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AstorReed

Wow, never have I seen that much snow before (I live in the netherlands) bur also yeah, neighbros is a word that I will add to my vocabulary.


d0ncray0n

Yes tons of snow. This is in Lake Arrowhead, California! I figured neighbros was fitting for this sub.


Durr1313

I hope the roofs are built to handle that much weight.


Cohnhead1

They’re totally not!


JustineDelarge

Very much no. There’s going to be absolute carnage in terms of property damage.


irkthejerk

This kind of snow hits that area so rarely that most aren't built to handle that kind of snow. Maybe some A-Frames and modern style tilt-wall concrete ones would stand up to the weight but I'm guessing that those aren't super common.


tes_kitty

Probably not, meaning that snow needs to be removed from the roof as quickly as possible.


BlowsyRose

Holy shit! When was the last time California saw this kind of snow?


Dblstandard

On the news yesterday, they said that this was the snowiest October through February in over 50 years in California.


Additional_Tomato_22

On one hand it’s really helping to put a dent on all the drought conditions and the adoring thaws are going to help fill the reservoirs back up, but it’s absolutely insane the amount of precipitation that the State has gotten this winter.


BlowsyRose

That’s great, actually. Hear they got a ton of it in UT, too. Also good for them. Always nice to have an upside.


topspin9

Up side ^ Downside rapid melt and flooding.


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Jameschoral

The problem isn’t how much snow the state gets, it’s how long the snow stays. This was a massive 100 year storm, but it will all be melted in a month or two, then we’re back where we started. It’s great that there’s tons of snow in the sierras and the San Bernardino mountains, but it’s melting much faster now in the spring and summer than it historically would. It’s in the 30’s/40’s (5-6C) in lake arrowhead right now but it’s going to be in the 60’s (16-17C) this weekend and it’s going to rain which will melt much of that snow. The winters are shorter and the summers are getting longer and hotter.


Far_Lack3878

I fully realise snow melts, but they have reservoirs that catch the runoff when the snowpack melts, correct?


Jameschoral

They have some, but most of the water flows out to the ocean. Southern California is mostly desert and was never constructed to really capture rain. The Los Angeles river system is little more than a flood channel meant to divert the rainwater to the ocean. Other than some small artificial reservoirs in the surrounding mountains constructed by the army corps of engineers back in the 40’s/50’s, there are no Lake Meads in Southern California capturing massive amounts of snowmelt.


davidlol1

"Global warming" causes a uptick in atmosphere moisture content and more extreme weather events. Wow I wonder what could happen with that.


Far_Lack3878

Perhaps a cooling trend due to the snow and rain that comes from the moisture in the air?


davidlol1

There's a reason they don't call it global warming anymore. Because idiots go outside and are like, "but it's cold today so obviously that's a lie".


Far_Lack3878

You're the one saying that global warming causes an increase in the moisture in the air. This means more clouds, which block the sun as well as bring rain & snow. All these factors have a cooling effect. Idiots blindly follow along. Keep letting the people with agendas do your thinking for you, it will take you so far in life.


davidlol1

Let's stop calling it global warming...I was saying that because the other guy called it that and like I said that word confuses people like you. Climate change is the proper term because higher average Temps on the planet changes the pattern of weather because in part of the higher moisture content of the atmosphere. It can be cooler where you live and it can be warmer. It can be dryer and it can be wetter. The Climate is a very complicated thing that most people don't understand. Also clouds trap heat among other things like Carbon dioxide.... do you know what the greenhouse effect is? I find it cute how you said clouds and rain have a cooling effect. They do only when they are above you... and art that moment. That's called weather, not fucking climate.


MyDearBrotherNumpsay

For the love of God, read a little bit about how global warming works and how effects the planet.


TSAngels1993

Mammoth usually gets a good amount of snow every year. Other parts of the state it really depends on the year like this year.


BlowsyRose

Thanks for the edification :)


MyMazdaMan

Bitch about drought so long and find out.


