There’s the minimum codes, and then there’s good sense!

I do wonder what a good sense difference would be for asphalt shingles vs. metal. There are some pretty frightening scenarios that create the perfect storms for roof collapse.

Maybe what homeowners need are those recreational cable thingies that are set up at fun parks for people to play Tarzan. Mount ‘em on the trees or poles on each side of the house, and go sliding above the peak, shovel in hand. Weeee....


49 posted on 11/22/2014 4:45:22 PM PST by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: Bigg Red

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/11/22/volunteers_help_shovel_out_buffalo.html


50 posted on 11/23/2014 7:37:53 AM PST by gasport (Immigration reform means arriving in air-conditioned comfort.)
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