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nasty are only one letter apart. Freezing rain with wind here in southeastern NH. 211 closings & delays today. pilfred from WMUR.com:
Snow Causes Roof Collapse In Ossipee, Concerns Elsewhere School Buildings Evacuated When Problems Found
POSTED: 11:38 am EST March 4, 2008
UPDATED: 6:09 pm EST March 4, 2008
CONCORD, N.H. -- Heavy snow continued to weigh on roofs across New Hampshire on Tuesday, causing a collapse in West Ossipee and forcing schools to move students out of buildings that could be dangerous.A private airplane hanger attached to a house in West Ossipee collapsed Tuesday, crushing a Mercedes-Benz inside. Neighbors said that the home was vacant, so no one was around to notice the heavy snow that had built up on the roof.In Holderness, students were released from Holderness Central School after a janitor noticed a problem with a sprinkler head in a sixth-grade classroom.The school has been clearing snow for three weeks and called in additional crews on Tuesday. A structural engineer will decide later in the day whether the school can open on Wednesday.Students were moved out of part of the Dame School in Concord on Tuesday because of concerns about the weight of snow on the building's roof.Maintenance workers were clearing snow off the roof after a custodian spotted something out of the ordinary."As he looked in the classroom, it appeared he had ... bowing on our wooden trusses," Principal Ed Barnwell said.Eight classrooms in the flat-roofed section of the school were affected. The discovery was made before students arrived for classes on Tuesday."So as they entered the school, we gathered them in the cafeteria and had a plan for those eight classrooms to move into the other section of the school," Barnwell said.Concord fire officials checked other schools in the city after the discovery at the Dame School."We are going out right now and doing a brief, cursory inspection of some of the roofs within the city and schools," Acting Chief Tim McGinley said.McGinley said the concern is not only what is on the roofs now, but what is coming in the forecast."It's not so much we are looking at the conditions as they exist today, but we are also anticipating a great deal of rain in the next 24 to 48 hours," he said.McGinley said overloaded roofs are particularly dangerous because they can collapse before there's any indication that something is wrong."Unfortunately, with structural collapses, it's all too often very abrupt," he said. "It can come with no warning, and it usually has tragic consequences."Officials across the state have urged property owners to clear their roofs and watch out for warning signs, such as doors that don't close like they used to. Clearing snow from roofs can lead to other problems, such as blocked exits or vents, so care should be taken to avoid causing other issues.
