Marko’s garage roof is a flat surface of 75×25 feet.
If there is a uniform snow layer of 2.5 feet thickness on the roof, a cubic foot of lightly compacted snow weighs 15 pounds, and Marko just removed all that snow with nothing but muscle power and a goddamn snow shovel,
a.) How much snow deadweight in pounds did Marko just shovel off the roof?
b.) How many Tim Tams at 95 calories a piece does he need to eat now to replace the calories he just burned shoveling all that motherfucking snow?
c.) How goddamn sick of the snow is Marko at this point?
d.) How soon can Marko relocate the denizens of Castle Frostbite to a new domicile in the more temperate climate of, say, western NC?
Bonus question:
If Marko jumps off the roof into a snowdrift to save himself the climb down the ladder on shaky legs, his idiocy causes him to sink up to his chest into soft powdery snow, and he needs five minutes of exhausting struggling to free himself from his entirely self-inflicted predicament,
e.) How big of a drink is Marko pouring himself right now?
e: some numbers actually require constructs like the Googolplex.
Also… What kind of cretin builds flat roofs in snow country without making them capable to handle max expected snow fall x2
Would it be cheaper to reinforce the roof to handle the snow load? (Walls too maybe, i doubt it.). Most garages have good access into the roof. A bunch if sistered 2×8 or 12’s ….
DR power equip makes a light electric blower, climb the roof, haul the machine up on a rope . I leave mine up there wrapping the head in a big plastic bag between uses.
Dang,
a sensible reply–
Build a ramp to the roof, or install a cable hoist to lift the blower to the roof. Now, if you had a front-end loader, or excavator, you could just lift it up there. Hmm, a tow truck with the typical extending hydraulic boom could also get it up there.
Got an equipment rental nearby? They may have something you could rent cheap enough to do the job.