It's even worse than it appears.
Friday February 26, 2021; 8:31 AM EST
That huge crashing sound was..#
  • The other night it was super windy, and my house makes pretty nasty sounds when it's windy, but nothing like what it did that night. A huge crashing sound from the roof, like a big tree had hit the house. I was surprised the house could be rocked so hard and still be standing. #
  • In the morning, I checked. No tree. This really weirded me out. #
  • I had no idea what had happened until a few minutes ago, when I saw on the upstairs patio off my office there were these huge chunks of ice. I tried picking one up, and it wouldn't budge. Hundreds of pounds of ice, all over the place. #
  • Clearly what had happened that night was a chain reaction of ice that had accumulated through all the storms this winter, dislodging and crashing down off the porch at once. Right over my poor sleeping head! #
  • Oy at least it wasn't a tree. And the house is still standing!#
  • The culprit. Lots of heavy ice.#

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