...First Snow Day Looking out the window thinking that it was the most wonderful sight I’ve ever saw. It was the day that the entire city of Detroit, MI was covered in so much snow; everything had come to a halt. Low pressure had come in 24 hours before, and less than twenty-four hours and twelve feet of snow later, the entire city was drenched in the snow’s icy hands. There wasn’t anything that you could do because everyone was at the mercy of the snow and I loved it. I wanted to run in my daughters’ room to wake her so that she could see the white blanket that covered everything outside. Just the sight of twelve feet of snow was too much for me to handle, and many abandoned buildings collapsed as a result of it. As I peered out the window of our upstairs apartment building, the bright light reflecting from the snow nearly blinded me. When my vision cleared, and I was able to see, I was in awe at the sight that I was seeing. It seemed like someone had taken a big bag of sparkling sugar and poured it upon the earth. The normal things that would usually have met my eyes in the morning were mere blobs in the snow, indistinguishable among the white blanket that covered the city. As I went downstairs to open the door to have a look further outside, my path outside was blocked by a wall of snow; unmoving and solid. A slight chill crept over my body as the cold air poured into the warm building and I ran back inside of my warm and toasty apartment. I watched as the snow plows moved...
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...As everyone in the education sector can attest, this winter has been as brutal as any for school districts in the northeastern U.S. Schools particularly in Boston have had things even worse having to cancel eight days of school or more so far this winter with more snow yet to come. As most students view snow days as a free day off to do whatever they please, one must wonder if students are falling behind academically due to these off days. More specifically, are low-income students, who statistically are outperformed by wealthier students, at a distinct disadvantage with these snow days? That is exactly the point Matt Collette was trying to make in his article entitled “Can too many snow days widen the achievement gap?” In Boston, MA where...
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...Mark Rogers Best Ski Day I was the first person to ski off of the chairlift that day, arriving at the summit of Bosquets Mountain, nestled in the heart of the Berkshires. It was the type of day when the clouds seemed to blanket the sky, leaving no clue that the sun, with its powerful light, even existed anymore. It was not snowing, but judging by the damp, musty, stale scent in the air, I realized it would be only a short time before the white flakes overtook the mountain. As I readied myself to make the first run, I took a moment to appreciate my surroundings. Somehow things seemed much different up here. The wind, nonexistent at the bottom, began to gust. Its cold bite found my nose. Its quick and sudden swirling movement kicked loose snow into my face, forcing me to zip my jacket over my chin. It's strange how the gray clouds, which seemed so far above me at the bottom, really didn't appear that high anymore. If I had a tall enough ladder, I might be able to touch them. As I gazed out over the landscape, the city below seemed unrecognizable. The enormous buildings which I had driven past earlier looked like dollhouses a child might play with. The towering smokestacks of the factories would not have caught my eye had it not been for the tiny stream of gray emerging from them. At this distance, the smoke spiraled upward like tree branches reaching for the sky. The air was raw and stung me through my many layers of clothing. There was snow all around me. It was on the trail...
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...Anyone who has ever lived in New York City knows there’s a lot of snow during the winter months. One winter we had a snow storm. I was lying in the bed with my sisters, warm and toasty. Out the window, I could see the wind blowing the snow across the field. It wasn’t enough snow to close the schools down. I could hear my Mother calling us to get up for school. Mom came into our bedroom and told us to get dress because the schools in New York were not closing today. Mom was getting ready for work. She was a nurse’s aide at a senior citizen facility. Before our Mom left for work, she told us not to cut across the field in front of our apartment building to get to school. “The snow is too deep. Go the long way around. Are you guys listening?” We all said...
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...thick. When the caribou gather, the groupings are monitored until biologists are convinced that nearly all of the caribou in the herd are included. Assuming the weather cooperates, they fly over the herd in an aircraft fitted with a belly-mounted camera and photograph the entire herd on large-format film. After the film is processed, biologists sit in the office with magnifying glasses and count every caribou on the photos. This process takes several weeks to complete this type of census. Moose don't gather in large groups. Their population estimate surveys are performed in the fall and winter when the right combination of weather, snow depth, and day length allow biologists to fly and see the moose. It's hard to believe that such a large animal can be so hard to find or see trust me it is. The biologist usually wait until after a good amount of snow is on the ground before attempting the census on moose. The area to be censused is broken into smaller sample units based on terrain or habitat types. The sample units are stratified; that is, a team of biologists flies over them and identifies whether moose are...
