On Mon, 04 Nov 2002 14:34:49 -0500, Christopher James Huff wrote:
> In article <slr### [at] zeroppsorguk>,
>  Steve <ste### [at] zeroppsuklinuxnet> wrote:
> 
>> Also to make a realistic snowball or snowman the flakes would have to 
>> be crushed and squashed, a snowflake probably only looks like that while
>> it's in the air falling towards the ground, I'm sure it'll get bashed in
>> when it hits the ground or at least have some edges knocked off. 
> 
> Don't you get snow? It sounds like you've never had a close look at it...
> Snow that's been compressed or has been in a pile for a while doesn't 
> have flakes like these, it gets more granular, especially if it is close 
> to the freezing/melting point (which also seems to cause the largest 
> flakes/crystals). Individual flakes often land and get buried without 
> much damage though, you can find flakes in a handful of fresh fallen 
> snow that look intact as far as the unaided eye can tell.
> 

Yes we have snow, but I can't say I've ever observed flakes, only in 
photographs on TV. 

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