The Sky is Falling ... or I thought it was

Honestly last week was beautiful.  We had warm temperatures and almost all of the snow melted.  It was great and made us really excited for spring.  But along with these warm temperatures something strange and awful started happening.

All of the snow that had been collecting on the roofs all winter and turned to ice started to fall off.  In huge chunks.  It was dangerous and I am not exaggerating.  Sidewalks were littered with ice chucks and caution tape was everywhere.  I had never seen anything like it and we felt as though we should be wearing construction helmets as we walked to and from school! We don't quite understand why this happens here and not at home, but everyone  says it happens every year. Crazy!