FNF: The Sun Fights with the Snow (Safety Bit)
Ladies and Gentlemen, we begin the most audacious fight of the season. The Sun, our most prestigious resource on the planet, has officially declared a fight with the Snow. This will more sound like a PSA or a Safety Bit. This year, Fairbanks had received a record of snowfall that the city / region has not seen since 1992. In that winter, it was ~139 inches. This year it was ~92 inches. The average between 1991-2020 was ~65 inches. Fairbanks snowfall statistics | Sonot Kkaazoot This brings up a couple of topics (fights) that are worth mentioning. The first fight to bring up is the fight between the Snow Load and the rating of your roof. With all this excessive amount of snow, it is best to check your roof. Any home built after '96 has ~50 pounds per square inch of load tolerance, with a decrease in tolerance as the older the building is, with something ~30 pounds per square inch for buildings built in the 60's. If you're in the ...