There was an over-hanging sign on the front of the building. We had a lot of snow that year and it was beginning to melt. A huge (2' x 2' x 2') chunk of ice fell from the sign and missed me by 3 feet.

Huge slabs falling from roofs onto cars.

nearby.

Luckily, I was at a red light where I could get out and lever it off into the street.

Like an idiot I turned on the wipers... both wiper blades snapped like twigs, leaving only the arms. It was about 6 in the a.m. and I was able to clear it off at the light. Took about 10 minutes with the scraper I had in the back.

And it was one big 6' x 3' piece of ice, 2" thick. So not terribly heavy.

Scared the bejeezus out of us, though.

It was like a white shade being pulled down across the windshield. I'm amazed that it stayed in one piece.

Stay safe everyone!