More On Heavy Snows That Literally Crushed Parts Of New York, Canada. With Videos

Photo of Camden, New York taken
on February 18.

 If you think the snow we had, now partially melted was bad.  

In Oswego County alone, at least 50 structural collapses occurred within 10 days this February.  

 Some areas east of Lake Ontario have received 360 inches of snow so far this winter. Areas east of Lake Erie in New York have gotten 180 inches so far, according to severeweatherus on Threads. 

A foot of fluffy snow on a typical home roof weighs roughly the same as a pickup truck. A foot of heavy, wet snow is about the same as three pickup trucks. 

The snow was fairly wet and heavy coming off Lake Ontario.  Then, this week a little rain fell, soaking into the snow and make it all the more heavy. 

So far, there have been super serious injuries or deaths. But one woman in Fulton was injured when the roof of her home collapsed. Other people have been injured falling off roofs as they try to shovel away the snow before any collapse could occur. 

Earlier in February, the village of Camden, New York, northeast of Syracuse, endured more than five feet of lake effect snow.  

The Camden public works department salt shed collapsed under the snow, as did the roofs of a local bowling alley and community center.

An onion storage facility in Fulton, New York also collapsed, destroying about a million pounds of onions in the process.

It's not just New York.  In Ottawa, Canada, large sections of a six-story parking garage collapsed under the weight of snow piled on top of it. Nobody was hurt but 50 cars are still stuck in the remaining, intact  section of the garage and nobody  has figured out how to get them out yet. 

Videos. 

Here's video of the Barneveld, New York, fire department collapsing under the weight of heavy snow. Click on this link to view, or if you see the image below, click on that:

The wreckage of an onion storage facility in Fulton, New York that collapsed is shown in this video. Again, click on this link to view, or if you see image below, click on that. 

If  you thought you had too much snow to deal with about a week ago, let's take a tour of Camden, New York, about eight days ago to see how bad it could really get. Once again, click on this link to view, ori you see the image below, click on that. 

The moment a parking garage in Ottawa, Canada collapsed, likely because of snow loading on the roof.  Click on this link to view, or if you see the image below, click on that.  

 Here's one of the main areas Montreal dumps its snow from its streets. It's an old quarry. Looks pretty efficient. Would love to know when (or if!) all that snow being dumped there will finally melt. Click on this link to view, or if you see the image below, click on that.