Here in Spokane it's more than backaches.  A dozen buildings collapsed yesterday from snowload, and more will come today.  Two people have been killed directly by snow falling *from *roofs.

Total accumulation is 5 feet, all from the last two weeks ... which didn't give
time for plowing, shoveling and melting, even with the best equipment.

I've been using a roof rake to keep the worst load from my own little roof.
It's not much fun, but safer than walking around on the roof with a shovel.

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