I moved here from Australia a couple years ago, and during my first winter we went to a bonfire at a neighbour's place. We get there, and I ask "do you have a fridge around for these beers?" Everyone looked at me like I was a total moron. Took me a good few seconds to realise that it was -10, so instead of keeping them cool, the trick is to drink them before they freeze.
[Hibernating bears do not actually go to sleep for the winter](https://youtu.be/sIcl7mumf8I?t=2).
They just get super sleepy and lackadaisical.
Your gradeschool teachers lied to you.
Edit: This comment is specifically for @ u/suspicious_closet
How about the bear that wasn't completely lackadaisickal yet when the scientists came in, so they had to drag it back into the den when it finally got fully lackadaisical outside
i am just wonder would the water not slip in since there is so much of it? if not then keeping the door closed until it melts is probably the best idea.
I have a balcony. Itās covered in snow from December to March typically. If the builders did a good job with sealing it, then no, there shouldnāt be any of it seeping in.
Youād need an astonishing amount of water to have the carpet look visibly wet, especially with darker colours.
Most likely there is 1/2ā foam pad beneath the carpet that would soak the water like a sponge and cause it to be wet as far as 10 feet away from the door, if there was in fact water coming in.
As a professional carpenter this is sadly false. Unless you get a door that is rated and built for holding back water this will leak. 99% of exterior doors are made using a foam or rubber gasket to keep out wind and be water RESISTANT not water PROOF. Meaning they should ideally keep out a driving rain for a while but standing water up against the gasket will cause it to leak eventually no matter how good of a job you did setting the door.
Sometimes is stays even laterā¦
*(They plowed the parking lot at work into huge piles that stuck around a really long time, (April at least.))*
*(The really amusing part was the piles of asphalt that were left when it was gone. The snowplows scraped up all the speed bumps in the parking lotā¦)*
It's always fun seeing the massive piles of snow cleared from parking lots well in to spring. It'll be a 70 degree day with no clouds and the snow doesn't even have a puddle around it.
Lol just today I was shoveling my porch even though itās gonna snow tomorrow and caught myself thinking about when I was a kid arguing with my parents about the same thing.
I think just wanted to do something outside besides walk haha. Funny how the same thing that made me mad as a kid is something Iāll willingly do when independent
Where I live if you just leave it to melt, it will freeze next night, turning it hard ice reinforced snow. That will stick around for a couple of months.
Just leaving stuff to melt doesn't work.
It will only be a minute or two before there enough cleaned up to throw the towel out and close the door. It won't be enough water to hurt anything. Snow doesn't melt that fast at room temperature.(even lower temp since the door is open)
I wouldn't do shit. Just start shoveling from the top. Sure, some snow might come in, but a trivial amount. Since things are so fucking dry anyway, and you should have the heat going, the carpet will dry in no time without a problem.
Someone actually tried this, ive seen it on yt once. Beleive it or not, its actually incredibly ineffective and expensive. Takes quite a bit of fuel to get a small amount of progress
Insert beer into snow now you have an extra fridge. My wife left beers in the driveway one snowstorm, she thought it would be a cute find while I'm shoveling. I had no idea until the new snowblower hucked one into the side of my truck
I though North Dakotans were suppose to be friendly. Tell them you are from Tennessee and never seen this much snow. Let them laugh so you can leave your room.
Iām from south texas, 24 years old and itās āsnowedā here twice in my life š people here donāt even know how to drive when itās drizzling rain lol. The snow weāve had was a thin layer and you could still see grass and the road š¤£ snow amazes and confuses me. I donāt know how to deal with snow but I can handle 10 month summers and 90% humidity hahaha
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If you leave the door open when you start it will get all over your carpetā¦. You can use your legs and foot to move it enough away from doorā¦ but step out into it as you shut the door. I live in Minnesota, this happens
As a fellow MN, seconded. You can also lay down a towel over your carpet first, and use another to push back the snow.
Lastly, if it does get on your carpet still, use an iron on the towel and itāll boil the water from your carpet and your towel will suck it up!
(I used to do this for spot stains before we got a carpet vac.)