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...A Cold Case There are four clues in the story that implicate or exonerate one of the suspects. With a partner, identify the clues and use reporting language to tell what each of the suspects said – then decide who committed the crimes. Bryan Durell Grieve Collier Jacques Bourbonne Ruth Majick Corporal James Prescott of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police leaned back in his chair and looked out the window of his tiny office, located in the rear of the small station house. He almost went snow-blind just glancing at the brilliant white scenery outside. A weekend snowstorm had blanketed the surrounding countryside in another twenty inches of the white stuff, and the bright sun in the cold, clear sky reflecting off the crisp snow dazzled the eyes. Corporal Prescott blinked and turned away, took another sip of coffee from the steaming mug on his desk. He jumped when Constable Marchildon suddenly stuck her head in the door and said, “All four of them are here now, Jim.” “Right,” Prescott replied. The door closed again and the corporal reopened the file in front of him. Investigative information pertaining to the murder of the hermit ‘Red’ Temeck and the theft of the Canadian Maple Leaf gold coins the recluse had hoarded away in his root cellar. Tembeck’s battered and bloodied body had been found behind his ransacked shack out on Rural Route 21, at the entrance to his underground root cellar. The discovery of the body had been made Tuesday morning by the rural mailman...
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...The day was starting as it would in Mr Volk’s classroom when Kai brought up the discussion of snowflakes. “Why does it snow diamonds here on neptune but not over on the moon where I used to live?” “The pressure is so strong here that all precipitation is diamonds, but back on the moon and mars it snows water.” Colton said. “Why does it snow water on other planets instead of other things?” Kai asked “It’s because of the way the atmosphere is on other planets and moons.” Mr Volk stated, “Let’s go outside and study this, do not forget to exit through the airlock system.” “It feels good to get some fresh artificial air made by machines.” commented Colton “So do either of you have any stories about how snow comes about on other planets, or do I need to say one?” “No, tell us one.” Kai and Colton said in sync and turning to each other in shock at what had happened. “Well I have one, but both of you must listen and not interrupt.” Mr Volk said. “ It happened a long time ago on a planet called Earth which was the only place humans could live before space exploration.” “ I thought that was fake.” said Kai....
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...The Day After Tomorrow is a movie that stars Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Emma Rossum and was directed by Roland Emmerich. The movie is based on a paleoclimatologist that treks across America to save his son who is trapped by a sudden international storm that plunges America into a new Ice Age. I liked this movie for many reasons, but it had some draw backs. Summary In the beginning of the movie Jack Hall (played by Dennis Quaid) is at the North Pole drilling core samples for research on global warming. As they are drilling into the ice getting samples, the ice starts to split leaving a very large valley in the ice and some of the samples could be left behind. Jack makes a daring leap across what seems to be a 7 foot crevice in the ice. He makes it across and gets the samples but as he is about to leap back across to the safety of his colleges the ice splits again, and he narrowly escapes falling in the crevice. After getting the samples back to the lab and testing them he realizes that there is an issue with the samples and also that there was a sheet of Ice the size of Texas that broke off, so he goes to a convention to warn other people of the facts that he has learned. Discussion One thing that I liked about this movie is the snow. The fact that the frigid cold could freeze your skin, crystalize your lungs, freeze Jet fuel at -200 Fahrenheit in a matter of seconds. Also it froze the ocean solid enough that it could be driven on and walked upon. It...
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...Snow removal is necessary during the winter season at Wheeling Jesuit University for the safety of students, staff, student commuters. Snow accumulations can range from any amount, so maintenance employees need to be more prepared before the winter season even occurs. If the university cares for the safety of the students and staff, then the school should be well equipped before the winter season occurs. By pre-treating roads/sidewalks with salt before snow accumulation happens, the safeness of students on campus, and the staff and commuters off campus will be able to get to the university safer manner. Currently at Wheeling Jesuit University snow removal is not taken care of in the best possible way. Employees in charge of removing snow from roads and sidewalks are not well prepared, as if they do not know it was going to snow. On campus, the roads are fully covered with the snow, and the snow is left on the road being packed down as some may walk or drive over the snow. For example, the article No-stick surface says, “the bond between the ice and the pavement is strong, removal by plowing alone may not be effective” (Tuan, Yahia 26). If the roads and...
