Roof News

San Francisco - A San Francisco window-washer appears to have survived an 11-story plunge off a downtown office building after landing on a moving car and tumbling onto California Street.

Verneuil-sur-indre - Children in the little town of Verneuil-sur-Indre in the Indre-et-Loire department of central France can be forgiven for thinking Santa had arrived early, when the reindeer appeared on a garage roof in the center of town.

Houston - Residents in one Houston, Texas neighborhood were awaken by loud crashes and an unbelievable sight early Sunday morning, finding a car stuck upside down in the roof of a home.

Tucson - Jonathan Roof knows how much a person’s life can change in a single week. Just a Saturday before, the Tucson Padres outfielder manned the hot corner for the Lake Elsinore Storm, Single-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, and went hitless at the plate.

Augusta - A man found on top of an Augusta, Georgia Waffle House is lucky to be alive according to the local fire department. The man was found by a repairman on the roof who called for help.

Parrsboro - Two 11-year-old girls were trapped inside of a car after snow slid off of an arena roof in Nova Scotia, burying the vehicle.

A 33-year-old Argentine woman jumped from the 23rd floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires and landed on the roof of a taxi below and lived.

Thirteen seniors were evacuated from an assisted-care home in Nova Scotia after high winds tore a section off the roof from the building.

London - A Taser and four cartridges went missing after a London police officer drove off with the items on the roof of a police vehicle.

Toronto - A group of strippers and waitresses who took breaks on the roof of Toronto’s Zanzibar Tavern say their privacy was invaded when pictures of them wearing very little clothing were taken and published in a popular blog.

Aberdeen - A woman was taken to the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in an ambulance after falling through a roof in the nude in the middle of the day.

It's not everyday that a woman demands more beer to get off of a stranger's roof but in Fort Pierce, Florida Wednesday night that was the scene.

A British company has created tiny turbines that generate enough electricity to power two homes or a small office of 20 persons. The tiny turbines can be easily installed on roofs, and are ready for distribution through German energy giant, RWE.

It crashed through a rook in New Jersey and had Nasa and the Federal Aviation Administration stumped. Here's a gem from the Nasa official at JPL, "It didn't look "very space-y"

German police had to rescue a 91-year-old man who slipped while repairing his roof and ended up sticking fast to the tar "like a beetle on its back."

Early morning roof crash causes women to call 911

The roof at B.C. Place stadium collapsed shortly after noon during a storm that brought wind and heavy, wet snow to the area.

Unwanted space gunk?

Kudos for their efforts. Now if they can get the efficiency up about 50% this could be the way to go.