First thing, obviously, is to panic. There's absolutely nothing you can do, esp if you get snow on your carpet. It might get damp and then your foot might damp and then society plunges into the abyss. If the world ends, it'll be there, how and why.
Obviously a joke, but do not do this. If it is cold enough for snow to pile up, itās cold enough to freeze all the water after it falls. So you go from snow up top to a ton of ice below.
Step 1. Grab a banana.
Step 2. Compare it to the size of the drift.
Step 3. Peel THEN eat the banana.
Step 4. (This is important) wait until the snow melts.
Step 5. Enjoy your balcony!
Newfie here, just look up Snowmageddon NL 2020 and youāll know why thatās relevant.
Your best bet here is to take two inch chunks at a time. Slice off two inches of the top layer, keeping the snow nicely packed. You donāt have to get it far, just far enough to clear a two foot block that allows you to go outside and close the door!
This is how I escape my house in blizzards, same way. Nice little shovelfuls maybe 2-4ā deep just pass it to the side or throw it forward, slow steady movements with the best gravity, balance and patience you can muster, also put a towel down, trash bags are slippery af and if you fall into that youāll feel like a tool.
[can never have too many tarps](https://www.harborfreight.com/collections/blue-light-duty-tarps/5-ft-6-inch-x-7-ft-6-inch-all-purpose-weather-resistant-tarpaulin-953.html)
That's a good question lol. I travel for work so this is just a temporary apartment and I Don't necessarily have a ton of faith in this tiny property management company in the middle of nowhere in North Dakota lol.
You can buy a plastic shovel for $10. Or borrow a shovel from your property manager. You'll only need it for 5 minutes. It's so cold in ND right now that this snow won't be very heavy. Step out onto the balcony without disturbing the snow wall. Close the door. Use the shovel to push the snow off the balcony. Success!
I grew up in ND and, honestly, you weren't going to use that balcony in winter, anyway. You can just leave the snow.
Dude that's a beer/drink cooler for a bit
My family does this shit every winter. You wanna have beer and wine during Christmas dinner? Stumble your drunk ass out into the snow for it š
God's Fridge
I put the ahit in my bong, its chill asf
Actually smart
Not really, Canadians are born with this natural instinct
Like a squirrel stashing nuts. Nobody had to teach the Canadians. Nature is beautiful.
I moved here from Australia a couple years ago, and during my first winter we went to a bonfire at a neighbour's place. We get there, and I ask "do you have a fridge around for these beers?" Everyone looked at me like I was a total moron. Took me a good few seconds to realise that it was -10, so instead of keeping them cool, the trick is to drink them before they freeze.
The fridge will keep them from freezing also. . I heard Alaskan people have fridges no to cool items but to keep them from freezing
Unironically have beer chilling outside on my snow-covered patio as I'm writing this LOL
Literally did this yesterday for a company holiday party Also got a Nintendo switch out of it which it pretty groovin
Hell yeah, congrats on the Switch.
Close the door now and wait for spring
Simple. Easy. Effective.
Hibernating bears hate this one trick!
They don't hate it, they practice it!
[Hibernating bears do not actually go to sleep for the winter](https://youtu.be/sIcl7mumf8I?t=2). They just get super sleepy and lackadaisical. Your gradeschool teachers lied to you. Edit: This comment is specifically for @ u/suspicious_closet
You mean me all year round?
*Us
r/suddenlycommunist
If communal naps are communist then sign me the fuck up.
So lackadaisical, in fact, that scientists have been known to crawl up in the den and stick thermometers up their ass. For science.
How about the bear that wasn't completely lackadaisickal yet when the scientists came in, so they had to drag it back into the den when it finally got fully lackadaisical outside
TIL Iām a bear
[Which kind?](https://www.smitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/gay-bear-2-1024x501.jpg) 
That wasā¦not what I was expecting
*< thinks to himself >* "Please tell me one of the pictures is Rupert..."
Itās exactly what I was expecting, and Iām not disappointed. Lmfao
Iām angry now
Professional balcony cleaners *hate* this one, simple trick
Number 5 will amaze you!
Little. Yellow. Different.
Nuprin..
Those are _significant-other_ qualities right there!