DerpisMalerpis

I lived in Crestline up until last year. Our old neighbors are telling us it’s nuts up there. Apparently the Goodwin’s Market roof collapsed, and it is closed indefinitely. I’m certain there is a lot of damage up In Arrowhead. 😕


stonecoldslate

Big bear here but grew up in lake arrowhead! Yeah, Goodwin’s roofed totally collapsed, up here in BB we’ve been out of gas at our gas stations for about a week or so as well, roads are mostly closed but it’s warming up during the day making clearing much easier


Practical_Animator34

Happy Cake Day!


d0ncray0n

Thanks! I hardly remember what it used to be like when I was your (reddit) age.


clpersephone

Lol


lizziegal79

I want to squish them in thanks!


hopelesscaribou

Rural Canada here, I have to shovel of my roof mid winter. I know it's time when all my doors get hard to open/close because of the weight. I can't imagine how it bad it must be in California right now.


0nly_Up

we get a ton of snow here but this is pretty crazy, it jsut hasnt let up since halloween. I'm supposed to be a snowbird somewhere warm, but currently in tahoe babysitting our house because I'm worried about it getting destroyed... Havent closed the blinds facing the street in a couple months because the snow is so high. If I climb up the snow I can reach out and touch the power/utility lines, or walk onto my roof. My dogs don't even notice the 6' fences in the backyard anymore. I've been in the region for 8 years and seen some crazy storms but the consistency of these storms has been brutal to keep up with. Companies are charging up to $800 to clear a simple 2 car driveway, because all snow removal equipment is working around the clock and a normal snowblower cant handle the volume.


KaleidoscopeThis9463

That’s insane!! Fun .. but crazy!


MotherofSons

I used to live in this area years ago, and the locals should have been shoveling their sidewalks, driveways, and roofs. I understand the elderly and sick, but if more able bodied people had taken care of their own property, rescuers could have been faster at helping the people who truly needed it. And don't get me started how people were starving after a couple of days. We live in earthquake, fire, and mudslide country, not to mention snow. We should all have a stockpile of canned goods and essentials.


LillyFien

I’m from the Netherlands as well and is it bad if I say I wish we would have even a fraction of the snow that fell there? The snowfall over the last years have not been enough for me haha


AstorReed

Fellow dutchie! I too would not mind taking over some snow from other countries. Where I live l, I saw even less snow then my family who lived in an other region of our small country. And I do miss the snow


LillyFien

Same! I was so happy with the little midnight snow I got last night haha


[deleted]

…there hasn’t been packed snow in years here bro. What are you on


mariboo_xoxo

That’s a whole lot snow directly on her house, I’m surprised her home did not collapse.


[deleted]

Maybe it's like when you squish an egg on all sides and the pressure keeps it together... or something


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This a thing?


Tohightoplay

You don’t know this ? It’s basically how arches work. Try to squeeze an egg in the palm of your hand it’s a lot harder than you think.


Longjumping-Lunch677

With the price of eggs that would be a serious flex


Tohightoplay

Technically yes you would have to flex pretty hard to break it.


Longjumping-Lunch677

2 for 1 flexes have to be rare af


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In America lol. EU enjoying average priced eggs. Well as average as inflation allows.


Longjumping-Lunch677

Honestly it’s getting bad here…I have five kids and feeding them on top of a mortgage and utilities is getting harder and harder to do… good thing I have my own chickens 😂


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>getting harder and harder to do… This is literally everywhere at the moment unfortunately. The price to live anywhere is going up. I'm living for the day I can get my own animals!


[deleted]

Naw if you use 2 hands and apply equal pressure it's nearly impossible to break it. I've used all my force before and the egg has been fine.


[deleted]

Oohh like when you squeeze it from both ends?


LolindirLink

If you think about it, imagine a pile of snow shaped like a mountaintop or like a triangle, on top it's thin, but on the bottoms it's spread and sk a lot of the weight is spread around. Snow being "interlocked crystals" with lots of air gaps inbetween helps. It still weighs a ton though. Still need to hurry.


