If he lived in Florida he wouldn't have had 500 pounds of ice falling on his grill

Unless it fell from a plane but then it would more likely be a dead illegal alien or drugs falling on your grill.

I guess you could then sell the drugs to but a new grill. Not sure how much you can get for a dead illegal alien though.

We used to grill on Tar-Beach when I lived in the city..then the very 1st thing we bought when we moved to Las Vegas before beds etc was a big round Weber charcoal.

About 6 weeks of living here we won on labor day weekend a drawing at one of the casinos.. the top of the line Weber Gas grill.. big red one etc etc.. all our neighbors would crack up cuz i'd be outside in Dec, Jan Feb in the rain.. grilling away.

That's one of the big things I'll miss moving back to NY.

Could be dumped blue ice chunks of waste from the passing plane too.. |barf|

1 US gallon = 231 cubic inches

your block of ice is 36 cubic feet or 62208 cubic inches
(one cubic foot = 1728 cubic inches)

/231 gives you an approximated 269.3 gallons of ice


one gallon of ice weighs 7.65 lbs (the density of ice is less than the density of water which weighs 8.35 lbs per gallon)

Therefore Jim's block of ice weighed a whopping 2060.145lbs, not accounting for temperature or errors in his measurements. ;)

I think anyone who has shovelled snow will agree that cold water is heavy stuff

True, Jim didn't actually say what color his ice was or if it had bits of corn in it. When I lived in the Keys we would always look for corn in the water before going snorkeling in case a boat had dumped its waste tank.

I did make a small mistake.
It is or was a Vermont Castings grill. And, it was a duel fuel type grill. Although, I only used wood chips and gas. But, if I ever wanted to, I could have used charcoal.

So I guess, at least 500 pounds would be accurate even if my measurement was a little off :)

Even worse, I have a block about twice the size hanging over an enclosed porch roof :) We have blocked the area from the dogs and moved our birds for the crash. I would go out and hit it with an sledge hammer but I am afraid of the thing falling on me :)

Wow no one has said this yet in this thread… Jim has dogs?

Much better to bring that thing down under controlled (and safer) conditions. If you wait much longer, the thaw will bring it down, which won't be pretty if the mailman happens to be under it.

Why anyone would choose to live where they have to worry about 2000 pound chunks of ice falling off of their roof baffles the fuck out of me|huh

I agree 100%! All we have to worry about is a little "blow" every now and then |hurricane And in the wintertime we don't have to cuy holes in ice to go fishing :D And I agree, charcoal is the only way to go...