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You can't open a door against hundreds of pounds of snow. So people intentionally have doors swing inwards allow inhabitants to dig themselves out in case they need to leave for necessities or have emergency responders have a way to find your door in inclement weather. Many homes also have what are called snow doors which go nowhere on the second story and are only usable when the first floor is buried. You don't even really need THAT much snow since homes act as windbreaks and will have snow drifts build up around your house several feet higher than the total amount of snowfall. Also in climates this happens regularly some people will carve out their first floor doors and use the cavity in the snow a larder to store more food while using their second story as the primary entrance.
Wuz314159
While there is a point to that, what they do in Antarctica is have stairs up to the second level so it'll work no matter how high the drift.
whiskeywonka
This is why I live here the snow does not .... I will just be quite else the snow god will dump apon us another snomageddon. Years ago we had 130 structure collapses in the region due to crazy amounts (for us) of snow falling in a few days.
ANALMUFFIN
I've never personally seen or lived somewhere with a door that swung outward with that being Cali, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana,or Mississippi.
Lutki
I grew up in South Texas and a lot of doors swung outward. It stands up better to tropical storms and hurricanes. Also it is harder to kick the door in since it has to break through the door jam instead of just the latch. Also plenty of door still open inside as well because it is the norm, but it is something to consider on new construction and remodels.
shalafi71
OP acting like this is unusual. A door opening out would be so weird you'd notice it in a movie.
quietwalker
I live in Texas, and when we get any snow, our piece of shit politicians flee the state and request federal aid because it's not socialism if it's for them. Then they do nothing and the power grid fails because they removed the regulations requiring people to make sure it could survive winter weather.
But it'd be neat to have a few feet and shut down the whole state for a month.
fluffybaer55
Texas has to stop voting for Ted Cruz. He keeps abandoning Texas at the first inconvenience. Just like he abandoned his dignity when Trump insulted his dad.
quietwalker
Sadly, the average Texan is like the average southerner - 20 points or more lower on the IQ scale than the average American, 100% convinced that god and the bible say it's okay to hate brown people, and anyone who claims to be able to hear god is a perfect leader.
tkalvas
On the other line, Finland:
tkalvas
Every door opens outwards.
tkalvas
Snows for four months in the south to six in the north.
tkalvas
No second floor snow doors as such (although a balcony is really, really common and usually your ladder to get to the roof is right next to it).
tkalvas
I don't ever remember not being able to push the door open. I'm 50 years old.
tkalvas
I guess we just don't get so much at one go. The total can be taller than a person though.
eppykaze
Those second story doors really should have a landing and staircase leading to them. 4 feet of snow is enough to render the ground entrance unusable but not enough to use a second story door safely otherwise.
sv1rr
Just jump. It's fun!
wouldClimbForCash
Getting back in is the hard part.
Lutki
Unfortunately you can only get away with that for the first couple snows of the season before it gets packed down and turns into a frozen chunk of ice.
sv1rr
Jump down, dig your way in on ground floor. How did you expect to repeatedly jump when you can't get back inside? Also ladders exist
Lutki
I was mostly trying to make a funny but yes you can't jump from a height without first reaching said height