Winter in Michigan

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:55:41 GMT, "Viperdoc"
wrote:

Why was there snow inside your hangar? Isn't the reason why we keep planes
inside is to avoid stuff like this?

You would tend to think so, wouldn't you? :-))

Notice how neatly the snow is piled on top of the Deb and no where
else.

This apparently requires the wind to be from a specific direction to
blow the snow in through the ridge vent. The vent is just a piece of
metal folded over the ridge which would be fine except the roof itself
is barn metal. That means the distance between the vent and the roof
varies quite a bit. Other wise they could just get a piece of roof
vent that has the mesh (sorta like a Scotch Brite (TM) pad, but
without being abrasive.) between it and the roof surface.

That keeps out snow and critters. That would be nice as I counted
about a dozen paper wasp nests up there. They weren't a problem last
Summer as I hosed the whole thing down with bug killer.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com