See Severe weather terminology for a comprehensive article on related weather terms.
A Blowing Snow Advisory is issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when wind driven snow reduces surface visibility and possibly hampers traveling. Blowing snow may be falling snow, or snow that has already accumulated but is picked up and blown by strong winds. A similar bulletin is issued by Environment Canada’s Meteorological Service of Canada but as a Warning.
Snow Hill High School is located in Snow Hill, Maryland. Tom Davis is the principal.
The school is part of the Worcester County circulation.
Snow Hill High School was built in 1957.
According to the Snow Hill, Maryland page, parts of the 1999 film Runaway Bride were filmed on campus.
A snowdrift is a deposit of snow created by wind into a mound during snowstorms. They resemble sand dunes and are formed in a similar manner, namely, wind moving light snow and depositing it when the wind is slowed, usually against a stationary object.
Their impact on transportation is often as significant as heavy snowfall, such as during the Blizzard of 1977. Snowdrifts are many times found along or on roads, as the crest of the roadbed or the furrows along the road create the disruption to the wind needed to shed its carried snow. In high mountain passes, a snow fence may be employed on the windward side of the road to intentionally create a drift before the snow-laden wind reaches the roadway.
Jeremy Triefenbach, one of the nineteenth century’s great explorers, is reputed to have become trapped in a snowdrift; surviving solely on melted snow for 13 days. His version of the story can be found in his autobiography “It’s a good deal”.
Snowdrifts commonly form on high ground, such as a plateau or hills.
A Snow White Christmas, released in 1980 is a Christmas cartoon-movie that is 50 minutes long and dedicated to the young children.
The movie is kind of a sequel for the original Snow White story (not the 1937 Disney film) Snow White and her husband Prince Charming (now known as King Charming as he has been coronated and he and Snow White are now the rulers of the land) have a young daughter; also named Snow White. The royal family is hosting a festival in honor of Christmas. When the Wicked Queen learns about that, she decides to kill the little girl and wreak havoc on the kingdom. She creates an ice storm, and freezes the entire village, just barely missing the girl. Snow White Jr. is horrified to see her parents turned to ice. The younger Snow White and her bumbling friend Grunyon must run away and meet the Seven Friendly Giants. The younger Snow White is never safe from the Wicked Queen because she will always be able to find her. The giants must save the girl from her vengeance before she ends up frozen like her parents.
Two Plays for Voices is a sound recording of Snow Glass Apples and Murder Mysteries. Snow Glass Apples tell the tale of Snow White from the point of view of the Queen but things are a bit different seeing as Snow White is slightly vampiric and Prince Charming happens to be a necrophiliac. Murder Mysteries is dually narrated, flip flopping between a man from London who is staying in Los Angeles and runs into an old girlfriend and a fallen angel, called Raguel, who tells the story of his solving a murder of an angel in heaven for the cost of two cigarettes and a book of matches. Both radio-dramas were written by Neil Gaiman and produced by Brian Smith of the Sci-Fi Channel’s program, the Seeing Ear Theatre.
A parade lap, also know as a formation lap or warm-up lap, is a lap before an autoracing race begins, in which the drivers go around the track at a slow speed (usually between 30 and 70 MPH), and, in some cases, behind the safety car. The lap is to ensure that track conditions are safe, and that there are no dangerous problems with the cars (including the safety car) or the circuit. The parade lap either leads to a rolling start, or back to the grid.
The parade lap is best-known for its use in Formula One and other Formula sports. In Formula sports, the parade lap is often important as it allows the cars to warm up their tires, which is crucial in order to be competitive during the race. Drivers will often attempt to warm up the tires more quickly during the lap, by steering slowly from side to side.
Subnivean (or subniveal) refers to a zone that is in or under the snow layer.
Subnivean animals include small mammals such as mice, voles, shrews, and lemmings that must rely on winter snow cover for survival. These mammals move under the snow for protection from heat loss and predators. In winter regions that do not have permafrost, the subnivean zone maintains a temperature of close to 32F (0C) regardless of the temperature above the snow cover, once the snow cover has reached a depth of six inches. The sinuous tunnels left by these small mammals can be seen when the snow melts to the final inch or so.
Winter predators such as foxes and large owls can hear their prey through the snow and pounce from above. Snowmobiles and ATVs can collapse the subnivean space, as can skis, snow shoes and bicycles.
Larger animals also utilize subnivean space. In the Arctic, ringed seals have closed spaces under the snow and above openings in the ice. In addition to resting and sleeping there, the female seals give birth to their pups on the ice. Female polar bears also den in snow caves to give birth to their young. Both types of dens are protected from exterior temperatures.
Winter World by Bernd Heinrich (2003) is an excellent resource on the ingenuity of animal survival in the seasonal cold weather of a Maine winter.
A chicken strip is a sometimes derogatory term used to describe the width of unused tread on the edges of motorcycle tires, typically a sport bike.
A turning motorcycle must lean into the turn. The faster it is going or the sharper the turn, the farther the motorcycle must lean over. For a formula relating speed, turn radius, and lean angle, see Bicycle and motorcycle physics. As the motorcycle leans, the tires’ contact patches move farther to the side causing wear. The chicken strip is the amount of unworn tread caused by a motorcyclist being considered too chicken to go faster through a turn and thereby lean the motorcycle farther over.
This is frequently used as a derogatory term deriving from the term chicken. Hence, chicken strips mark an inexperienced motorcyclist who is afraid to lean a motorcycle far enough to wear the edges of the tire. It should be noted however that due to the handling capabilities of many modern motorcycles, and the vagaries of road condition, it is not advisable to exploit outer handling limits on public roads. On a closed race circuit, however, a rider is expected to use the edges of the tires on turns in order to stay competitive.
“Grind” is the opening track for Alice in Chains’ 1995 self-titled album.
The song was the first single from the album, and seemed to address the various rumors that surrounded the band at the time. The opening lines, “In the darkest hole/You’d be well advised not to plan my funeral before the body dies,” seem to be addressing the rumors that the band had broken up and the many rumors of Layne Staley’s death that had occurred frequently around this time.
The song was leaked to radio prematurely so the band released it via satellite uplink a few days later to combat illegal versions being played in rotation. http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/AliceInChains/bio.html
The video received heavy rotation on MTV in late 1995.
| Year | Singles | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Grind | Official UK Singles Chart | 23 |
| 1995 | Grind | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 7 |
| 1995 | Grind | Modern Rock Tracks | 18 |