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We got about 7 inches total in these parts. Pretty much every school and college is closed.
Lol - I'm sorry, that just struck me as really funny. I'm sure the other northerners feel the same, my sister's house got 7 feet in a weekend last year, that was finally enough that things started closing down. To answer your snow load question, I've had over a foot on mine, no problem.
I just looked on-line to see if I could find info on who gets what and found a few articles one of which was similar to what I read.http://www.syracuse.com/weather/snow/stories/
20 minutes south, downtown Syracuse gets about half the snow since it's just on the edge of the jetstream from Lake Ontario. I moved to Rochester after college, and as "bad" as it is here, I get so much less snow than my folks.
The snow finally stopped. We got about 7 inches total in these parts. Pretty much every school and college is closed. We're very slow at work, so I had the day off any way. There's a good 3 inches of snow on my cover right now. I was wanting to wait until the sun comes out before I start shoveling a path and clearing off the cover but I'm starting to think that since I don't have a http://rhtubs.com extreme cover, I need to get that weight off asap. How much weight can a standard spa cover withstand?
I've had well over a foot of snow on my cover a number of times with no issue. I believe I have the same cover as you...except mine is going on six years. I have a tarp I cover the whole spa with when expecting heavy snow just because its easier to shovel off.
Thanks Tony