Snow won't melt ???

[NeoMatrix]

I'm getting weird emails about snow that won't melt in the deep south of America?
Is there any truth to this ? It seems a bit out there to be true.
Multiple people on youtube videos walk outside their homes pick up a hand full of snow then burn it with a gas lighter?
In every video I watched the snow turns black and (according to the person in video) smells like styrofoam ?..
The snow does not melt, there is no water dripping down, WTF.... ?

[KenB]

Re: Snow won't melt ???

Funny you she oiled mention this... The local weatherman on TV just covered this a few nights ago.

The snow goes directly from being a solid to a gas, or vapor in this case. This is known as sublimation.

Chances are that the source of the flame was a butane lighter, and butane is a carbon based fuel. The black on the snow is the carbon from the butane, and so is the smell

That should demystify things.

[Hansoon]

Re: Snow won't melt ???

Must be aliens behind it......

Hans

[NeoMatrix]

Re: Snow won't melt ???

Myth buster Mayhem. What a crock of sh!t.....

I scraped a hand full off frost off my freezer and burnt it with a butane lighter.
It didn't melt or drip water and reacted and smelt like burning styrofoam.
I waited a few minutes and the ice change colour from white to clear;
and I burnt it again with the butane lighter.
This time the ice/frost melted and water dripped down, and smelt like burning stryofoam.

Conclusion:
All snow/frost behaves as normal when burnt with a butane lighter, and smells like styrofoam.
No water drips down because the winter cold air prevents accumulation or condensation to form.
The ice/frost only dripped at my located because it warmed to the summer temperature of the room as I burnt
it the second time. Nothing abnormal found here. Yes it still smelt like burnt styrofoam, totally normal.
No aliens came running out of the ice/frost as it burnt.....

Thankyou ladies and gentlemen that concludes are myth buster science lesson for today.
Stay tuned for the next exciting episode of "mythbuster mayhem".....

[NeoMatrix]

Re: Snow won't melt ???

Must be aliens behind it......

Hans

That's weird I had dream about little aliens last night.... woooo <add spooky music here> woooo.
They must have known.

[SargeNZ]

Re: Snow won't melt ???

People are trying to claim that this 'fake snow' is what is being dropped in chemtrails.

[Tonerbomb]

Re: Snow won't melt ???

It's really a plot by the NSA and the CIA, in conjunction with the global warming
environmental wacko's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JustManuals]

Re: Snow won't melt ???

Funny you she oiled mention this... The local weatherman on TV just covered this a few nights ago.

The snow goes directly from being a solid to a gas, or vapor in this case. This is known as sublimation.

Chances are that the source of the flame was a butane lighter, and butane is a carbon based fuel. The black on the snow is the carbon from the butane, and so is the smell

That should demystify things.

Ken - That's a mighty big word, 'Sublimation' I thought I was the only one on the planet that knew that. It also happens with dry ice

Paul

[KenB]

Re: Snow won't melt ???

Ken - That's a mighty big word, 'Sublimation' I thought I was the only one on the planet that knew that. It also happens with dry ice

Paul

Actually, it's mentioned elsewhere on CTN: Shadow1's immortal "Never Vacuum a Fart" post, or should I say "anthem".

Just noticed the "she oiled" in my post, instead of "should". Stupid auto correct.

[ZOOTECH]

Re: Snow won't melt ???

Actually, it's mentioned elsewhere on CTN: Shadow1's immortal "Never Vacuum a Fart" post, or should I say "anthem".

Just noticed the "she oiled" in my post, instead of "should". Stupid auto correct.

Always, read your posts, before submitting, ( I have too many regrets to mention.)

[slimslob]

Re: Snow won't melt ???

Always, read your posts, before submitting, ( I have too many regrets to mention.)

Or submit, read, and edit.

[NeoMatrix]

Re: Snow won't melt ???

Actually, it's mentioned elsewhere on CTN: Shadow1's immortal "Never Vacuum a Fart" post, or should I say "anthem".

Just noticed the "she oiled" in my post, instead of "should". Stupid auto correct.

Re : Autocorrect.
It drives me up the wall. I'm always going back and fixing up stupid word fill/autocorrect.
It's worse on an Android Tablet. You can't go back and edit the last line of text.
I wish I knew how to turn it off...

( This only took thirty corrections to fix) I can press the post key.......

[Iowatech]

Re: Snow won't melt ???

I turned off autocorrect off on the Android phone the mothership gave me because it was useless and annoying, but that was a while ago so I don't remember how to do that right now. Hopefully someone else will come up with a more immediate solution, if not I'll let you know what I did when I figure it out.

[mikadonovan]

Re: Snow won't melt ???

With Jelly Bean....Settings>Language and Input>choose your keyboard>Settings (to the right)>Predictive Text> Off

[NeoMatrix]

Re: Snow won't melt ???

With Jelly Bean....Settings>Language and Input>choose your keyboard>Settings (to the right)>Predictive Text> Off

I might have found the autocorrect feature. Anouying little gagget... Still appears to be typing weird text. Maybe not...