As Anchorage commercial buildings continue imploding under this year’s exceptionally heavy snow load, city officials published a map detailing which properties are at the highest risk of failure.

The snow load is lighter this year than last winter’s, coming in at about average — so far. The current snow load is approximately 15 pounds per square foot, or psf, according to Christoph ...

The load-out operations start Tuesday, Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Area 1, 9:30 p.m. in Area 2 and 12:30 a.m. in Area 3 as indicated on the map accompanying this article. The work is expected to be ...

Verice Doble uses a snow rake to pull snow off the roof of his house in Ester in spring 2021. Fairbanks’ snow load is a little above average for this time of year, but not at levels to cause ...

Multiply the ground snow load by 0.7 to obtain the approximate roof snow load (this snow load is also used for raised decks above the anticipated ground snow load depth).

How to remove snow from your roof. Once you’ve determined that the snow load capacity has been reached, you should remove snow with caution. Make sure to secure ladders if you use them and have ...

A roof snow rake is like a 20-ft-long aluminum hoe that homeowners us to lighten the structural load on their roof and to reduce the formation of an ice dam (the only true solution to ice dams ...

Snow and ice loads on trees and power lines could also “exacerbate” power outages, AccuWeather reported. Feb. 15, 2025 National Weather Service. National Weather Service ...

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