On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:23:02 -0600, Caesar Romano
wrote:

On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 08:39:46 -0800 (PST),
wrote Re Car tires blowing from snow load:

On Feb 2, 11:06*am, Caesar Romano wrote:
Indeed. *Snow weighs about 15 lbs/cuft. So then, 12" of snow on a car
that has a footprint of 6'x12' would have 6x12x15 = 1080 lbs on it.
That's about 5 fat people. *That doesn't seem like tire-popping weight
to me.

But the OP said he got SEVEN FEET of snow.
7x1080 = 7560 lbs of snow on top of the car.

That's definitely tire-popping weight.

Oh, sorry. I missed the 7 feet part. I thought he got 12". Yes, 7'
would be tire (and building structure) popping weight. But if an area
has 7' of snow, I'm wondering if you can hear a tire pop through that
much snow. Snow is a good sound absorbent material.

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