>> Was surprised to learn that one can sometimes hear snow falling on water. Anyone else ever experienced that? >> Snow can be surprisingly noisy. For instance, stop on a packed ski trail at zero degrees F. and rotate the point of your ski pole in the packed snow, and listen to the snow squeak like styrofoam. Walk across that same snow, and listen to it crunch. At zero degrees Celsius, however, it makes hardly any sound at all. Snowflakes of any size or temperature, being solid, always make a sound when they hit water, even though it might be only a tiny whisper. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Oct 21 1999 - 11:18:22 PDT
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