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...while the summer is the easiest . This essay will compare and contrast winter and summer driving to show that winter is the most technically difficult . Winter and summer driving are similar in that both seasons require one to get behind the wheel of a vehicle . The basic driving decisions are always the same no matter what the season . One must always signal appropriately , pay attention to traffic and other drivers around , and generally concentrate on getting from one point to another . Winter and summer driving are very different in the types of weather conditions present . In the summer , there is generally less rain and snow to make the roadway conditions hazardous . With dry pavement , cars and drivers respond quicker to situations , avoiding accident potentials . In the winter , rain and snow make the roads slick and less forgiving in dangerous situations . Even if a driver is attentive , winter conditions may cause a vehicle to spin out of control at the slightest touch of the brakes . Winter drivers must be more cautious of distance between cars in case one needs to stop quickly . Winter drivers may also have to contend with frost and condensation on the windows of cars . Both can decrease visibility and reduce driver awareness . Summer is generally warmer and dryer , reducing the chance of frost and condensation problems . All in all , summer driving is more forgiving than winter driving . Weather conditions in...
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...If you have a profound love for snowboarding or skiing, or if you have been interested in either of those activities for some time, there's no reason why you shouldn't make heli-skiing your new year's resolution. Unlike tradional snowbaording or skiing, heli-skiing contains no lift lines, or lifts at all. As such, by partaking in heliskiing, you would essentially elimnate the need to sit on frigid cold chairlift rides, as a helicoptort takes you from ground to the top in a matter of minutes, all while you get the oppurnity to expereince the sort of views that people usually pay hundreds of dollars to see, on sightseeing tours. Why British Columbia Is Prime Real Estate For Heli-Skiing The geogrpahic location in British Columbia, makes it...
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...Fine water droplets, 0.040-0.5mm Diameter RAIN= Consists of falling water droplets, 0.5-5mm Diameter, larger drops, break into pieces as they fall through the air FREEZING RAIN=When raindrops are close to freezing, strike a cold object near ground, the drops freeze instantly SNOW= Water vapor crystalizes on tiny particles of dust/smoke, forms when air/water vapor is below 0 degrees ICE PELLETS (SLEET)= When snow falls through warm layers of air, partially melts, then falls through layers of air below 0 degrees, results in beads of ice, hard enough to bounce on cold ground WET SNOW= When dry snow falls through warm air, melting all snow crystals, but are still water droplets on the snow, sticky PACKED SNOW= Best for igloos HAIL= frozen raindrops move up and down in active thunderclouds, grow larger each time an updraft raises them through cold water droplets, hailstone has 20 layers of ice FROST= when air temperature is below freezing, water molecules turn directly into a solid forming frost WEATHER SYSTEMS= Important to understand weather pattern in N. America AIR MASS= Large body of air, temperature/moisture is uniform, if air above ground/ocean does not move for a day, the air is influenced by that location CONTINENTAL POLOR AIR MASS= N. Canada, air mass above ocean is cold/dry MARITIME TROPICAL AIR MASS= California, air above ocean is warm/moist CONTINENTAL TROPICAL AIR MASS= Deserts air mass becomes dry/warm, moves to Winnipeg, may bring warm/dry...
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...Ice Skating adventure: By Cassidy Morgan Don’t miss out on an exciting adventure.You’ll have an amazing experience. My favorite Winter activity is ice skating.This exciting endeavor includes skating with friends and family, playing on ice, and relaxing and having a bite to eat when you’re home. Any exciting challenge you couldn’t do without your family. You and your friend are skating as fast as they can because you’re playing tag, then you’re slowing down because you’re tired and somebody sneaks behind and tags you. You’re it. You’re getting ready for a race GO and you’re not ready just go along with it don’t whine race like you started at the same time get that nerve that you need to win so go. Sometimes when it’s your first time skating...
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...pants. I wore black plaid pants and a green jacket. “What do you want to do?” I asked as I made a snow angel in the fluffy frost. The angel was cold and felt like I was covered in ice like Otzi (the Iceman). My friend looked like he was debating going back to my house but he was making snow angels like he was having a lot of fun. After I finished making snow angels with my friend Justin, we went behind the school building to hop off of stairs and talk together. “Do you want to go make cookies now? My mom needs to give them to friends anyway.” I asked as I was hopping off a set of stairs. As I hopped down, the...
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...look at. However, it will not feel too wonderful, if you do not have the right winter accessories to help you get through it. Sears can help you find everything that you need to get through the cold weather months. We stock everything from juniors winter hats, to neck warmers to help you protect yourself from the cold, and wind so that you can get out and enjoy all that the winter months have to offer.
Whether you want to take a brisk winter walk, or hit the slopes, having the right winter accessories is a must. Sears has you covered, literally. You are covered from the top of your head by our juniors winter hats, to the tips of your feet with our snow boots. There is a large selection of items that are both functional, and fashionable, so you not only feel great, but look great as well.
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