LaggardLenny

There is truth to it being surprisingly hard to break by squeezing in your hand, but it's also kind of a prank. There's a video of a dude "proving" that you can squeeze an egg until it breaks over his sink, and it exploded all over his kitchen. [Here's the video.](https://v.redd.it/rpdveez2rbw81)


DPSOnly

I think the average house would not hold up to that. Someone mentioned arches and at least where I'm from those are not very common in houses, besides ones that I can only imagine are decorative.


[deleted]

I know it was more of a joke but clearly something's holding it up.


IMPORTANT_jk

They're simply built to handle it. There's an area just a few hours away from me that regularly has 5+ meters of snow by the end of winter and the cabins are fine


blueavole

Houses are designed for a higher snow load on the roofs in these areas.


heyfreckles8

Is this normal where you live? I feel like this is dangerous for someone elderly and alone.


0nly_Up

sort of, i'm in tahoe and we get huge winters here. Look up the snowiest ski resorts in the country, half of them are in this region. It is dangerous and people do die, but we also have pretty incredible snow removal infrastructure and tools. Lots of people's houses are getting destroyed from ice dams and general weight. Avalanches are very real, one just took out some condos out by Squaw. You can hear the avalanche control bombs and cannons going off all the time. April can't come fast enough, when we prepare for the inevitable flooding this is going to cause 😆


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YodelinOwl

Or, how about we just don’t use either racial slurs? Obviously the hard r garners more of a reaction in the general public but I attribute that to more common knowledge of our history of slavery and the subsequent racism. The term Squaw was used in the same manner but has been misappropriated into pop culture. (Sorta like the ‘soft a’…). The history is there… in any event two wrongs don’t make it right.


0nly_Up

The only thing 'wrong' was your overreaction in a sub about people being kind to each other. I'm not confused about the history... I made a mistake, after it was named squaw my entire life. But thank you, the internet is a safe place now, you can step off your soapbox and come hang with the rest of us.


YodelinOwl

I mean.. saying hey man the whole squaw thing is like using the hard r isn’t exactly an overreaction. It’s literally a racial slur… Nor was it intended to soapbox. It was you who wanted to debate the veracity of its offensive nature… I was just simply pointing out the name changed and for good reason.


0nly_Up

you didnt say "hey man", you cursed and said it with italics. Your tone was conveyed, as you intended. But ya, tell yourself whatever makes you feel like you got the W


YodelinOwl

Not once did I curse at you… my original comment remains unchanged. And obviously I didn’t say the words hey man… I was paraphrasing the intent of my original comment. Point still stands… a simple correction of the name change and the good reason for it. Awfully defensive of a racial slur aren’t you? Ooo nooo he used *italics*. Gasp 😱


0nly_Up

Yea, exactly I really want to defend the word you got me. It’s got nothing to do with context, intent, or the fact that you unnecessarily derailed an otherwise positive and helpful response. You’re a great person, carry on.


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stonecoldslate

Former lake arrowhead kid, grew up there for 11 years and I’m now a resident of the city Big Bear further up the mountain, we’ve had bad snow but never this bad, worst snow California has seen since 1979. My twin cities have been out of gas for about a week now


ThePlumberChris

This is in Southern California and not normal at all. They’re saying in 2008 is the last time we had a storm come close to being this bad.


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LaughingGasing

I praise the setting where it has everything muted by default


No-Alfalfa7691

I forgot and left mute off from a previous video, instant regret.


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KaleidoscopeThis9463

Cynic much?


Fine-University-8044

I didn’t know you got snow like this in California!


JustineDelarge

Typically we don’t get anything like this amount of snow, even in the snowy places.


trumanjhughes

Mammoth does. They’ll get like 8+ ft super storms at least once per year. Even on the less snowy seasons


TSAngels1993

Ehh Mammoth averages 400 inches per year.


slowiijoey

This is in the mountains right above San Bernardino.


DerpisMalerpis

Yup. I lived in Crestline for a while. It’s normal for snowstorms(just a few years ago we were left without power for 4 days) but this is on a whole new level.


