The "scientific" definition is frozen water droplets that sometimes sticks to the ground but for us it's the icing on the cake that is Christmas.
What's snow like?
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I've encountered snow that sticky, but was in pellet shapes, almost like hail, but it WAS snow, and it fucking hurt...SuperFriendBFG said:
Imagine flower, except its really light and fluffy, and cold.DarK Gun said:
Oh and yes, its absolutely silent. There is NOWHERE quieter than in the middle of a field with snow coming down. Its like all noise falls away. Thats the magic of it. You feel it inside you more than what it looks like. It just changes you its so magical. You should take a vacation to canada some time.
cold wet (i would like to take a moment to emphasize these two points since they get downplayed in tv shows and such) and merciless... i'm currently stuck indoors due to a blizzard, so i'm feeling a bit bitter towards that particular kind of percipitation
Snow is a mixed bag, really. I live in the midwestern US, so more often than not it only snows when the temperature gets really low. Because of that, the snow I usually get is too dry to pack into snowballs or to make anything with, so it's just a cold, slick and sun-reflecting annoyance. On those few days that it's "warm" enough for it too get good and pack-able, much fun is to be had. Just be sure to stay fairly dry, welting snow on your clothes can really make you cold really quick.
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It cold and wet. It's also heavy when you have to shovel it if a lot falls. When it melts, it make a huge fucking mess thanks to salt (some states don't use salt) and road grime. Oh yes, and from a person who lives in a state where 6 months out of the year there is snow, SLOW DOWN when you are driving in it or you'll be in a ditch before you can blink. 4 wheel drive only works when you are at a complete stop, not when you are going 60mph.
There are good things about snow too, like snowball fights, building snowforts, and it the noise from the surrounding environment is almost nonexistant. It can be quite calming. There is good and bad about it. As you get older though, the bad really starts outweighing the good.
On a side note, the background for the Escapist is of snow falling from a clear sky. How is that possible?
There are good things about snow too, like snowball fights, building snowforts, and it the noise from the surrounding environment is almost nonexistant. It can be quite calming. There is good and bad about it. As you get older though, the bad really starts outweighing the good.
On a side note, the background for the Escapist is of snow falling from a clear sky. How is that possible?
Picture the most beautiful crystals of water floating gently down towards you. They touch your skin and melt away leaving a nice, cooling sensation.
When it is nice and chilly outside the snow piles up, it is very easy to shape into a ball, to make snowmen or have a snowball fight, or slide around on with skis or a snowboard.
Snow is simply the best weather ever.
When it is nice and chilly outside the snow piles up, it is very easy to shape into a ball, to make snowmen or have a snowball fight, or slide around on with skis or a snowboard.
Snow is simply the best weather ever.
It's seriously cold, can be powdery but is usually more icy and compact. Don't go out in it in your bare feet for prolonged amounts of time =D
It's white, it's cold, it's slippery, and the bastard made it so my brother couldn't come back for Christmas. Disregard what you see in movies, it's not a wonderful, magical thing that makes Christmas wonderful, it's a pain in the ass. If you have it and it's below freezing, then everything is crunchy and slippery, if it gets above freezing then it melts and you've got slippery water covered roads, and then it freezes when it gets dark. Blocks any visibility while driving. Once again, it's cold, it's slippery, and it's a pain in the ass. Not to mention all the time spent wiping off your car windows, or scraping ice off them so you can go somewhere, or digging out behind your car with a shovel so you can go somewhere, or even get the car unstuck when it high-centers on a pile of snow. God, I hate snow. And I live in a state where our last major snowstorm of the previous winter was in late May, and our first one was in late September, I know my snow.