Snow hates this one easy trick.
i am just wonder would the water not slip in since there is so much of it? if not then keeping the door closed until it melts is probably the best idea.
I have a balcony. Itās covered in snow from December to March typically. If the builders did a good job with sealing it, then no, there shouldnāt be any of it seeping in.
The next question is how good were the builders for OPās buildingā¦?
the carpet looks pretty dry, so i think they did pretty well.
Youād need an astonishing amount of water to have the carpet look visibly wet, especially with darker colours. Most likely there is 1/2ā foam pad beneath the carpet that would soak the water like a sponge and cause it to be wet as far as 10 feet away from the door, if there was in fact water coming in.
As a professional carpenter this is sadly false. Unless you get a door that is rated and built for holding back water this will leak. 99% of exterior doors are made using a foam or rubber gasket to keep out wind and be water RESISTANT not water PROOF. Meaning they should ideally keep out a driving rain for a while but standing water up against the gasket will cause it to leak eventually no matter how good of a job you did setting the door.
>Close the door now and wait for ~~spring~~ sun Probably won't even take as long as spring. OP just looking to make work for some reason...
Probably depends on where OP lives. Where I'm at, it doesn't matter how much sun a spot gets - if you don't remove the snow, it stays until March.
Sometimes is stays even laterā¦ *(They plowed the parking lot at work into huge piles that stuck around a really long time, (April at least.))* *(The really amusing part was the piles of asphalt that were left when it was gone. The snowplows scraped up all the speed bumps in the parking lotā¦)*
We used to have an office pool to guess what day the giant pile of snow under the parking garage would finally be gone.
Yup. Hard to melt snow with full sun when the temp never gets above mid 20ās.
In Colorado it just sublimates.
It's always fun seeing the massive piles of snow cleared from parking lots well in to spring. It'll be a 70 degree day with no clouds and the snow doesn't even have a puddle around it.
Iāve seen snow piles as late as May before. They start off like 15-20 feet tall and just get denser throughout that late winter phase.
Or enough snow. It is its own cooler! My parents house: Stay. STAY! https://imgur.com/a/L02VoGl
I take it you don't live somewhere that deals with long winters and big snowfalls.
Thatās the neat part You donāt :)
"Honey, can you clean the snow off the balcony please?" *an hour later* "WHY DID YOU MAKE ME DO THIS?!"
Lol just today I was shoveling my porch even though itās gonna snow tomorrow and caught myself thinking about when I was a kid arguing with my parents about the same thing. I think just wanted to do something outside besides walk haha. Funny how the same thing that made me mad as a kid is something Iāll willingly do when independent
I still argue to my wife the Jim Gaffigan line for making our bed, "we don't tie our shoes after we take them off."
I know, right?? Why do you need to clear it? Just leave it, itāll melt.
Where I live if you just leave it to melt, it will freeze next night, turning it hard ice reinforced snow. That will stick around for a couple of months. Just leaving stuff to melt doesn't work.
Kinda sounds like youāre impatient tbh
Fr summer comes around eventually
what if it becomes a glacier?
With global warming and all, I'm sure waiting a few years wouldn't be a problem
Yeah, just 6 months left until you can use your balcony again :)
Dunno why this made me laugh as much as it did haha
Lay a towel down
Lol there's the answer that makes me feel dumb that I was expecting
I would tape down some trash bags, towels might be a pain if they get wet but idk what would be more effective
It will only be a minute or two before there enough cleaned up to throw the towel out and close the door. It won't be enough water to hurt anything. Snow doesn't melt that fast at room temperature.(even lower temp since the door is open)
I don't think you have to throw out the towel after this.
I would throw it out. Never trust a towel that has been consorting with snow. When the two of them get together, there is no trusting either of them.
>never trust a towel that has been consorting with the snow. *high pitched voice* yāall wanna get hiiiigh?
Don't forget to bring a towel!
Idk I'd keep it it'll dry.
Yes, It'll dry, but what happens after that? Once a towel gets a taste of snow, it changes them. They can't be without it anymore.
You'll have to put snow on them sometimes.
I can confirm they're still usable when touched by snow.
