Snowpocalypse and the Icicle of Doom

So it snowed last weekend, as you may have heard. Here's what it looked like after Mike spent three hours shoveling:



Thanks to below-freezing temperatures and daily snow showers, the snow is still here. It's quite unusual for over two feet of snow to stick around in Pittsburgh - usually we'll get rain or a warm snap within a couple of days. We have had some cold and sunny days, though, which have created...

THE ICICLE OF DOOM:



To give you a real sense of the size of this thing, look for the stockade fence at the bottom of the frame in the picture above. See the tips? That fence measures 6 feet tall. The Icicle of Doom has been making me lose sleep for approximately four days now.

I'm afraid that it will fall and A) knock over the fence, B) rip off our gutters, C) rip off the side of our house, D) kill somebody, or E) all of the above.

With both of us off of work for the holiday today, it was time to take action:



While Mike went after the IoD with a hand saw, I cleaned snow off of the garage roof. A few local buildings have had their roofs collapse, and with 4-8 inches of snow forecasted for tonight, it was time to lighten the load.



Other than that, there is not much to report. We are stalled on gutting the rest of the second floor as there is nowhere to park a dumpster on the snow-covered streets. I'm also delaying on more wood trim paint stripping work until it's warm enough to open windows. I think it's time to start planning my garden.