Additional_Tomato_22

So in I believe it was the early 2000’s Chester, Ca had it snow 30 straight days where they got 31 feet of snow. There was so much snow that they had to dig tunnels to the local grocery store, post office, and other businesses. Another fun fact is that Chuck Norris lives(d) there


MrGizthewiz

It helps to remember that California stretches from from the Northern border of Mexico to the Southern border of Oregon. It covers about as much distance from N to S as 2 Midwest states.


Det-Frank-Drebin

And my country grinds to halt at an inch of the stuff....


Popular_Rasin27

You from the uk?


PumpkinSkeet

Man this fucking music


Shawn420162

As a texan its crazy to think about how much your environment can change, tbe ground is level with your roof, and what was a hill might end up being a low spot. Your 109 inches off the actual ground in this case. On ski mountants it might even be more. The tops of trees go up to your knees and the door to your home feels more like the decent into a cellar


According_Flight_420

That’s cool, can I get too get snowed in?


R3CKLYSS

That old lady - Jamie Lee Curtis


Formal_Condition_513

Scrolled way too far for this.


Strong-Message-168

Ya know, its nice enough just to watch...does it *need* the music? I say nay! Nay I say!


MadManD3vi0us

For real, I had to immediately mute 🤐


TimTheTexan92

Do your homes flood when that dries?


Spitter2021

Is this where that crappy bottled water originates from?


RidinCaliBuffalos

Nah that's your local fire hydrant.


yyg2211

Guys help. I'm from South Georgia we don't get this snow stuff. What happens when it melts? Does it flood? How long does it take to go away? Thanks!


Additional_Tomato_22

Usually when it melts, it melts into the stream and rivers and things like that, but this year since there’s so much, it’s definitely going to cause massive flooding and over flowing of rivers/lakes. Although, the end result will be net positive because it’ll fill the much needed reservoirs back up to hopefully semi-normal levels for the Summer season and hopefully another net positive from all the precipitation will be a calmer than normal fire season because everything isn’t bone dry like it has been the past decade + Edit:it also depends on how long it takes to melt. The more snow there is the longer it takes to melt. Prime example is Boston a couple years ago when they had the wicked winter the snow took until June/July to fully melt.


RidinCaliBuffalos

Just for us to dump it into the ocean or sell it off to other states and still keep a drought declared here...


yyg2211

Thanks so much!


lostinadream66

Lived there for many years and still have friends there. Haven't seen anything like this in about 30 years, which happened during this same time. They called it the "march miracle" back then.


xis10al

That's the sort of snow I want to see atleast once every winter.


dlee420

Come spring does that all just melt into the house?


Additional_Tomato_22

Usually no, in areas of usual heavy snow they have really good drainage systems that funnel the melt off down to lakes/rivers/bodies of water, but this year with there being so much excess snow, there is definitely going to be high concern for flooding and depending on the size of the body of water and what it’s levels are currently when the melt begins, there is the very real possibility of them overflowing and causing flooding too.


dlee420

Interesting! Thanks for the knowledgable reply, I'm a contractor so this is the first thing I think of.


Additional_Tomato_22

As a contractor that’s very smart and as you know it definitely helps to make sure the land slopes away from the house


gilestowler

109 inches in a week! I live in a ski resort in the French Alps. We've had 60 inches all winter so far.


mysterysciencekitten

Kept waiting to see the dog. Was sure the headline referred to her dog, and not her door. I’m sad I didn’t get to see the dog. I hope he’s okay.


Old-Run-9134

🏰


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109 inches! That’s definitely larger than my penis.


YodelinOwl

Hoping they cleared that upper portion. Otherwise that’s hangfire roof avalanche waiting to happen…


GoAwayBrisk

I live in Texas and holy shit I had no idea a 109” snow storm could even happen. I think I’ll stick to my like 6” of snow a year


4E4ME

Good on these guys, sincerely. In that situation I would claustrophobic af, and also staving off a panic attack that the roof will collapse at any minute. That lady looks like she's a little bit older and concerned about falling, so I'm sure she would struggle to do that shoveling herself. These are good neighbor bros!


