Chicago has more falling ice signs than I’ve seen in my entire life. They range from very professional to “let’s tape a piece of paper onto a caution cone”. For more discussion, check out my Chicagoist post on the subject.
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Chicagoist // Jan 26, 2005 at 7:13 am
Danger! The Sky Is Falling!
New York, Chicago, Boston, DC: They all have skyscrapers, they all have snow. But of all the midwestern and east coast cold weather cities we’ve visited, Chicago is the only one where we’ve seen falling ice signs everywhere. It’s like the Cool Kid Clu…
Kel // Jan 26, 2005 at 7:52 am
Rachelle, great shots! I love the signs!
andrew // Jan 26, 2005 at 8:11 am
i like the ones that have arrows pointing up, as if to remind us that falling ice comes from ABOVE…
sg // Jan 26, 2005 at 8:36 am
True…but never fails that every year someone dies form getting hit in the head by a piece of ice… So it’s kinda necessary. Plus I’m sure property managers don’t want to get sued for lack of common sense signage. Why do you think all our coffee cups have “caution contents may be hot” written on them. That’s just common sense too…but one person ruins it for the rest of us…
mj // Jan 26, 2005 at 10:30 am
I’m glad you posted those pics. Every time I passed one of those signs, I thought, “lawsuit prevention.”
joe // Jan 26, 2005 at 12:18 pm
Downtown Chicago looks dangerous. Do you wear a helmet when you go outside?
Jen // Jan 26, 2005 at 1:43 pm
The sign with arrows makes me think that you should look up, but wouldn’t that be dangerous, too, to encourage people to stand there, look up, and linger?
Mike // Jan 26, 2005 at 3:10 pm
Hi Rachelle,
I saw your comment on the SFist.com article about the $0.17 bag law here in San Fran. (And the ban on smoking in public places.) It seems like every day I wake up to my clock radio telling me of another nonsensical ordinance that this crazy city is trying to pass. One of the councilmen (I mean councilpeople) even said that he’d like to ban smoking in SF all together, but that may take more time. I’m not a smoker – an avid runner and outdoorsperson actually – but I actually miss smoke-filled bars in Chicago like the Elbo Room or The Note. But then I hear that Chicago is going that way too…
It’s days like today that I long for the falling ice signs, dibs kiddie pools in the streets, and yes, the cold and snow of my hometown.
rachelle // Jan 28, 2005 at 9:41 am
look familiar?
Paul Blomquist // Jan 27, 2007 at 9:34 am
We have a pantent pending coating that retains 100% of the snow and Ice to the roof and sill surfaces. Our Abrasive coating hangs onto the snow pack and keeps roof drains clear to provent ice build up in the first place. The water escapes threw the insulated area under the snow layer. The only snow left in place in dehydrated and harmless all the water and ICE is out of it. We would like to use these photos on our web page is that ok. Also if anyone wants out product in Chicaco we would be happy to show it to you. Thankyou Paul Blomquist 906-396-3262
Paul Blomquist // Jan 27, 2007 at 9:34 am
We have a patent pending coating that retains 100% of the snow and Ice to the roof and sill surfaces. Our Abrasive coating hangs onto the snow pack and keeps roof drains clear to provent ice build up in the first place. The water escapes threw the insulated area under the snow layer. The only snow left in place in dehydrated and harmless all the water and ICE is out of it. We would like to use these photos on our web page is that ok. Also if anyone wants out product in Chicaco we would be happy to show it to you. Thankyou Paul Blomquist 906-396-3262
Paul Blomquist // Jan 27, 2007 at 9:35 am
We have a patent pending coating that retains 100% of the snow and Ice to the roof and sill surfaces. Our Abrasive coating hangs onto the snow pack and keeps roof drains clear to provent ice build up in the first place. The water escapes threw the insulated area under the snow layer. The only snow left in place in dehydrated and harmless all the water and ICE is out of it. We would like to use these photos on our web page is that ok. Also if anyone wants out product in Chicaco we would be happy to show it to you. Thankyou Paul Blomquist 906-396-3262
Paul Blomquist // Jan 27, 2007 at 9:43 am
We have a patent pending coating that retains 100% of the snow and Ice to the roof and sill surfaces. Our Abrasive coating hangs onto the snow pack and keeps roof drains clear to provent ice build up in the first place. The water escapes threw the insulated area under the snow layer. The only snow left in place in dehydrated and harmless all the water and ICE is out of it. We would like to use these photos on our web page is that ok. Also if anyone wants out product in Chicaco we would be happy to show it to you. Thankyou Paul Blomquist 906-396-3262
Paul Blomquist // Jan 27, 2007 at 9:44 am
We have a patent pending coating that retains 100% of the snow and Ice to the roof and sill surfaces. Our Abrasive coating hangs onto the snow pack and keeps roof drains clear to provent ice build up in the first place. The water escapes threw the insulated area under the snow layer. The only snow left in place in dehydrated and harmless all the water and ICE is out of it. We would like to use these photos on our web page is that ok. Also if anyone wants our product in Chicaco we would be happy to show it to you. Thankyou Paul Blomquist 906-396-3262