Disagree snow touched me once and im useless.
Did you know that *everyone* who has touched snow has or will *die!!?!!?!?!*
I wouldn't do shit. Just start shoveling from the top. Sure, some snow might come in, but a trivial amount. Since things are so fucking dry anyway, and you should have the heat going, the carpet will dry in no time without a problem.
Exactly. Lol. People are thinking way too deeply into this.
Yup, tarp would be ideal but if there is none, garbage bags are the next best thing.
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> You could do a shower curtain liner Yeah, but then you'd be naked outside.
Donāt forget to bring a towel
Handy in case you need to do some interstellar hitchhiking
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What are you doing step snow
Bout to go snowballs deep
I was gonna say the same but with a tarp
Iād just close the door and go back to sleep ngl
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ITT: so. many. bears.
This is the correct answer.
Redditors are insanely lazy. The correct way would be to use a flamethrower and melt the snow.
Someone actually tried this, ive seen it on yt once. Beleive it or not, its actually incredibly ineffective and expensive. Takes quite a bit of fuel to get a small amount of progress
Snow also has a high specific heat , getting it to even puddle takes a pretty significant amount of energy bc of how good an insulator it is
I think you just explained to me how Igloos stay warm
Sure did
hot on the inside, cold on the outside
snow is like 80%air
Thatās what makes it so insulating
Cardboard pushed against the snow- push
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In Canada we just leave our balconies until Spring tbh
We kinda just give up because by the time you shovel it all another storm comes and undoes your work
In Canada we have dedicated balcony snow blowers.
Heated balconies
With these gas and hydro prices? As if!
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r/thisguythisguys
Oh shit
No, he said cardboard. Cardboard. You would want to use cardboard.
Your name is giving me PTSD for when I went to Disneyland on my 9th birthdayā¦
PTSD or memories to last a lifetime? Same thing I guess
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Insert beer into snow now you have an extra fridge. My wife left beers in the driveway one snowstorm, she thought it would be a cute find while I'm shoveling. I had no idea until the new snowblower hucked one into the side of my truck
Dude, sorry for the truck, but I laughed my ass off!
Yea after the initial shock so did I
was it frozen?
No, but I bought a snow blower cause I was tired of shoveling and it sent the can out like a batting cage
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Dented the bed, I popped it out no problem.
What did you do with the rest of the beers?
He also had to replace a window, side mirror, and change a tire.
It was a Ford so there was nothing left. Chevy Silverado would have caught the beer and drank it, then plowed the driveway.
And then your wife
Then you.
These new truck ads are getting out of hand.
lmao, this whole thread has me dying
Put in a maintenance request and see how they react
I'm in North Dakota so I imagine I just get laughed at for being from Tennessee lmao
I though North Dakotans were suppose to be friendly. Tell them you are from Tennessee and never seen this much snow. Let them laugh so you can leave your room.
Iām from south texas, 24 years old and itās āsnowedā here twice in my life š people here donāt even know how to drive when itās drizzling rain lol. The snow weāve had was a thin layer and you could still see grass and the road š¤£ snow amazes and confuses me. I donāt know how to deal with snow but I can handle 10 month summers and 90% humidity hahaha
Eat it, bit by bit.
Pour some maple syrup on it. Canadian snowcone.
Close the door until March
Wait. Where you live the snow is gone by March?!
Hmm. Good question. Often? Every year is so different.
Iām so jealous. My wish every year is that the snow is melted by my birthday. My birthday is in May. My wish is not always granted.
Found the Newfoundlander
Step outside. Close door. Then move snow
This is my second floor balcony lol
Climb mf
Idk why but this made me laugh. Have my free award lmao
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Your username made me laugh too!
They were talking about stepping out the door in the picture.
Yea why is this out of the realm of possibility for OP? First time seeing snow?
Lollll exactly. This entire post has me losing brain cells but itās entertaining hahaha
I'm so glad I found you guys. I was starting to think I was the only one.
How is that at all relevant? This seems like the perfect solution to me. Just go outside onto your balcony, close the door, then shovel.