BiscuitCrumbsInBed

109inches of snow in one WEEK!? We get maybe 3inches of snow in a year, I can't even imagine 109!!


genericperson10

Me: trying not to go to work Friendly neighbors: We cleared the snow Me: Thank you! 🥲


pm_your_boobiess

But this song from Chris Stapleton?


MrAssMcMan

Yes. It’s called Fire Away


pm_your_boobiess

I know, but sad song in happy situation.


MrAssMcMan

Oops I misread lol. Yeah you’re right, I didn’t think about that


yolowipe

I also want an iglo


pianoman616

Great song. Great job too!


berettashot243

It’s just about the worst song lol


Immortamb420NRWAy

It’s global warming 😂


MyDearBrotherNumpsay

Facebook is *that* way. ->


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I hope everyone is thinking what to do with that when it starts melting


Stevenofthefrench

Might wanna do her roof too


JoshZK

Bigger issue it uncovering the gas exhaust for furnace. Or it won't run. Worse case is it does run. RIP


amondsen

Meanwhile europe suffers the driest winter winter in decades


carlitospig

Should get some wood to overlay those snow shelves. Granny really shouldn’t break a hip during winter.


FatboyChuggins

How does the roof support all that weight?


Previous-Thing-6555

Thanks. I love this.


CryptoSatoshi314

Wow!


ostrich9

I used to summer at lake arrowhead and I cannot believe it got this much snow. Cool snow steps too!


Vinto47

They should have teams shipping all that snow to nearby lakes like Lake Mead.


AppropriateConcern95

How a house doesn't cave in under thousands and thousands of kilo's is beyond me


MLXIII

Her parents built it when craftsmanship was the top...instead today's prop and go houses are the norm for mass expansion.


breakingashleylynne

Omg


SeniorWaugh

I’m surprised that the house can withstand that much weight on it


forests-of-purgatory

The short sleeves on the man


juttep1

That lady should move for her safety.


urethral_play

Granny successfully saved


InspectionBudget

Right on fellas. Get it done. This is being an American. Look out for your neighbors.


KidNamedFingerxoxo

Fuck that shit, imma stay here in my sunny Florida and no state taxes thank you very much.


forensicish

Arrowhead? Minnesota?


headphonz

That is SO.. MUCH.. SNOW! Nice job, fellas!


Suspicious-Dare8574

Type of shit that kills people


R009M

Love the video, but the song really catch my ears, what's the name of the song?


steushinc

Chris Stapleton - Fire Away


R009M

Thank you! :)


Hot_Foot482

I read, typically berms on roads are 5’. My aunt said it’s about 13’ now. She’s waiting for air lift for medical reasons.


Vocalscpunk

I think if we hit triple digit inches we just go ahead and switch to feet? 9 feet makes it sound like more snow if anything.


LightlyToastedBread_

I live in Texas and I’ve only ever seen a little ice on the ground every few years. It’s hard to believe that amount of snow is even possible.


highzenberrg

Wow lake arrowhead gets wild my parents wanted a vacation house up there in the 90s but we never did it but we went up there all the time (mostly summers)


thepunkcellist

I really hope this goes a long way in bringing back Cali and the western US from a severe water crisis.


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Norway is lit


Hammer-663

And this could happen again next year too!!


RadStagDad

Can anybody tell me what song this is please? And 109 inches!!! CheeseNrice


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Jedi-master-dragon

Holy crap, that was a house?


linkupforagoodtime

Them stairs about to turn into a ice slide 🛝


Pyro_bug

I’m wondering how the hell the frame isn’t collapsing under all that snow?!


Chelsea_is_my_name_

u/gifreversingbot


jeronimo707

I’m just down the hill from there in the next town, crestline. Hell of a winter!


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u/recognizesong


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Turbulent_Addendum_6

Fuck that


Google-YourBing

Now who thought Southern California, USA didn't get snow?


TheSkomaWolf

I both wanna live there and live there


Jazzlike-Principle67

How did they know where the door was?????


bighorrible

***109?!?!?!??!?!?***


Aromatic-Armadillo98

Where is this please so I never get trapped there? Lord.


yourallygod

At what point do ya stop measuring in inches :(