Snow, when the weather gets mild and the snow gets wet, gets heavy. And if it is on a metal roof, and the pitch is right, it likes to slide.
Brian sent me down to Lantern cottage, to check out the 'breaking wave' effect of this sliding snow. The pattern of the metal roof is easy to see. The icicle gently touching the window pane adds a certain something. If you are inside looking out, you can pretend you are (briefly) in the Ice Hotel.
Of course, snow like this will shed off the roof very soon, with a rumble and a thump.
For roofs that lack quite that pitch, gravity can't quite get the job done. For that we need the Dynamic Duo! A word of advice, from someone who got snow down the back of the neck: when you hear footsteps on the roof, and it's not eight tiny reindeer, it's a wise plan to look up and say something before prancing out the door...
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