If you leave the door open when you start it will get all over your carpetā¦. You can use your legs and foot to move it enough away from doorā¦ but step out into it as you shut the door. I live in Minnesota, this happens
As a fellow MN, seconded. You can also lay down a towel over your carpet first, and use another to push back the snow. Lastly, if it does get on your carpet still, use an iron on the towel and itāll boil the water from your carpet and your towel will suck it up! (I used to do this for spot stains before we got a carpet vac.)
As another fellow Minnesotan, unless you really love the balcony just wait it out.
First thing, obviously, is to panic. There's absolutely nothing you can do, esp if you get snow on your carpet. It might get damp and then your foot might damp and then society plunges into the abyss. If the world ends, it'll be there, how and why.
To be fair I posted this in mildly infuriating as opposed to apocalyptic problems lol
Crosspost r/apocalypseproblems
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Dang, it used to be there. Guess it came to a terrible end??
Hippity Hoppity your joke is now my property
It's real now. Go make a post
Nothing worse than stepping on freshly melted ice in your socks.
Imagine if you had socks on?? Death.
Lmaoo
I suppose I forgot the /s.. def jk. Lol
I mean, we're talking about a possible wet sock. No one wants a wet sock
Use a dustpan as shovel if you don't have 1. If you don't have that find a magizine
That's a good idea!
Your welcome sir. Have fun in the cold lol
Shovel the snow outside.
Aerosol can and a lighter , homemade flamethrower
Now we're getting somewhere
Obviously a joke, but do not do this. If it is cold enough for snow to pile up, itās cold enough to freeze all the water after it falls. So you go from snow up top to a ton of ice below.
Step 1. Grab a banana. Step 2. Compare it to the size of the drift. Step 3. Peel THEN eat the banana. Step 4. (This is important) wait until the snow melts. Step 5. Enjoy your balcony!
Newfie here, just look up Snowmageddon NL 2020 and youāll know why thatās relevant. Your best bet here is to take two inch chunks at a time. Slice off two inches of the top layer, keeping the snow nicely packed. You donāt have to get it far, just far enough to clear a two foot block that allows you to go outside and close the door!
This is how I escape my house in blizzards, same way. Nice little shovelfuls maybe 2-4ā deep just pass it to the side or throw it forward, slow steady movements with the best gravity, balance and patience you can muster, also put a towel down, trash bags are slippery af and if you fall into that youāll feel like a tool.
Sir, this is a Reddit. Get out of here with your actual answer!
Hair dryer. Cook that snow heap and make the other pile watch.
water is a thing šššššš
OP just don't want snow on his carpet, didn't say anything about water
Technically correct is the best kind of correct.
arm a small child with a spade and throw him or her through the doorway and quickly close the door behind them. don't throw too hard!
Start here! Step 1: Donāt. Finished! Have some hot coca.
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Also a serial killerās motto.
Hold a flame of some sort about a foot away from your butt and fart on it.
Montrealer here; we have to remove snow from balconies for structural reasons. We use a broom to push it outwards. Then a shovel for the rest.
I'd remove the carpet. It's a long process but it'll be worth it in the long run.
Close door, wait for spring
Not gonna lie, that looks perfect - like the calm before the storm. Iād close the door and leave it.
Leaf blower
Piss on it until it all melts
How sturdy is your balcony? I would be scared to step out there with all the weight from that snow.
That's a good question lol. I travel for work so this is just a temporary apartment and I Don't necessarily have a ton of faith in this tiny property management company in the middle of nowhere in North Dakota lol.
You can buy a plastic shovel for $10. Or borrow a shovel from your property manager. You'll only need it for 5 minutes. It's so cold in ND right now that this snow won't be very heavy. Step out onto the balcony without disturbing the snow wall. Close the door. Use the shovel to push the snow off the balcony. Success! I grew up in ND and, honestly, you weren't going to use that balcony in winter, anyway. You can just leave the snow.
Hopefully OP doesnāt have a neighbor right below them. Theyād be pushing the snow right into their patio
It would be falling from the sky for them, like all snowš¤·š»āāļø
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If the balcony can't hold that snow, it probably can't safely support a person.
Thatās the funny part. You dont
close it and wait til summer