It's been years but when I lived in Moorhead MN, sister city to Fargo ND, I remember a couple of storms where a snow drift was high enough to go over part of our split level home and the front door was completely buried. That was 50 years prior to Timmothy being born so I don't know where he came up with this cartoon as we have not had anything close to it in his lifetime.
This home is very similar to the split-level home I grew up in during the 70's.
Cartoons are meant to be funny so knowing that most doors open inward I find it even funnier that Joe doesn't think he can open the door.
There are some good Real Estate applications to this subject and the picture above.
#1) Snow is NOT light! If you live in an environment where this could happen you want a home inspection of the rafters... especially if you can visually see signs of a sagging roof line.
#2) If you do not know what a sewer vent looks like get educated and locate yours. They vent through the roof and if they get buried and the sewer gas can not escape through them. Where do you think it's going to go? A blocked sewer vent can be deadly.
#3) Back to the weight of snow. Your roof does not have a unlimited capability to handle this much snow. If you have as much as what is pictured above you need to remove it before the weight of the snow destroys your home.
I do remember shoveling the snow on the roof of that Moorhead home but I am no longer a young man and could not do it today.
Our home today is a smaller single story home yet we have had to remove the snow and clear the sewer vent more than once. The good news is I and Timmothy can do it from ground level with what is called a roof rake.
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