Njpddet 521 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Glad to hear she’s ok. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
BowhunterNJ 10,194 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Ugh glad she's ok! Same at my house. Leafless gutters create dangerous icicles NotJust22s 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LPJR 14,132 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Glad to hear she is OK! Scary close right there! Ice cream and whatever she wants for days! Link to post Share on other sites
MRMCR 1,295 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Put that icicle in the freezer so she can show her friends.........glad she is OK....... Link to post Share on other sites
Buck154 13,726 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Glad she will be OK Link to post Share on other sites
madeinuk 1,463 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 What a nightmare - glad she is OK! Link to post Share on other sites
gonefishing 1,075 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Wow feel better soon Link to post Share on other sites
archer36 3,454 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 What a shame. Hope the little Gal mends quickly. Link to post Share on other sites
electricstart 25 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Glad she is OK ,Very Lucky . Get Well Link to post Share on other sites
archer36 3,454 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) 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 Link to post Share on other sites
megavites 1,693 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 @Swamp_Yankeeglad your daughter is ok. Hope Smurphy doesn't see this thread or we'll have Air rifle Icicle permits to buy now. Link to post Share on other sites
Swamp_Yankee 1,942 Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 (edited) 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 Link to post Share on other sites
archer36 3,454 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 WOW. More than an icicle. That thing could have done some serious damage. She's a lucky Girl. Best of luck to her. Swamp_Yankee 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BowhunterNJ 10,194 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 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 Link to post Share on other sites
Booner 904 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Obviously could have been much worse but glad she's going to be ok. Link to post Share on other sites
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