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Re: Starving people refuse to eat food aid
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Lon
Dec 19, 2009, 7:18:18 PM12/19/09
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Michael Stemper wrote:
> In article <vtzqmm1m8b5d$.d...@falcon.sloth.hell.pl>, Szymon =?utf-8?Q?Sok=C3=B3=C5=82?= <szy...@bastard.operator.from.hell.pl> writes:
>> On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 01:36:08 +0000 (UTC), Keith F. Lynch wrote:
>>> James <jl...@idirect.com> wrote:
>>>> It was the evening before Christmas Eve, and I was headed out to get
>>>> some last minute stocking stuffers. It had rained, then gotten very
>>>> cold and there was a thin sheet of ice on the driveway. ...
>
>>> I'm surprised you get ice there. Here in Virginia we get lots of
>>> slick ice in the winter since the temperature keeps crossing the
>>> freezing point. Snow falls, half-melts, then refreezes, over and over
>>> again, all winter. Much further north, I figured it would stay below
>>> freezing the whole winter, and, while there may be plenty of snow,
>>> there would be little or no slick ice.
>> If there is snow, there will be ice. Snow melts not only when the
>> temperature rises above 0 C, but also when it is treaded by people. Unless
>> it is removed (and see Mike's comment about lazy people) it will eventually
>> refreeze.
>
> In addition to that, it melts when the sun shines on it. This happens
> even in sub-zero (Fahrenheit) temperatures.
>
> In article <vtzqmm1m8b5d$.d...@falcon.sloth.hell.pl>, Szymon =?utf-8?Q?Sok=C3=B3=C5=82?= <szy...@bastard.operator.from.hell.pl> writes:
>> On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 01:36:08 +0000 (UTC), Keith F. Lynch wrote:
>>> James <jl...@idirect.com> wrote:
>>>> It was the evening before Christmas Eve, and I was headed out to get
>>>> some last minute stocking stuffers. It had rained, then gotten very
>>>> cold and there was a thin sheet of ice on the driveway. ...
>
>>> I'm surprised you get ice there. Here in Virginia we get lots of
>>> slick ice in the winter since the temperature keeps crossing the
>>> freezing point. Snow falls, half-melts, then refreezes, over and over
>>> again, all winter. Much further north, I figured it would stay below
>>> freezing the whole winter, and, while there may be plenty of snow,
>>> there would be little or no slick ice.
>> If there is snow, there will be ice. Snow melts not only when the
>> temperature rises above 0 C, but also when it is treaded by people. Unless
>> it is removed (and see Mike's comment about lazy people) it will eventually
>> refreeze.
>
> In addition to that, it melts when the sun shines on it. This happens
> even in sub-zero (Fahrenheit) temperatures.
>
It also sublimes even without sun.
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