Knock those icicles down!

[Njpddet 541]

Glad to hear she’s ok.


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[BowhunterNJ 10,402]

Ugh glad she's ok!  Same at my house.  Leafless gutters create dangerous icicles 

[LPJR 14,891]

Glad to hear she is OK! Scary close right there! 

Ice cream and whatever she wants for days! 

[MRMCR 1,461]

Put that icicle in the freezer so she can show her friends.........glad she is OK.......

[Buck154 14,226]

Glad she will be OK

[madeinuk 1,593]

What a nightmare - glad she is OK!

[gonefishing 1,090]

Wow feel better soon 

[archer36 3,657]

What a shame. Hope the little Gal mends quickly. 

[electricstart 26]

Glad she is OK ,Very Lucky . Get Well

 

[archer36 3,657]

What a shame. Hope the little Gal mends quickly. 

This one was off the back of my house.  About 4 ft long. 

Edited February 23 by archer36

[megavites 1,713]

@Swamp_Yankeeglad your daughter is ok.

Hope Smurphy doesn't see this thread or we'll have Air rifle Icicle permits to buy now. 

[Swamp_Yankee 1,994]

Here is a piece of it-I put the shovel there for scale.  It was a glancing blow off of the front of her head-she has a stitched up line a little over an inch long right at the hairline.  If it had hit her square on the top of the head I would not have been posting pictures of her smiling in the ER-it gives me chills to think about that.  What's worse is I saw the damn thing as I was leaving for work yesterday morning and said to myself, "I'll knock that down when I get home."    She was a real trooper but after the stitches she hit the wall and just wanted her mom and sisters and home.  We were there for over for six hours which was really frustrating.  In terms of the actual time she was treated/seen we could have been out of there in 90 minutes.  It was a pretty bad scene though-lots of COVID patients, beds in the hallway, etc...I'm glad I'm vaccinated.  

10 hours ago, BowhunterNJ said:

Ugh glad she's ok!  Same at my house.  Leafless gutters create dangerous icicles 

I have regular gutters and still get these monsters on the north side.  On the south side I get little ones but they melt as fast as they form.  This one formed on a north facing eave that juts out of the west side of the house.  Nothing you can really do with this much snow on the roof except be vigilant and keep knocking them down every day.  I'm going to make a pole out of lengths of 1-1/4" PVC so I get them up high before they get too big.  

Edited February 23 by Swamp_Yankee

[archer36 3,657]

WOW. More than an icicle. That thing could have done some serious damage. She's a lucky Girl. Best of luck to her. 

[BowhunterNJ 10,402]

1 hour ago, Swamp_Yankee said:

Here is a piece of it-I put the shovel there for scale.  It was a glancing blow off of the front of her head-she has a stitched up line a little over an inch long right at the hairline.  If it had hit her square on the top of the head I would not have been posting pictures of her smiling in the ER-it gives me chills to think about that.  What's worse is I saw the damn thing as I was leaving for work yesterday morning and said to myself, "I'll knock that down when I get home."    She was a real trooper but after the stitches she hit the wall and just wanted her mom and sisters and home.  We were there for over for six hours which was really frustrating.  In terms of the actual time she was treated/seen we could have been out of there in 90 minutes.  It was a pretty bad scene though-lots of COVID patients, beds in the hallway, etc...I'm glad I'm vaccinated.  

I have regular gutters and still get these monsters on the north side.  On the south side I get little ones but they melt as fast as they form.  This one formed on a north facing eave that juts out of the west side of the house.  Nothing you can really do with this much snow on the roof except be vigilant and keep knocking them down every day.  I'm going to make a pole out of lengths of 1-1/4" PVC so I get them up high before they get too big.  

Holy moly thats a HUGE icicle

[Booner 942]

Obviously  could have been much worse but glad she's going to be ok.