carwreck.com: around Boston harbor...

I woke up this morning to find my brother out on the roof shoveling snow into our backyard. Apparently an "ice dam" had formed along the eaves of our roof at the back of our house. An ice dam is formed when snow piled up on the roof is melted by heat escaping through the roof. The melted snow runs down the roof under the snow and then freezes when it reaches the eaves where the roof is colder. The roof surface is colder at the eaves because cold air can reach the underside of the roof. Now you have an ice dam. As more snow is melted by heat from inside the roof, the water has no where to go and moves backwards and upwards, working its way under singles until you have water dripping down inside your house. Ugh!

I'd prefer that the title of this post be "Ice... Damn" ;)