The city center is the most taken cared of part of every city. If skyscrapers have window cleaners who are hanging in a rope, here we got snow on the roof removers. I don't really know if there is a title for such a job. The guy below is a watcher. His job is to make sure pedestrians don't walk under where they're de-snowing.
If you go outskirts or visit some smaller areas in the city, these guys are seldom seen. In general, they remove snow on the roofs of all blocks and buildings before spring. They just do it more often in the downtown.
That is why in those areas, signs like this are found. I saw it yesterday from a building close to the Metro station going to the market.
WARNING!
FALLING SNOW
AND FRAZIL
FROM THE ROOF
Perhaps they forgot about ICICLES!
Or maybe they are too big not to be seen, therefore, a warning sign isn't necessary. :)
I honestly didn't know what a frazil is (obviously, they are never produced in my tropical country) until I've translated the word.
See this thick snow just above the mini icicles? It's melted snow forming into ice. A frazil so to call. If cold temperature succeeds, it'll harden. That is why roof de-snowing is necessary.
I've seen it falling on people's head. I was once hit too. Luckily it wasn't ice but a thick wet snow. It was painful though. Don't worry, nothing bad happened to my brain, my skull was hard enough :)
It's the busiest time for such workers. The big work has begun. Ice-cracking on the roads, de-snowing of roofs and mud cleaning. Yes mud, where do they come from? They use ground on icy pavements instead of salt for traction. So in spring when ice melts, it becomes muddy in some areas. That's probably one thing I don't like about spring 'coz it can get really messy. But there are always puddles where you can wash the sole of your boots if you got muddy :) It's always fun to play.
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