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Donald Weimer
 Post subject: Snow rollers
PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:14 pm 
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I was going to post some pictures of the snow rollers at the farm but photo bucket is down for a while.
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Saw some pics on TV last night. They called them winter tumbleweeds. Some were balls and others looked like wheels. Pretty cool looking.

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Gene
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Donald Weimer wrote:
I was going to post some pictures of the snow rollers at the farm but photo bucket is down for a while.


Why would anyone want to roll snow? Is that like some kind of outdoor entertainment activity like snow angels? :confused:

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Gene wrote:
Donald Weimer wrote:
I was going to post some pictures of the snow rollers at the farm but photo bucket is down for a while.


Why would anyone want to roll snow? Is that like some kind of outdoor entertainment activity like snow angels? :confused:



If the wind is strong enough anything will roll, even houses and semi trucks. I've never seen them but, I guess if mother nature gets a good chunk of snow together and the wind is strong enough to get it going good, she makes rather large snowballs. :-D :shock:

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Gene wrote:
Donald Weimer wrote:
I was going to post some pictures of the snow rollers at the farm but photo bucket is down for a while.


Why would anyone want to roll snow? Is that like some kind of outdoor entertainment activity like snow angels? :confused:



Big snow balls are the stuff big snowmen are made out of! You make 3 and stack them! A few stones, a pipe and scarf and there it is! At least in PA................. :wink:

"Make a snowball and find a long stretch of wet snow." Warren Buffett

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Central Indiana had Snow Rollers (Snow Roll Balls) on February 12, 2003. It's caused by winds with snow, with the wind just rolling up the snow into a ball. Many thought someone had tried making snowmen, until the massive number of Snow Rollers were found, making it impossible for humans to have done anything. Here's some pictures from 11 years ago:

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Gene
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^^ Kinda like crop circles, huh? :razz: :wink:

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Yeah, good one, Gene!!!! No footsteps going up to the balls...so much be aliens!!!

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Gene wrote:
^^ Kinda like crop circles, huh? :razz: :wink:


I just googled your weather Gene, have your fun, August is coming!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol :wink:

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Too cold here to make a snowball. Snow moves from one place to another in great drifts instead.
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Mid seventies today! Sweet!!! 8) 8)
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